The Ukrainian sea drone attack on Dec 31 downed TWO Mi-8 helicopters and damaged another one - update from the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine. The crews of the two destroyed helicopters were killed, and the third one managed to make an emergency landing. - ThreadSky

antongerashchenko.bsky.social • 53 days ago

The Ukrainian sea drone attack on Dec 31 downed TWO Mi-8 helicopters and damaged another one - update from the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.

The crews of the two destroyed helicopters were killed, and the third one managed to make an emergency landing.

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ohitsthatone.bsky.social•53 days ago

The US needs to fund the 6-8 week R&D development cycle that is sorely lacking in it's slow and bloated defense process.
And it sure seems like the mainstream press was instructed to stop reporting the NJ drones. For which the US doesn't seem to have any answer.
War is changing rapidly!

adhowlett.bsky.social•53 days ago

Seems very cost-effective. Now you need a collection of boats to travel together, including air defence and perhaps shore bombardment to hit refineries. :-D

ageofreason-tpaine.bsky.social•53 days ago

mokeeffee.bsky.social•53 days ago

Should we have concerns about all this adaptive technology falling into the hands of non state actors?

spitxher.bsky.social•53 days ago

No.

marcusm29.bsky.social•53 days ago

Nope, we should be worried that it falls into Russian hands though. They currently need to use very crude methods (ancor dragging) to damage European infrastructure. Imagine what they could do with this kind of technology (and deny it and get away with it).

oneonline.bsky.social•53 days ago

😁✋

lenday.bsky.social•53 days ago

It is full on Trumpism for Poutine to claim they are justified in attacking Ukraine.

alburyslp.bsky.social•53 days ago

This is a massive development. The missile armed Sea Baby’s will make invader helicopter use unviable . The Ketch Bridge will now be very vulnerable to Sea Drones that operate with impunity. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

antongerashchenko.bsky.social•53 days ago

Russian military bloggers are sounding the alarm that the situation on the Black Sea has "drastically changed against us". Helicopters were the only actionable defense against USVs,

antongerashchenko.bsky.social•53 days ago

and now that Ukrainian sea drones have proven their ability to down aerial targets, it has been rendered ineffective. With helicopters out of the equation, Russia is "suddenly playing catch up" to Ukraine's successful USV strategy.

spitxher.bsky.social•53 days ago

Ukraine vs. Russia