The Main Intelligence Directorate is actively deploying new unmanned platforms for conducting strike operations in the Black Sea. These drones are featured in Artem Shevchenko's documentary "Sea Battle. The Era of Drones", as reported by "Militarnyi".
The agency is establishing a robust fleet of maritime drones, where unmanned platforms capable of launching kamikaze drones play a crucial role. This enables strikes on both ground and maneuverable surface targets.
The footage showcases two types of maritime drones that significantly differ from the well-known Magura v5. One of them is equipped with a conventional boat engine and can transport up to four containers of FPV drones.
"Our maritime platform can carry between 500 and 3000 kilograms of various weaponry, including aerial, surface, and underwater types. The system integrates cutting-edge technologies combined with NATO's artificial intelligence", – states a reconnaissance officer involved in the operations with these drones.
The other drone, seen in lower-quality footage, has a different hull shape and is equipped with a launcher for four fixed-wing UAVs.
This platform has likely been repeatedly used for delivering strike capabilities to the temporarily occupied Crimea, where it targeted several Russian combat boats and the "Tor-M2" air defense system in April.
Both systems are equipped with Starlink satellite communication antennas, significantly enhancing the operational range of maritime UAVs.
For the first time, a control station was also demonstrated, featuring an operator's chair with a control panel: a yoke similar to that of an aircraft and a throttle lever. The yoke itself has several buttons, one of which likely controls the bow tilt of the unmanned vessel.
Images from the drone's cameras are displayed on the operator's augmented reality glasses and mirrored on a screen behind. Thanks to these glasses, the operator sees a unified panoramic view from multiple cameras.
Additionally, images from the thermal imaging camera in the bow and from the rear cameras are streamed alongside.
Intelligence officers note that the emergence of these platforms allows for targeted strikes on ground objects and provides air cover during large maritime operations.
