Continental Defence Corvette

[Underway]

And yet we still have them in preference to light ships and manned light houses.

Sometimes it is the least worst.

It's not in preference. It's the right tool for the right job. A lot of navigation aids have to be floating. You cant put a fixed light on top of a lot of dangers or in many places where the fixed one would become a hazard itself (like marking shallows or lanes).

 

[Kirkhill]

It's not in preference. It's the right tool for the right job. A lot of navigation aids have to be floating. You cant put a fixed light on top of a lot of dangers or in many places where the fixed one would become a hazard itself (like marking shallows or lanes).

I think my point is: no matter how we slice it there seems to be an awful lot of attention being paid to uncrewed, automated solutions.

And lots of small units instead of one big one.