Will investment in unmanned sensor drones make ocean transparency more likely?
Short answerThey will extend detection and data collection, but submarines will field drones too, and underwater coordination remains difficult.
NotesMore uncrewed sensors expand the defender's data picture, while hostile submarines can deploy their own uncrewed vehicles. A future AUKUS submarine would be deficient if it could not launch and recover undersea drones as force multipliers, though communicating with those vehicles remains a constraint.