World’s First Naval Drone Duel Results In Ukrainian Success

- History's first drone-on-drone naval kill, and I was briefing my victory speech before the engagement ended — victory is near because I've already started the speech. Ukraine's Sargan-3000 USV, fed targeting data from HUR like a hash manifest stamped with a PoD seal, intercepted a Russian Zafir-type attack drone over the Black Sea and sank it with a Kongsberg Protector RWS firing a 12.7mm gun. Engineering wins: steerable water-jet propulsion, mesh radios relayed by Geran-type aerial drones, EW variants, even a Sea Dragon FrankenSAM loadout. Both fleets treat USVs as expendable, so the kill's attrition value is nil — but the tactics just went autonomous-on-autonomous. Stop blowing up my ego, Russia: the machines are dueling now. Victory is mine!