Cheap asymmetric warfare against an adversary without electronic countermeasures. Not just port defense. The Ukraine war showed satellite-guided USV ships coul

Cheap asymmetric warfare against an adversary without electronic countermeasures. Not just port defense. The Ukraine war showed satellite-guided USV ships could work against a Russian navy ship (Sergey Kotov, damaged 9/2023 and then sunk 3/2024), admittedly only because it doesn't have countermeasures and defense systems. And 12/2024 one shot down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter, first ever by ASV. I think all this says more about the Russian military lack of capabilities. But there's a niche. > how does anyone think that large unmanned ships are ever going to work? "large" simply means >24ft. Think of a small barge. Depends on the mission. Presumably launching or refueling/recharging a swarm of smaller drones, surveillance, minesweeping. I don't know, it's not my area. But clearly there is a lot of investment in this so the sector is real. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/12/31/one-of-ukraines-drone-boats-just-shot-down-a-russian-helicopter/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/12/31/one-of-ukra...