Women in Combat + Indian Sub Grounded + Robotic Patrol of Military Bases

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(1) Female Pilots Sharply Reduce Helicopter Losses. Strategy Page, Mar 3, 2014
strategypage.com/htmw/htatrit/articles/20140303.aspx
(women excel as pilots, snipers, among other assignments)

(2) Submarines: India Battles The Tides And Loses. Strategy Page, Mar 3, 2014
strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20140303.aspx
("On January 17th an Indian Kilo class submarine went aground while entering Mumbai harbor. This happened in part because of poor timing. The sub was supposed to enter the harbor at 4 PM but was delayed 90 minutes and when it did get going it didn’t make it because the tide was going out. * * * the sub [was] free[d] at the next high tide * * * A close examination of the sub found no damage. Mumbai harbor has a tricky tide, with the difference between high and low tide being about three meters (19 feet). When the tide changes, if often does so very quickly")

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(3) Support: Robots Stand Guard. Strategy Page, Mar 3, 2014
strategypage.com/htmw/htcbtsp/articles/20140303.aspx
("The US Marine Corps airbase at Twentynine Palms recently became the latest Department of Defense facility to be guarded by robots. * * * [These are] four wheeled, 1.6 ton MDARS robotic vehicles. With a top speed of 32 kilometers an hour and able to operate 16 hours without refueling, the vehicle contains radar (LIDAR) and 3-D visual sensors that enable it to avoid obstacles and identify whatever it encounters. One MDARS vehicle costing about $800,000 (depending on sensors installed) can do the work at half the cost of previous, non-mobile security systems. MDARS sensors and software can identify a variety of local animals * * * When it detects an unauthorized human, it alerts its human controller, who checks the real-time video feed and takes action. Current MDARS sensors can identify individuals 200 meters away. MDARS is unarmed")

Note:
(a) Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Ground_Combat_Center_Twentynine_Palms
(located adjacent to the city of Twentynine Palms in southern San Bernardino County)
(b)
(i) Mobile Detection Assessment and Response System (MDARS). SPAWAR, undated
www.public.navy.mil/spawar/Pacific/Robotics/Pages/MDARS.aspx
(photos: back and front of the vehicles' warning: "This US Government system is subject to monitoring")

is listed--without further elaboration or a photo--in the Wikipedia page for unmanned grouond vehicle (UGV).
(ii) SPAce and Naval WARfare systems Command
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_and_Naval_Warfare_Systems_Command
(within the United States Navy)
(c) "Israel has been working hard trying to get an autonomous battle droid [carrying lethal weapons, that is, such as AvantGuard of 2005 and Guardium of 2008] into action * * * based on the two seater all-terrain 'TomCar'"

Tomcar
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomcar
(a type of commercial off-road utility vehicle; has become available to the public for both commercial and recreational use since 2005)