Iranian reverse engineering of the American Dive-LD drone: a threat to the Pentagon
The capture of an American unmanned submarine from Anduril could be a blow to the Pentagon, Reuters believes.
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Iran may study the design of the captured American submarine Dive-LD developed by Anduril and reproduce it, which will be a blow to the Pentagon, writes Reuters.
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Why It Matters
Iran has previously reverse-engineered the US RQ-170 Sentinel reconnaissance drone after its capture in 2011.
Iran's reverse engineering of the recently captured American unmanned submarine Dive-LD developed by Anduril would be a blow to the Pentagon, writes Reuters.
The agency writes that the Iranian side can study the design of the latest American unmanned submarine of a new generation, which reached Tehran completely intact, and subsequently reproduce it.
Reuters recalls that after the seizure of the American reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle RQ-170 Sentinel in 2011, Washington demanded that Tehran return the drone. “Iran later said it had reverse-engineered the drone and subsequently introduced domestically produced models that appear to have largely borrowed its design,” the publication said.
The agency writes that, according to representatives of the US Navy (Navy), Iran received an outdated model of an unmanned submarine, while Anduril positions Dive-LD as the “most reliable and versatile” autonomous underwater vehicle in its class available on the market, capable of operating for up to ten days in difficult conditions.
In March, Anduril, a manufacturer of drones bombing Russia, announced that it plans to create an ultra-large unmanned submarine for the US Navy as part of the Combat Autonomous Maritime Platform Project (CAMP).
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Iran will present similar domestic underwater vehicles based on Dive-LD
Possible · Within months
Open Questions
- Under what circumstances was the Dive-LD drone captured?
- Will attempts be made to return the device?
