{"id":154085,"date":"2024-03-07T11:52:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=154085"},"modified":"2024-03-07T11:52:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:52:41","slug":"ukraines-sea-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=154085","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine&#8217;s Sea Drone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154088 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/drone-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/drone-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/drone.jpg 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Magura V5 Sea Drone<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>The sea drone that\u2019s lifting Ukraine morale as it hunts Russian ships<\/h3>\n<p><strong>By Barry Hatton<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Uncrewed, remote-controlled boats have been around since the end of World War II. Late last century, technological innovations broadened their potential uses.<\/p>\n<p>Lethal, advanced sea drones developed and deployed by Ukraine in its war with Russia have opened a new chapter in that story.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine claims it is the first country to set up a specific unit dedicated to producing them. Yemen-based Houthis have also deployed armed unmanned surface vessels as suicide drone boats that explode upon impact.<\/p>\n<p>The 2-year-old Ukraine conflict has become a laboratory for new military technology, and naval drones are set to become an essential part of the combat toolbox in 21st-century warfare.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are sea drones?<\/strong><br \/>\nUnmanned vessels \u2014 also called drone boats or maritime drones \u2014 have had a broad range of applications for years. They have been employed for scientific research, search and rescue operations, surveillance and coastal patrols.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has loaded them with explosives. The sleek vessels speed across the water\u2019s surface, trailing a wake of white foam, and have a low radar signature that makes them hard to detect.<\/p>\n<p>They are equipped with advanced GPS and cameras.<\/p>\n<p>The Magura V5 sea drone that Ukraine says it used in the Black Sea on Tuesday appears to be Kyiv\u2019s latest version. The craft wouldn\u2019t look out of place in a James Bond movie.<\/p>\n<p>The Magura is 5.5 meters (18 feet) long, weighs up to 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds), has a range of up to 800 kilometers (500 miles), 60 hours of battery life, and a 200-kilogram (440-pound) payload, according to Ukrainian authorities. It also beams live video to operators.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/unmanned\/2024\/03\/06\/the-sea-drone-thats-lifting-ukraine-morale-as-it-hunts-russian-ships\/\">Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dramatic footage shows Ukrainian drone boats destroying Russian warship\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aHFlqgCyElo\" width=\"510\" height=\"410\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The tactic seems to have evolved into a swarm of five or six drones to overwhelm the target ship&#8217;s defenses, which aren&#8217;t optimized for this kind of attack in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>The lead drone in the swarm is tasked to immobilize its target by hitting the engine area, then the next in line attacks the vulnerable midships. If a breach is achieved, follow-up attacks are aimed at that spot.<\/p>\n<p>The first reported attack with the drones occurred on 24 May of last year, targeting the Russian reconnaissance ship <em>Ivan Khurs<\/em>. The number of drones used was not specified, but the Russians claim to have destroyed three and that the attack failed. A Ukraine video confirmed that at least two drones were damaged by fire from the ship but one definitely struck the rear of <em>Ivan Khurs<\/em> and probably caused severe damage.<\/p>\n<p>The Ropucha class landing ship <em>Caesar Kunikov<\/em> and the Tarantul class corvette <em>Ivanovets <\/em>have also been sunk in recent sea drone attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magura V5 Sea Drone The sea drone that\u2019s lifting Ukraine morale as it hunts Russian ships &hellip; <a title=\"Ukraine&#8217;s Sea Drone\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=154085\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ukraine&#8217;s Sea Drone<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":154088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[384,640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia","category-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/154088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}