Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has revealed an upgraded unmanned naval vessel, the “Sea Baby”, which the agency says can operate anywhere in the Black Sea, carry up to 2,000 kilograms of payload and has an extended range of 1,500 kilometres. The SBU says the craft now use AI-assisted friend-or-foe targeting, can deploy small aerial attack drones, and include multilayered self-destruct measures to prevent capture. Operated remotely from a mobile control van, the Sea Baby programme has evolved from single-use strike boats into a reusable, networked platform that SBU officials credit with successful strikes on 11 Russian vessels. The programme is coordinated with Ukraine’s military and political leadership and is partly funded by public donations, the SBU said.
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