Russian Ministry of Defense
Russia is sinking fake ships with explosive naval drones. The training is probably not for war with Ukraine.
The Russian armed forces have been using naval drones loaded with explosives to Train attacks and sinking of ships, imitating one of the tactics in which Ukraine has been supported to combat Moscow’s war ships.
However, Russian training does not seem to be directed to the war in Ukraine, since Kiev doesn’t have a navy traditional; on the contrary, training is probably directed to NATO – anticipating potential confrontation with the military alliance, says the.
The Russian Ministry of Defense released on Saturday images of its naval exercises “July Storm“And one of the advertised demonstrations showed forces of the Baltic fleet to use unmanned surface vessels to destroy a false enemy ship.
The images showed a naval drone to approach the target simulated by the middle at an perpendicular angle and impacting the structure, causing a massive explosion.
According to the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the exercise involved naval drones, air drones, helicopters and ships – all of which have been involved in Black Sea Battles.
Ukraine did not exactly have a navy at the beginning of the large -scale invasion of Russia in early 2022 – especially after sinking the few war ships I had to prevent the Russians from capturing them.
To design maritime power and counterattackKiev launched an asymmetrical military campaign, using to inflict heavy losses to the Black Sea fleet of Moscow.
These operations damaged or destroyed dozens of ships of Russian war and forced Moscow to Reposition most of the black sea fleet From its headquarters, it has long established on the occupied Crimea Peninsula, to the port of NovoSysysk, on the other side of the region.
Russia tried to reinforce their defenses around the Black Seaas for example adding more patrol aircraft combat to better monitor the area, but Ukraine has adapted to this strategy equipping its Naval drones with surface-air missile launchers.
Russia’s “July Storm” exercise includes a series of other training scenarios, including anti-submarine operationsplacement of mines and missile attacks.
In a statement transmitted by the Ministry of Defense, the president of Russia, Vladimir Putinsaid that “the exercise of the navy is mainly conceived for trained naval forces in the repulsion of attacks Maritime and in the execution of the entire range of challenging and unconventional operational and tactical missions, and other tasks in a realistic simulated environment ”.
Putin added that “Training incorporates experience acquired during the special military operation ”, using Kremlin’s terminology for its large -scale invasion of Ukraine.
Although the exercises may have been inspired by the war in Ukraine, they are probably directed to potential confrontation with NATOwhose forces are also increasingly preparing for a drone war Navals.
The US Navy, for example, integrated New training scenarios designed to teach sailors to survive this threat – increasingly omnipresent.
