A version of the small fast-attack craft could return in uncrewed form. Remote control changes how the craft is operated, but the underlying idea of sending a small vessel toward a target is old. Few historical developments are wholly unprecedented: technology and science more often make an older role newly practical or give it a new context. New job titles and systems can appear while older functions remain recognizable underneath them. Modern uncrewed craft can therefore revive older small-boat roles under different technical conditions.
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Uncrewed boats can revive an old fast-attack role
A modern uncrewed small craft may look novel while reviving the older logic of cheap, fast boats carrying danger into defended waters.