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☆ Ukraine's changing up its Black Sea attacks on Russia with drone boats armed with machine guns and flying exploding drones
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The naval drones used in these recent engagements were said to have been equipped with new weapons and strike capabilities, highlighting Ukraine's innovation in this space. Ukraine typically loads its naval drones with explosives and drives them directly into targets; they detonate on impact. Докладноhttps://t.co/xGrVFNsBIr pic.twitter.com/WnfNSnYaDl — Військово-Морські Сили ЗС України (@UA_NAVY) December 7, 2024This strategy depicted in the video essentially saw the naval systems converted into drone-carrying motherships. The SBU said that its newly modified Sea Baby drones had been equipped with large-caliber machine guns and automatic target acquisition. Ukraine fields several different variants of its domestically produced naval drones, including the Sea Baby platforms used by the SBU last week.

Persons: ince, Украни вцеадмрал, Олексй Нежпапа Organizations: Russian, Ukrainian Navy, BU, ВМС, ЗС Locations: Ukraine, Moscow, Russian, Crimean, Kyiv

☆ Russia really wants to stop Ukraine using Elon Musk's Starlink satellites
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Russia is trying to cut off Ukraine's access to Elon Musk's Starlink satellites, analysts said. AdvertisementRussia is trying to cut off Ukraine's access to Elon Musk's Starlink satellites, according to space warfare analysts. Since the start of the war, Russia has been using jamming systems to try and deny Ukrainian forces access to commercial satellites. Because Starlink satellites are closer to Earth, latency — the delay between a user's action and a response on the network — is shorter. She said Starlink satellites are both "resilient" and "agile," with Starlink operators constantly updating their software to overcome Russian attacks.

Persons: Elon Musk's, It's, —, Brian Weeden, Weeden, MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN, Kari Bingen, Bingen, Sauli Niinisto, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Starlink, ї Bingen, Сили Спецальних Операцй ЗС Украни Organizations: Elon, Service, Russia, Business, SpaceX, Aerospace Security, International Security, Center for Strategic, International Studies, CSIS's Aerospace Security, Viasat, Reuters, Pentagon, Space Watch, The Washington Post, KU, Ukraine's Special Forces, Telegram Locations: Russia, South Funen, Denmark, Ukraine, American, Europe, Finland's, Kaliningrad, Finland, NATO, Russian, Leer, Ukrainian, Ukraine's Donetsk

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