See the hundreds of sea drones the US Navy is experimenting with overseas

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The solar panels charge the drone's rechargeable batteries and thrusters.
The Triton's solar panels charge the drone's rechargeable batteries and thrusters.

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Ukraine says its Sea Baby drones have become 'much more' powerful and can hit Russian ships anywhere in the Black Sea

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A sea baby drone called 'Avdiivka' was tested at an undisclosed location in a video published by Ukraine's Security Service on March 6, 2024.
Screengrab of a sea baby drone tested at an undisclosed location in a video published by Ukraine's Security Service in March 2024.

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Russian ships are being taken out by mines covertly laid by Ukrainian sea drones: report

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A Sea Baby drone.
A Sea Baby drone.

Screengrab via UNITED24/Ukrainian government

Ukraine aims to deploy squads of up to 20 sea drones to do the job of a warship, commander says

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A Sea Baby drone.
A Sea Baby drone.

UNITED24/Ukrainian government

Ukraine's sea drones vs. Russia's Black Sea Fleet

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Ukraine is facing off against Russia's formidable Black Sea Fleet. How are Ukraine's cheap unmanned sea drones and Western missiles taking down Russian warships worth hundreds of millions of dollars?

Russia's new river patrol force will likely have the same explosive problem battering its Black Sea Fleet, Western intel says

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Ukrainian marines sail along the Dnipro river at the frontline near Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023.
Ukrainian marines sail along the Dnipro river at the frontline near Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023.

AP Photo/Alex Babenko

US Navy warships have the tools to fend off exploding drones like those wrecking a Russian fleet, but it's a dangerous and evolving threat

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In this photo released by the US Navy, two US Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets fly alongside amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner in the Gulf of Oman on Aug. 17, 2023.
In this photo released by the US Navy, two US Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets fly alongside amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner in the Gulf of Oman on Aug.

Going after Russian warships feels like 'hunting prey,' says a Ukrainian general overseeing exploding naval drone operations

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A warship is seen docked in the port of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi during a storm on Nov. 27, 2023.
A warship is seen docked in the port of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi during a storm on Nov. 27, 2023.

Photo by MIKHAIL MORDASOV/AFP via Getty Images

Machine guns and combat aircraft aren't enough to stop Ukraine's drone boats from killing Russian warships, general says

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Footage appearing to show a Ukrainian drone boat attacking the Ivanovets, a Russian warship.
Footage appearing to show a Ukrainian drone boat attacking the Ivanovets, a Russian warship.

Screengrab via the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

Ukraine made the naval drones sinking Russian warships 'deadlier' by arming them with bigger warheads, general says

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A Sea Baby drone.
A Sea Baby drone.

Screengrab via UNITED24/Ukrainian government

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