I would tend to agree with both of you, Russia already has UUV's as does the USN what level they have achieved is likely classified not only that it would be the same as UAV as well.
I think the future maybe in Drones possibly because its cheaper than employing a human to do the task and safer too, after all a drone doesn't need feeding a home to live as much rest and has no real emotional connection with a situation they are also cheaper to build and replace than a human plus there's no payouts or family to consider.
However technology in SONAR and SOKS has moved on greatly so much so SOKS could make SONAR a secondary system in the near future. making this article redundant
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