Loitering Munitions - The Threat to Merchant Ships
Year: 2023 Language: english Author: OCIMF Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 14 Description: Over the past decade, the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, has grown. As technology advances, its uses become wide-ranging and this brings both positives and negatives for the maritime industry. Drones have successfully reduced risk in operations such as tank inspection. They have shown flexibility in their use, for example in delivering stores, monitoring operations or in maritime surveillance. The focus of this paper is on the drones increasingly being used to carry munitions designed to cause harm. This information paper covers: • The threat posed by LM such as the Shahed-136, which has been used against commercial vessels. • Operational characteristics and trends related to the employment of these systems, and the technical characteristics of LM. • Considerations, including guidance for best practices.
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Loitering Munitions - The Threat to Merchant Ships
Language: english
Author: OCIMF
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 14
Description: Over the past decade, the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, has grown. As technology advances, its uses become wide-ranging and this brings both positives and negatives for the maritime industry. Drones have successfully reduced risk in operations such as tank inspection. They have shown flexibility in their use, for example in delivering stores, monitoring operations or in maritime surveillance. The focus of this paper is on the drones increasingly being used to carry munitions designed to cause harm.
This information paper covers:
• The threat posed by LM such as the Shahed-136, which has been used against commercial vessels.
• Operational characteristics and trends related to the employment of these systems, and the technical characteristics of LM.
• Considerations, including guidance for best practices.
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