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Canadian USVs to imitate FIAC threat
The Canadian Navy and Meggitt Training Systems (MTS) Canada are working up plans to use unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to imitate fast inshore attack craft (FIAC) as part of a maritime counter-terrorism exercise in 2011.
Following on from its ‘Swarm Exercise’ demonstration in May which proved multiple Hammerhead USVs could ...
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