Australia's AI Submarine Leaves China's Navy in the Dark
Wes O'Donnell
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Recovering journalist. Veteran. Juris Doctor. I don't report the news, but I do report my opinion. I am a veteran of both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force for a total of 10 years of service. If credentials matter, I have a BA in international relations, speak very bad Russian, and have a Master's in Business Administration. Oh, I just graduated law school at Western Michigan University where I spent every penny of my GI Bill entitlement. Debt-free J.D.! I write on Medium and run the "Eyes Only" newsletter on Substack where I talk about global security, military technology, and how much I hate authoritarians.
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Hey friends, Wes here. Today we’re diving into a stealthy monster that didn’t roll off a dry dock but arrived quietly aboard a C-17: Australia’s Ghost Shark drone submarine. This thing just landed in Hawaii for joint testing with the U.S. Navy—and it might be the most disruptive undersea platform in decades. Thanks to @Quasnob for requesting a video on this system in a previous comment. Well, here it is, my good sir (or madame). Built by Anduril Industries Australia, Ghost Shark is a next-gen Extra-Large Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (XL-AUV)—modular, AI-powered, and crewless. It’s not a concept. It’s operational, ahead of schedule, and now being tested in RIMPAC, one of the world’s largest naval exercises. This thing doesn’t surface. It doesn’t talk. It just gets launched and disappears into contested waters to spy, strike, lay mines, or make rival admirals very nervous. In this video, I break down: 🛠️ How Ghost Shark was developed—from contract to prototype in just three years 🚢 What makes it different: AI autonomy, no need for real-time comms, and no human crew 🔧 Why its production is scalable and mass-ready by 2025—no boutique tech here 🧠 Why it’s already being tested by the U.S. Navy (spoiler: this thing is built on Anduril’s Lattice AI platform, and yes, it can think for itself). It's not a drone. It's fully autonomous 🎯 Strategic implications: deterrence by ambiguity, cheap naval presence, and underwater swarm warfare This is modern naval warfare—quiet, scalable, and algorithmically lethal. Ghost Shark is what happens when you throw out the rulebook and build something that doesn’t need permission slips, periscopes, or photo ops. If you’re into next-gen defense tech, AI on the battlefield, and watching the U.S. and its allies deploy asymmetric capabilities that keep adversaries guessing, hit that subscribe button. Let’s build a smarter, more informed defense community together. Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the heroes. And to our Australian friends—cheers for skipping the bureaucracy and getting the job done. Crikey! Video sources: https://pastebin.com/jG2Mgv6w #Australia #Navy #News #NavalWarfare #China #Military #USA #GhostShark #SubmarineDrone #Anduril #MilitaryTech #RIMPAC #AIWarfare #UnderwaterDrones #LatticeAI #RussiaUkraineWar #USNavy #PacificDeterrence #SlavaUkraini #GloryToUkraine
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