A technological leap forward in naval warfare: The Ukrainian navy launched several unguided missiles from small unmanned vessels at the Russian naval base in the city of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea.
According to a statement by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the missiles were launched from two Sea Baby drones and damage to Russian naval facilities was identified. This is the first operational launch of missiles from an unmanned vessel in history, and the operational success of the launch indicates a significant upgrade in the Ukrainian Navy's ability to use unmanned vessels. Hai Lahim of Russia released a video showing missiles being fired from at least two small vessels.
Technological precedent: Ukrainian Navy launches missiles from UAV
The Ukrainian military has repeatedly attacked facilities and ships of Hai into the Russian Sea in the Black Sea using unmanned vessels. Over the past year, a Hai lander to the Russian Sea and a fuel tanker have been hit in attacks by Ukrainian-made drones. It is also claimed that the drones successfully attacked the Crimean Bridge, but there is no official confirmation of this.
Many naval forces around the world are concerned about a significant improvement in the ability to operate remotely guided vessels at sea, since their operation is significantly cheaper than that of conventional warships, whose price is high and their construction and crew training time is long. This technological advantage could also be used by terrorist organizations and countries such as Iran, which specializes in developing low-cost remotely guided drones and weapons of war. We'll fix it! If you find a mistake in the article, please share with us