Marine threat monitoring and defense system

A programmable storage device having program instructions stored thereon for causing a programmable control device to perform a marine threat monitoring method for a target marine structure, the method comprising:

• identifying one or more marine obstacles in a vicinity of the target marine structure as the target marine structure conducts set operations in a body of water;
• monitoring position of the one or more identified marine obstacles over time relative to the target marine structure;
• predicting a threat to the target marine structure based on the monitored position of the one or more identified marine obstacles;
• determining an attribute of the one or more marine obstacles of the threat;
• comparing the determined attribute to a structural limitation of the target marine structure, the structural limitation comprising a threshold of an impact sustainable by the target marine structure from the one or more marine obstacles, a time interval required to cease the set operations of the target marine structure, or a time interval required to move the target marine structure from the threat of the one or more marine obstacles;
• and
• planning a response to the predicted threat to the target marine structure by the one or more identified marine obstacles based on the comparison.

A marine threat monitoring system of a target marine structure, comprising:

• communication equipment obtaining information about one or more marine obstacles in a vicinity of the target marine structure;
• memory storing the obtained information;
• and
• one or more servers operatively coupled to the communication equipment and the memory, the one or more servers being configured to:
• identify the one or more marine obstacles as the target marine structure conducts set operations in a body of water,
• monitor position of the one or more identified marine obstacles over time relative to the target marine structure,
• predict a threat to the target marine structure based on the monitored position of the one or more identified marine obstacles,
• determine an attribute of the one or more marine obstacles of the threat,
• compare the determined attribute to a structural limitation of the target marine structure, the structural limitation comprising a threshold of an impact sustainable by the target marine structure from the one or more marine obstacles, a time interval required to cease the set operations of the target marine structure, or a time interval required to move the target marine structure from the threat of the one or more marine obstacles, and
• plan a response to the predicted threat based on the comparison.