The £25m minehunter mishap | Sitrep podcast
159Tens of thousands of people around the world have seen the moment one Royal Navy minehunter reversed into another in Bahrain, doing millions of pounds worth of damage.
HMS Chiddingfold was going backwards instead of ahead, but why? A former Royal Navy officer who commanded three ships explains the range of technical and human factors that could be involved.
The Chief of General Staff wants the UK to train up a “Citizen Army” to be ready for war. Mike explains why this doesn’t have to mean conscription, and former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith gives us his reaction.
And are killer robots an inevitability in the future of war? Someone who's helped shape UK policy on autonomous weapons tells us why he’s written a novel to warn about the risks of science-fiction becoming lethal-fact.
Kate Gerbeau presents, with expert analysis from Professor Michael Clarke.
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00:00 - On this Sitrep episode
01:34 - Minehunter crash
12:45 - CGS calls for a Citizen Army
26:54 - Rise of the killer robots
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