Wilshire to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 10 months agoUkraine is developing an underwater drone "Marichka" with a range of over 1,000 km.streamable.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up163arrow-down1external-linkUkraine is developing an underwater drone "Marichka" with a range of over 1,000 km.streamable.comWilshire to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 10 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWilshireOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agoPerhaps a loitering torpedo would be more accurate.
minus-squareFunwayguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoI’m inclined to agree, otherwise it would be like calling a FPV kamakazi drone a missile. Naming aside, kinda terrifying that these could theoretically be travelling autonomously far deeper than any sub thanks to the lack of a pressure vessel.
minus-squareCookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoThere’d be almost no countermeasures right now. Just waiting for a carrier to float above and then accelerate upwards.
Perhaps a loitering torpedo would be more accurate.
I’m inclined to agree, otherwise it would be like calling a FPV kamakazi drone a missile.
Naming aside, kinda terrifying that these could theoretically be travelling autonomously far deeper than any sub thanks to the lack of a pressure vessel.
There’d be almost no countermeasures right now. Just waiting for a carrier to float above and then accelerate upwards.
Or “cruise torpedo”