World’s First Naval Drone Duel Results In Ukrainian Success
Ukraine said HUR spotted the target before the Sargan-3000 used a 12.7mm turret to destroy a Russian drone boat, officials said.
- The Ukrainian Navy claimed that a Sargan-3000 uncrewed surface vessel destroyed a Russian drone boat in the Black Sea, describing the engagement as the first battle in history between two uncrewed naval vessels.
- Defense Intelligence Directorate partners identified the target before the Sargan-3000 closed in and destroyed the craft using a remote-controlled 12.7mm machine gun turret known as the Protector RWS.
- Earlier in the war, similar Ukrainian sea drones sank the missile corvette Ivanovets and the landing ship Caesar Kunikov, a campaign that pushed much of the Black Sea Fleet toward Novorossiysk.
- This engagement differs from a September 8, 2026 incident where Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian KAMA-type vessel near Snake Island using a guided munition dropped from an aerial drone rather than a rival boat.
- Russia has begun building its own naval drones in response, while the Ukrainian Navy previously claimed a drone shot down a Russian Su-30 fighter jet in May 2025, an asserted first.
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World’s First Naval Drone Duel Results In Ukrainian Success
For the first time in history, an uncrewed surface drone (USV – uncrewed surface vessel) has destroyed another USV in combat. The Ukrainian Navy Sargan-3000 USV, operating on intelligence from the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), interdicted a Russian attack USV in the Black Sea.n The Russian naval drone was sunk. The Russian USV can be ...
In the Black Sea, for the first time in history, a Ukrainian drone destroyed a Russian drone.
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The battle has taken place in Black Sea waters, where a Ukrainian naval drone "has destroyed a Russian MBeK," the Ukrainian Navy reported.
For the first time in history: a Ukrainian unmanned boat was destroyed by a Russian one in combat. The Ukrainian Navy and the GUR held the first battle of unmanned boats. Sargan 3000 with the Protector turret destroyed a Russian boat.
The Ukrainian Navy has reported this Saturday a fight between a naval drone of theirs, a Sargan 3000, and a...
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