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US lawmakers raise concerns about enemy swarms

17th June 2019 - 11:47 GMT | by Marc Selinger

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Worried that the US Navy’s surface ships might be vulnerable to hostile swarms of drones or other unmanned systems, a congressional panel is calling on the service to take a closer look at how it would defend its vessels against such attacks.

The House Armed Services Committee approved legislation on 12 June calling on the navy to give Congress a report on the extent of the swarm threat and how it plans to protect its ships now and in the future.

‘The committee is concerned that the navy may be assuming too much risk with respect to the development of

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