The logistics of attacking targets in the Sea of Azov, while Ukraine has no border under control with that sea, is crazy.
Possible ways include (semi)submersibles sneaking in, air-dropped boats, or sneaking a boat to the shore through unfriendly territory. The first seems the most likely to me.
The first option would be a funny reversal of how submarines first behaved back in WW1, where they had to travel on the surface for long-range movement and only dove underwater for the actual attack.
At the beginning of the war they would surface, ask the victim ship to surrender, if they didnt, the sub would start firing their deck gun. It was only after the merchant ships got some weapons of their ownthat they started to do submersed attacks.
(IIRC)
I hope Taiwan secretly builds a metric fuckton of drones right now, including sea drones. Deny China any sort of entry of landing forces onto the island if they dare to launch an invasion, which I fear is something they plan on doing soon, especially if Trump wins the next election.
I feel China has learned they need to build a few million dones before they try that. Taiwan should be teaching every school kid to fly drones as part of the high school curriculum.
The article says that at least some were transiting the Kerch Strait.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Baby
Operational range: at least 1000 kilometres[2]
That’s enough to make it from territory not occupied by Russia into the Sea of Azov.
This also seems a convenient bit of propaganda, of course they would say that to scare the Russians.
If it’s true, it’s a really cool feat of engineering though! Can’t wait for the fog of war to lift and see what cool civilian applications all this drone tech will have.
Let’s kill some blyats!
