The REMUS AUV, helped clear the Iraqi port Umm Qasr in 2003, the first successful wartime deployment of an autonomous underwater vehicle.

The REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) helped clear the Iraqi port Umm Qasr in 2003. This was the first successful wartime deployment of an AUV. REMUS AUVs are still in operation throughout the world. Image courtesy of AUVfest 2008: Partnership Runs Deep, Navy/NOAA, OceanExplorer.noaa.gov

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