When it comes to Ukrainian stars on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield**, the first thing that may come to mind is the American Hippocampus multiple rocket launchers and Stinger portable anti-aircraft missiles. But today, we will focus on the Magura V5 suicide unmanned boat, independently developed by Ukraine. This unmanned boat is painted in gray low visibility and is 5 years long5 meters, width 15 meters, 0. above the waterline when sailing5 meters and weighing up to 1 ton. It has a cruising speed of 22 knots and a maximum speed of 42 knots, a range of 450 nautical miles, and a warhead of 320 kg is enough to destroy a large surface ship of 4000 tons. From these basic data, it can be seen that its mobility and stealth effect are very good when fighting at sea, and the lethality is also very large, which is very suitable for sea raid operations.
The Magura V5 unmanned boat is equipped with an optoelectronic turret with a television infrared gaze optical sensor, and a satellite communication antenna is installed in the stern. These devices allow the suicide unmanned boat to receive target search navigation and combat commands from aerial satellites and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, as well as take photos and upload combat effects, and incredibly, the cost of this suicide unmanned boat is only $250,000. Despite this, it has successfully sunk hundreds of millions of dollars worth of large Russian **, and has so far caused the loss of 10 large ** Russian ships.
This inconspicuous suicide unmanned boat has shown amazing destructive power on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, inflicting huge losses on the Russian Navy. In the face of frequent attacks by Ukrainian suicide unmanned boats, Russia feels very tricky and lacks an effective response strategy. In order to preserve the strength of the Black Sea Fleet, Russia had to move the Black Sea Fleet's base from Sevastopol in Crimea to Novorossiysk and Feodosia in Abkhazia, and adopt a decentralized approach to avoid the sneak attack of Ukrainian suicide unmanned boats.
The main reason why Ukrainian suicide unmanned boats are difficult to detect and intercept is that they usually attack at night and use the tactics of wolf packs at sea to attack ** from multiple directions at the same time. This makes it difficult for anti-aircraft missiles, naval guns and artillery on Russia to play a role. Judging from the Russian-Ukrainian war, suicide unmanned boats are expected to become an important part of future naval warfare. It is expected that China will develop its own suicide unmanned boat as soon as possible, as well as corresponding countermeasures, to meet the challenges of war that may be faced in the future.
6 Ukrainian unmanned speedboats raided Russia**