Naval service gets smart to continue vital work

The force is turning to smart technology and recruiting new personnel to help patrol our territorial waters, writes Sean O’Riordan

The navy is turning to smart technology to help patrol the 1m sq km of seas for which it is responsible — an enormous area for the eight-ship fleet to cover.

The use of drones, which are relatively small and covert in nature, would help the naval service keep a much closer ‘eye in the sky’ on what’s going on and can be used for several purposes, most notably drug interception and fisheries protection.