One of Ukraine’s most powerful weapons came under attack again on Tuesday, with a Russian gunboat Sergei Kotov Facts have proved that they are no match for a large group of people. post According to military sources on both sides, the V5 maritime drone killed the ship and most of its crew.
Cheap domestic equipment has weakened one of the world’s most powerful navies, emboldening Ukraine in a war that could swing in Russia’s favour. Ukraine has made a series of advances in the east, backed by manpower and ammunition superiority. .
Ukraine claimed last month that it had sunk One-third of the Black Sea Fleet – 20+ ships – most using maritime drones. The International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank claims to have verified 13. Maritime drones have also been used to attack targets such as the Kerch Bridge that connects Russia to occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian spy chief Kyrylo Budanov says drone operators are becoming increasingly effective at destroying enemy targets with the help of tools like Elon Musk’s Starlink system. “Technology is evolving and operators are becoming more skilled,” he told us Ukraine’s pravda News website.
Partnership between several Ukrainian government ministries and one agency Unnamed private company The company has reportedly assembled the country’s maritime drones and delivered a range of designs that exceeded expectations. postKiev claims the latest version can carry an 850kg explosive payload for more than 600 miles.
As world superpowers, non-state actors and criminal gangs race to exploit the possibilities of unmanned ships, this rapidly developing expertise has made Ukraine a market leader in this increasingly crowded field.
Samuel Bentett, a Russian drone researcher at the Center for Naval Analysis and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a US think tank, said Ukraine has become a well-known maritime drone power and its hard-won knowledge is in high demand.
“They are already working and sharing technology with U.S. and international partners,” he said. “They are inviting Western technology and defense investors to invest in their capabilities to build them.
“As long as Ukraine remains an independent country capable of fighting Russia, the sky is the limit.”
Dr. James Rogers, Director, Cornell Brooks Institute for Technology Policy, ” A book about the history of dronesWhile many countries and groups are making progress on maritime drones, Ukraine is leading the way out of necessity.
“Given Ukraine’s reliance on drones to ensure its survival as a nation-state, Ukraine’s military and industrial base are leading the way in today’s unmanned maritime vehicle (UMV) innovation,” he said.
Dr Rogers said the military’s use of unmanned ships dates back at least to World War II, when Britain loaded a destroyer with explosives to attack Nazi positions.
Since 2017, Yemen’s Houthi rebels have pioneered the use of explosives-laden drones to attack Saudi ships in the Red Sea, using technology from sponsor Iran, which is developing new capabilities in this area.
Militants also reportedly used unmanned vessels during the war in Gaza to try to impose a blockade on shipping in the Red Sea. U.S. military.
Bendett said Russia is also working to develop maritime drone capabilities to eliminate threats from Ukraine.
“Russia claims to have deployed multiple motor vehicles this year,” he said. “These will monitor the Black Sea region and coastal areas [coastal areas] Around Crimea and other ports.
“They might use them as Istar [intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance] On the platform, kamikazes would mow down combat craft attacking identified Ukrainian assets. So we’re going to do UMV versus UMV. “
China is also taking ambitious steps to unveil its heavily armed forces. Thunder A2000 at a military trade show in Saudi Arabia last month. “Its versatility and effectiveness herald a new era of unmanned maritime warfare,” naval news the report said.
The U.S. Navy has a department dedicated to maritime drones. Recently deployed Task Force 59 A group known in the Middle East as “Vanguard” claims that its 15 drones have more than 55,000 hours of operation.
“We are the harbingers of the future of the Navy,” said team leader Lt. Luis Echeverria, whose team has trained on ships including the T-38 Devil Ray equipped with aviation missile systems.
Currently, the technology tends to favor the weak rather than the superpowers, Bendett said, as is the case with Ukraine, which is using equipment worth thousands of dollars to intimidate warships worth hundreds of times more.
Low-cost components “lower the barriers to entry for many state and non-state actors,” he said, adding: “Some naval innovations also don’t necessarily come from state militaries.
“this Latin American drug cartels Submersibles and semi-submersibles are being built that can cross the Atlantic Ocean. These are not multi-million dollar projects. “
But researchers believe major navies will develop elite capabilities for unmanned fleets, equipping them with modern sensors and weapons to make them defensive or offensive assets.
Dr. Rogers predicts that drones will perform many core functions of navies within 20 years.
“We will see a combination of fully and semi-autonomous UMVs used to defend national coastlines or pipelines and gather intelligence and surveillance,” he said. “In addition, developed country navies will have offensive autonomous drones that can target hostile targets at scale. deploy.”
He believes that traditional battleships will have autonomous capabilities and be integrated with fleets of drones.
Dr. Bendett said that in the future, the military could create an unmanned system capable of operating in the air, land and sea.
“There is a lot of discussion about merging different types of assets in the air, maritime and ground domains,” he said. “Everything is possible.”
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