Topic
6 facts from 4 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
1960
The Lockheed Polaris A-1 missile, fired from submarines, could reach land targets up to 1,200 nautical miles away; the first Polaris submarine began its patrol in 1960.
“Equipped with Lockheed, Polaris A-1, undersea-fired nuclear warheads, ballistic missiles, could reach land-based targets up to 1,200 nautical miles away from wherever the submarine was when it launched it.”
1960
Corona film capsules that landed at sea had a salt plug that dissolved after two days, sinking the film if the Navy had not retrieved it.
“there's sort of a self-destruct mechanism where there's a salt plug in the base that dissolves after exactly two days”
Undated
David Bray says some US Navy vessels have a defense system that becomes fully autonomous when the captain flips a switch.
“we do have US. naval vessels where if the captain of the ship flips the switch, there is no human in the loop.”
Undated
O'Brien says Ulysses won its first U.S. Navy contract and its first offshore wind developer contract in the year before the interview.
“we got our first contract with the U .S. Navy and we got our first contract with an offshore wind developer as well.”
Undated
O'Brien says Ulysses can sell its base underwater vehicle for as little as $50,000, versus around $5 million for the U.S. Navy's most common autonomous underwater vehicle.
“we can sell them for the cheapest $50 ,000. For contrast, the most common like autonomous underwater vehicle that the U .S. Navy is buying today is like somewhere on the order of maybe $5 million.”
Undated
Mike Sorrentino said he scored a 67 on the military aptitude test (the ASVAB), which qualified him for the Navy.
“I took the ASVABs, I got a 67, which I believe was, uh, I was able to get into the the Navy.”
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