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NOVEMBER 2024

US Navy Establishes Middle East Drone Task Force

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US Navy Establishes Middle East Drone Task Force

ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE: An X-47B demonstrator over the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic Test Range

On September 9, the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) established a task force to rapidly integrate unmanned systems and artificial intelligence with maritime operations in the 5th Fleet area of operations.

The 5th Fleet area of operations encompasses nearly 2.5 million square miles of water area and includes the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Red Sea and parts of the Indian Ocean. The region is comprised of 21 countries and includes three critical choke points at the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Bab-al-Mandeb at the southern tip of Yemen.

In a statement, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of the NAVCENT, 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces, said that the new formation, codenamed Task Force 59, will work to develop and integrate unmanned systems and AI in order to enhance the US Navy maritime domain awareness and increase deterrence.

According to Vice Adm. Cooper, the new task force will “rely heavily” on regional and coalition partnerships. The commander didn’t elaborate.

“The launch of Task Force 59 really invigorates our partnerships around this region as we expand our common operating picture,” the commander said.

Task Force 59 will be led by Capt. Michael D. Brasseur, an expert in maritime robotics who served as a founding member of the NATO Maritime Unmanned Systems Initiative prior to arriving in the Naval Support Activity base in Bahrain.

The formation of the new task force came amid unprecedented tensions with Iran, that was held responsible for a number of recent at-sea attacks in the 5th Fleet area of operations.

Vice Adm. Cooper acknowledged the tensions with Iran. However, he didn’t clarify if Task Force 59 was established to address this situation.

“We’re very aware of Iran’s posture and we’ll be prepared to deal with that appropriately,” The Associated Press quoted Cooper as saying to reports. “I’m going to leave it at that.”

The activities of the new task force may lead to even more tensions between the US and Iran, who stressed on many occasions recently that it will not tolerate any violation of its sovereignty or attack on its interests.

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John Wooh

For what to kill innocent civilians, children and bomb people at wedding parties???

Isnt it enough that your polluting the oceans with your ships, the skies with your air force, the land with ur dirty uranium bombs and our eyes with ur rainbow gayparade`s and our minds with your Wallstreet(blackrock/vanguard/JP Morgan etc.) Silicon Valley (facebook/alphabet/microsoft/apple/amazon etc.) Military Industrial Complex dirty lies!!!

Last edited 3 years ago by John Wooh
Dicksonrp

Sure u zio Jews whore

Repentant Historian

“Arabian Gulf”?? Historically and currently it is recognized as the Persian Gulf? The facts don’t change just because the United States wants to ruffle feathers.

Icarus Tanović

He was referring to Arabian sea I guess.

Ffs

Do the Yanki ball suckers have permission or an invitation to patrol the Middle East??

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