The war in Ukraine has turned the Black Sea into a testbed for asymmetric naval warfare: explosive uncrewed surface vessels, long-range missiles, commercial ISR and systematic sea denial against a superior fleet. From Tokyo to Canberra, Indo-Pacific navies are watching these experiments closely, but they cannot simply copy-paste the Ukrainian playbook into the Pacific, where […]
Autonomous maritime systems are redefining naval power. No longer limited to reconnaissance tools or experimental gadgets, maritime drones are becoming operational assets capable of escorting, surveillance, attack, electronic warfare, and mine countermeasures. Integrating them is a decisive challenge: transforming technology into doctrine and innovation into combat power. The importance of autonomous systems Faced with growing […]
Naval drones are no longer monolithic systems or one-off prototypes. They now encompass a full ecosystem of unmanned platforms: surface vehicles (USVs), subsurface drones (UUVs/AUVs), and swarming systems. Each category comes with unique capabilities, mission profiles, and industrial suppliers. To understand how unmanned maritime systems are transforming naval operations, we must start with a clear […]
In the early days of the war, few anticipated that a nation with a modest navy would come to challenge a major maritime power in its own backyard. Yet, by 2023, Ukraine had pushed large segments of the Russian Black Sea Fleet away from the Crimean coastline. How? Not with cruisers or submarines but with […]
