The US Navy used Vieques between 1941 and 2003 to practice firing rockets, missiles and bombs.
Mr McKinnon accessed 97 government computers belonging to organisations including the US Navy and Nasa.
The US Navy is funding the project and says the machines might ultimately be deployed alongside humans.
The US navy says the Chinese navy has been less aggressive in contested waters in the Asia-Pacific region.
What excuse does China have to subcontract the protection of its people and assets abroad to the US Navy?
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He initially never considered a career in acting, serving in the US Navy after leaving high school in 1935.
The rulings threaten to fuel more unrest in the kingdom, which is home to the US Navy's 5th Fleet.
They're the stuff of geeky dreams, and thanks to the US Navy they're closer to deployment than ever.
They are betting on their experience in designing and building electric motors for ship propulsion systems for the US Navy.
The Suez Canal is among the most vital waterways in the world for the US Navy and the global economy.
Mr McKinnon is accused of hacking into 97 government computers belonging to organisations including the US Navy and Nasa during 2001 and 2002.
He was captured by the US Navy, whose sharpshooters killed three other pirates trying to escape on a lifeboat, saving the captain.
The weapons were found aboard a vessel intercepted off Yemen's coast on 23 January in an operation co-ordinated with the US Navy.
The stand-off only ended several days later when the US Navy intervened.
Just last week the US Navy intercepted a ship that was headed from Iran to Gaza with missiles and rockets on board.
The US Navy has begun to deploy more forces in the Pacific.
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According to Mabus, the US Navy is on track to be able to deploy a completely petroleum free carrier task force by 2015.
The study was sponsored by the US Office of Naval Research, which invests in projects to benefit the US Navy and Marine Corps.
MIT's Nexi robot has been teaching us about social interaction for years, and has even done a stint with the US Navy.
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He was captured by the US Navy, whose sharpshooters killed three other pirates trying to escape on a lifeboat with the Alabama's American captain.
In May, the firm knocked out a number of UAVs at the US Navy test range on San Nicolas Island off the coast of California.
Due to an absence of political authorization to seize the Iranian ship, the US Navy was compelled to permit it to sail on to Syria.
Earlier, the US navy said the Iranian patrol boat passed within about half a mile of the carrier, but they later corrected this to two miles.
He asked two senior administration officials about what would happen under the treaty if the US Navy needed to board a ship on the high seas.
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The US Navy regards the Arleigh-Burke destroyers as the most "survivable" warships in the world because they are designed to withstand all manner of attacks and then escape.
In 2001, McGovern joined a successful Cuban-backed political warfare campaign to force the US Navy to shut down its important military training facility in Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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And our runners-up: Michael Bonner, a flag writer in the US Navy, went as Instagram in hipster-filter , and shared multiple photos on imgur and Instagram, obviously.
So right now we're looking to move from lead-acid to lithium-ion batteries and we're working with the US Navy on a test programme that would allow us to do that.
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The US Navy has a carrier battle group in the Gulf - centred on the USS Carl Vinson - and a second, with the USS Enterprise , in the Arabian Sea.
The US navy-led interception force is policing the Gulf to prevent the smuggling in and out of Iraq of goods banned under UN sanctions imposed after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
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