The Russian Ministry of Defense released information that Russian naval aviation aircraft destroyed a Ukrainian Navy unmanned boat heading for the Crimean Peninsula on December 1, and the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed the discovered target with a standard **.
Screenshot of the official website of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
* Wei Dongxu, a military commentator on Global Information Broadcasting on Radio and Television, said that Russia's Black Sea Fleet usually uses Su-30SM twin-engine heavy fighters to patrol the airspace around the Black Sea.
The Su-30SM is a highly combat-capable air patrol force that can effectively monitor and dislodge air intruders, such as large reconnaissance aircraft, anti-submarine aircraft, and drones sent by NATO member states. At the same time, the Su-30SM also has strong capabilities for the recognition of sea targets, and there are optical and infrared sensors at the upper end of its radome and in the front of the cockpit, which can identify and lock unmanned boats at sea.
Although the unmanned boat is small, it will have obvious waves when it sails at high speed at sea. In the air, the Su-30SM can strike unmanned boats with a stronger speed advantage and better visibility. And the cost of this "hunting" is low. The Su-30SM does not need to use air-to-sea anti-ship missiles, and only the stationary cannon on the Su-30SM can carry out fire strikes on unmanned boats.
Data map: Russian Su-30SM fighter (picture from European Times**).
Wei Dongxu said that now in the Black Sea, Russia and Ukraine have set off an unmanned boat offensive and defensive war.
In order to strengthen the defense against Ukrainian suicide unmanned boats, Russia is now also developing its own unmanned boats, and it has achieved initial results. In the future, this unmanned boat will be derived from two models.
One is a suicide unmanned boat similar to Ukraine, equipped with an optical infrared sensor that can target targets at sea. The unmanned boat is equipped with a large amount of high-quality medicine, and after hitting the opponent's ship or important facilities, it will die with the target.
The other is an armed patrol unmanned boat, equipped with a machine gun or a remote-controlled ** station, which can use machine guns, automatic grenade launchers and anti-tank missiles to intercept the suicide unmanned boat sent by the Ukrainian side.
Data map: Ukraine's unmanned boat (picture from CNN).
Material**丨Global Information Broadcasting "Live World".
Reporter from the main station丨Wei Dongxu.
Editor丨Yang Nan Shao Yiping.
Signing and review丨Cai Yaoyuan, Hou Chen.