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Magura V7 naval drone of the Ukrainian Navy
Ukraine claims its “red” team beat NATO’s “blue” team forces in all combat scenarios during recent naval drone exercises, which simulated attacks on ports and ships.
Off the coast of Portugal, a Ukrainian-led team faced off against NATO forces in a naval combat exercise which targeted ships and ports with naval drones. The Ukrainian “red” team, which operated the naval drones, won in all scenarios.
Ukraine has used a wide variety of naval drones throughout the ongoing war with Russia, continuing to invest in the development of its drones never — fundamental innovations that gave his forces enormous asymmetric advantage in the face of the large Russian conventional navy.
The recent military exercise REPMUS/Dynamic Messenger, part of efforts to learn lessons from the war in Ukraineanalyzed how NATO allies should plan and prepare for the threat placed by unmanned surface vessels.
As the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense stated on Friday, in 5 scenarios different, the “red” team led by Ukraine, which also included North American, British, Spanish units, among others, the “blue” team won, composed of NATO forces.
“In all 5 scenariosthe Ukrainians hit the ports and trains of the simulated opponent”, says .
According to , the red aggressor team used drones Magura V7a class of unmanned surface vehicles developed by Kiev capable of performing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missionsas well as combat and mine countermeasures functions.
In one of the scenarios, the red team used drones to simulate the attack and sinking of a NATO frigate. According to Ukraine, a spokesperson for the Atlantic Alliance acknowledged that the threat from naval drones had previously been underestimated.
NATO said in a press release that these tests allowed the alliance learn lessons about the use of drones from the Ukrainian experience, including how NATO navies can integrate drones into their naval forces, as well as defend against enemy unmanned systems.
The REPMUS/Dynamic Messenger exercises seek to simulate realistic combat conditions with electronic warfare interferencesignal jamming and other countermeasures against drones.
A Ukraine does not have the necessary ships for conventional naval power, so it has relied heavily on naval missiles and drones to confront the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Your drones damaged or destroyed dozens of warships and Russian vessels throughout the conflict. Kiev has also used its naval drones to attack infrastructure such as ports, bridges and offshore oil platforms.
Kiev continues to invest in new naval drone capabilitiesmodifying them with new weaponry such as surface-to-air missile launchers, large-caliber machine guns and even small quadcopter drones that can be launched from unmanned mother vessels.
