INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ukraine is now using bomber drones launched from unmanned surface vessels (USVs aka drone boats) to attack targets in Crimea
MoD claimed on X, adding that it destroyed three critical components of the prized Nebo-M radar system.The use of bomber drones launched
from sea drones offers some important advantages
Using bomber drones gives Ukrainian operators the ability to strike more than one target per drone with possibly heavier warheads than FPV
bomber drones launched by the sea drone was reportedly later recovered by the Russians.The drone boat was later destroyed by Russian
aviation, Two Majors claimed without providing visual proofThe communications architecture for such a concept would include a satellite
communications system on the boat, which they already carry and often multiple types at once, and a direct line-of-sight radio link from the
This would allow operators to control the drone in real time from anywhere, with the boat working as a platform to launch the drone and also
as a relay and control node for it.Source: The War Zone
