Navy Demonstrates First-Ever Combat Operation Involving Unmanned Naval Vessels
“The Navy, in coordination with the Main Intelligence Directorate, carried out a successful operation in the Black Sea and destroyed a Russian unmanned surface vessel. The Ukrainian Sargan destroyed the Russian unmanned surface vessel,” the statement reads.
The target was detected by units of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. The Navy's unmanned surface vessel Sargan 3000, equipped with a 12.7 mm RWS Protector automatic turret, successfully destroyed it.
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As reported by Ukrinform, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces, as part of Operation“MoLoChKa,” struck 285 vessels of the Russian Federation's shadow fleet in the Azov and Black Seas.
Photo: Ukrainian Navy
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