NewsNation celebrates Fleet Week skydiving with Navy SEALs
During the fall from the sky, speeds up to 120 miles per hour were reached.
Former Navy SEAL Team Seven member TJ Amdahl explained to NewsNation why parachuting is still necessary in the current age of technology.
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'I'm thankful for a lot of the options that we have with drones and robots that are coming online in the United States Navy, but no matter what, you can't replace a human in a position of decision-making for that process,' Amdahl said.
'I like to say we have a lot of high-tech solutions, but sometimes a low-tech solution, like parachute landing, protects the aircraft and simplifies the problem.'
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