The Royal Navy is conducting intense military testing with 40 combat sea drones off the west coast of Scotland . The drones will be used for a variety of purposes , including mine detection . Professor Paul Rogers , a top academic in security issues , has expressed his concern that the use of these drones will make the oceans ' transparent ' , meaning that Britain 's Trident nuclear weapons will be unable to hide from mine detection .
The UK Navy is conducting intense military testing with 40 combat sea drones off the west coast of Scotland. The drones will be used for a variety of jobs, including mine detection. Professor Paul Rogers, a top academic in security issues, has voiced his concern that the use of these drones will make the oceans 'transparent', meaning that Britain's Trident nuclear weapons will be unable to hide from enemy detection.