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Some fleets have implemented special bottom paint to reduce drag by reducing algae growth.


I wonder how long a magnetic cleaning robot could survive on the hull of such a ship.


After manned narco subs and towed sub capsules were mitigated by new police efforts drug traffickers experimented with magnetically attached parasite containers on the side of large shipping boats. But they didn't have to move.


How do they mitigate narco subs? Sonar patrols I presume?




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