Ukraine’s successful deployment of low-cost explosive drone boats against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has revolutionized modern naval warfare, prompting the United States military to accelerate its own maritime strategies. Utilizing unmanned surface vessels (USVs) such as the Magura V5, Ukraine has managed to damage or destroy numerous Russian warships without possessing a traditional navy. In response, the U.S. Navy is actively seeking to integrate similar cost-effective, autonomous systems to prepare for potential high-tech conflicts, particularly in the Pacific theater.
- Ukraine has successfully utilized Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) like the Magura V5 and Sea Baby to disable or sink several Russian warships in the Black Sea.
- These naval drones are relatively inexpensive, satellite-guided, and capable of traveling hundreds of miles to deliver high-explosive payloads.
- The success of asymmetric drone warfare has challenged traditional naval doctrines that prioritize large, expensive crewed warships.
- The U.S. military is closely studying Ukrainian tactics to develop its own fleet of small, attritable autonomous systems.
- Through initiatives like “Replicator,” the Pentagon aims to bypass traditional bureaucratic acquisition hurdles to field thousands of cheap drones quickly.
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please for the love of god keep costs down per unit otherwise the US is just better off buying from Ukraine
The USA is Way Behind regarding NewTech.
USA forgot that throwing too much money at a problem is not ingenuity. People operating on a shoestring budget are the ones making the history with these technologies now.
We could’ve had free healthcare, but we have this instead.
To the end of another empire 🍷🇺🇸
Please little too late drone costing millions vs thousand.Call the Ukraine for help or even better call Iran.
It looks like US Navy is still ready for a WWII type war…
I think many young nerds can easily surpass this. US is way behind.
Still playing in the in their bath with rubber duckies. It’s not serious at all. 😢😢😢
You still cannot defeat a third world country like Iran in a war what’s the point of spending 100s of billions
From the look of how it's built, it's too expensive. We should have 2 class of sea drones, one is bigger and capable of many things, the other should be super cheaply built, disposable using low tech and cheap material for one time use. The 2nd kind of drone doesn't have to be perfect, heck it doesn't even have to be water tight, as long as it can blow up an enemy ship for that first and last time it's deployed.
Too expensive and big. Ukraine war has proved any drone relying on radar or gps will just get jammed. Wire guided seems to work best. A lot easier to wire guide in the ocean than land also, fewer obstacles.
WSJ fix your audio mix. The presenters are so quiet!
This is one of the most important military shifts happening right now that most people are sleeping on.
The U.S. Navy racing to build drone boats isn’t just about new technology — it’s about adapting to a completely different kind of warfare, especially in the Pacific against China. Cheap, expendable, unmanned vessels could completely change naval strategy.
We’re moving from billion-dollar manned ships to swarms of smart drones. Lower risk to human lives, lower cost, and much harder to defend against. The future of warfare is becoming asymmetric and autonomous.
Defense contractors who master this transition are going to print money in the coming decade.
How big of a game changer do you think unmanned systems will be in naval warfare?
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If I were the 'emperor of Europe', I would make sure to build my own European defense system – however long it takes – better late than never. Sure, I will continue to partner with America – but as equals. I'll continue to utilize American weaponry, but only in a supplemental role. And I would expect America to buy European hardware too. And once up to speed, no more American troops in Europe.
There are news that US is testing Ukranian made Magura drones somewhere in Philippines if I'm not mistaken.
Just cooperate with Ukraine, we are happy to help in all possible ways. We can also produce them for a fraction of US price.
We appreciate all the support we received from our Western friends and want to help back
US Navy does not need new boats. It's easier just to pay $350 billion dollars to adversary
Needed once we learned that drone attack boats could force our navy out of the way
Watching this video left me deeply unsettled yet entirely awestruck. Seeing a smaller nation like Ukraine outsmart massive naval fleets with cheap drone boats is inspiring, but it terrifies me to think our own giant U.S. Navy might be sitting ducks if we don't wake up and adapt instantly.
Lol nobody kils like the USA
US Drones looks like babies compared to Russia or China now. Even Myanmar has better drones and tactics than US now
An Iranian navy boat saw one of these, thru a rope around it, and started towing it back to iran.
A US Navy boat had to race to the drones location from like a half hr away. Iran dropped the rope and abandoned the drone upon seeing the us ship.
This was Before the current iran war… the us was testing a prototype of this off the coast of iran.
USA has been misunderstood
“US military playing catchup “
Shows all British sailors 😂
iran also usem
it will be better if is under water…
"We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in CRIMEA, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend UKRAINE, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
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those are given for free by america only