Ukrainian naval drone sinks Russian kamikaze drone boat in first USV battle

In the first known clash between unmanned surface vessels, a Ukrainian Navy Sargan-3000 drone boat destroyed a Russian Orcan kamikaze USV on September 12 in the Black Sea. Ukraine's Defense Intelligence directed the intercept; the Ukrainian craft used a Kongsberg remote weapon station with a 12.7 mm machine gun. Naval analyst HI Sutton said such USV-on-USV combat had been inevitable.