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| Ukraine's Uncrewed Surface Vessels Are Now Launching Bomber Drones To Attack Crimea | |
| 2025-07-07 | |
Ukraine is now using bomber drones launched from unmanned surface vessels (USVs aka drone boats) to attack targets in Crimea. This includes a high-value Russian radar installation on peninsula. The strikes mark the latest iteration of Ukraine’s drone boat campaign that’s kept Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (BSF) at bay and damaged enemy military facilities in occupied Crimea as well as the Kerch Bridge. “On the night of July 1 to 2, 2025, Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces carried out a brilliant, high-precision special operation!,” the Ukrainian MoD claimed on X, adding that it destroyed three critical components of the prized Nebo-M radar system. The 67-second video posted by the MoD shows the bomber drones launching from the bow of the sea drones and dropping several munitions on the Russian radars. The use of bomber drones launched from sea drones offers some important advantages. In March, we told you about how the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) used first-person view (FPV) drones launched from drone boats against Russian radars and surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems. Using bomber drones gives Ukrainian operators the ability to strike more than one target per drone with possibly heavier warheads than FPV drones can carry. They can also travel farther while maintaining their connection, as they don’t have to dive to the ground to hit their targets. As we have reported in the past, Ukraine also has bomber drones that can launch guided munitions with a heavier punch. This development was not lost on Russian military observers. “The enemy shows footage of a drone strike with drops on our positions on the western coast,” the popular Russian Two Majors Telegram channel noted. “A single (sea drone) snuck up, and drones were launched from it. A new element was the use of drones with drop systems; thus the enemy achieved several strikes from each UAV.” | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 I am expecting news about alligator drones any day now. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2025-07-07 12:58 |