Ukraine's Sea Drones are Getting Crazy
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- Опубликовано: 21 июн 2024
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Taiwan better be taking notes
Taiwan is taking notes......
Taiwan will be forgotten about once the new labs and factories are built in Europe to build the super conductors
Agreed
@craigboden9455 i know that. That's why everyone is building factories to negate their reliance on the Island Nation. im stating that Taiwan better be taking notes. Please read more carefully next time
@@craigboden9455that has nothing to do with this comment
"That's now projecting Russian power against... some crabs... at the bottom of the Black Sea." Whoever writes the script for these videos is a bloody genius.
Crabs unlike RU have actually succeeded in some invasions in the last Five years I'll be it underwater crab invasions but still....
My money's on crabs winning the black sea show down 🦀🦀
😂😂
Honestly I can see a hoard of coconut crabs overtaking an entire Russian ship.
Crab Rave
Crab people craaaab people 🦀
Strictly speaking, Japan can't send lethal aid to Ukraine as it is forbidden by their constitution. But they could donate a couple of thousand jet ski engines and parts from Kawasaki. Whatever Kyiv does with that stuff is their business.
Nah that’s still backing. If the Iranians give anything to anybody they are Iranian backed if the US gives anything to anyone they are US backed Sadly that’s just the steaks now and how people see it
Pretty sure Japan amended that part of their constitution.
There is a video on this channel addressing the re-armament of Japan.
was also forbidden in Germany but they changes their constitution
Red-lines, are self-imposed restrictions, not respected by any advacery...🤑
If a boat has a rear-wing then you know shits getting serious
I read that as soon as I saw and was like....o yeah lol
Sharks in the water.
The wing in the back is a rooster tail damper👊🏻
Looks like a giant satellite antenna
These videos are great, and this is one that gives lots of details. However, I did see one detail that was missed. On the original drone, there are three angled fins that run across the top of the vessel. These fins serve a specific purpose. They are needed because of the high speed of the vessel and the large payload located forward of the center. If rough seas are encountered, they prevent the vessel from being forced under the water and becoming a submarine. If the vessel encounters a large wave, the water pushes against the angled fins. This force causes the bow of the vessel to rise out of the water rapidly.
"тони ти, сволота!"
- the last thing a Russian Sailor hears before meeting Sabastian the crab
Dah seaweed is always greener in somebody else’s lake
You tried to invade Ukraine, and that was a big mistake!
Under the sea, Under the sea, Everything's better down where its wetter take it from me"
@@theloverlyladylo9158 just look at the kelp around you right here on the ocean floor such wonderful wrecks around you what more are you looking for
The other side of the mermaid foreign exchange program.
[she gets legs, you just lost yours]
"Special military operation" is Russian for "Vietnam".
That "police action".
These two wars are so vastly different to even compare and by far the Ru vs Ukr war is far more parody and costly for Russia.
Or at least it will be in the future. I doubt any Russian Tsar (or Tsarina) will ever use that term again.
"The trees are speaking "Слава Україні"
Bud the usa said Vietnam was a war not a special military operation
Taiwan and the Philippines need many of these.
True.
In Coastal defence Applications they shown they are good it's unknown how they do in more open water.
Definitely would make things miserable for China. China must of been feeling smug about their artificial bases constructed in the South China Sea. However with the advent of sea drones, now with anti air missiles, must be giving China heartburn.
PS - if China actually forces Philippines and other countries to concede the SCS, it will be an empty victory. Imagine China install a billion dollar natural gas project and having some students taking a potshot or two. Any hit could potentially put any investment out of commission.
Kindly reminder that most of the russian black sea fleet ships were made in shipyards in ukraine, ukraine was part of the think tank of the russian navy and now they are using their knowledge to create ingenious inventions like these that is putting in check the russian black sea fleet
They were very smart, back when they built the Aircraft Carrier, too make sure it was the most useless Aircraft Carrier, they could ever build for Russia. They knew some day, it would be used against them.
Ukraine was smart to build Russia the most useless Aircraft Carrier, because they knew one day, it was going to be used against them.
Kindly remember that most of the black sea fleet was built in a Russian shipyard in what became Ukraine. Ukraine got the shipyards in the divorce.
@@Bpg5012trick I'm not so sure about that. The Chinese bought its sister ship from Russia after the Soviet Union collapsed and, while it's no USS Eisenhower, it doesn't have nearly as many problems as the Russian version does.
@@Matt-yg8ub wrong by then it was the Soviet union, even if not independent it was made by the Ukrainian socialist republic and even after the republic gained it's independency they still made and retrofitted ships contracted by russia
Sea Babies…
Maguras…
Angry Jet Skis
Sea Drones….
Words I never thought I would utter in 2022.
Oh yes the good old angry jet ski.
Isn't it 2024?
Taiwan taking notes 📝 📝📝📝
Taiwan is already producing sea and air drones in big numbers! Unfortunately so does China . The face of modern warfare is changing practically overnight.
So is China, Iran, and all of their proxies.
Taiwan's search history:
Sea drone river?
Can GBU-57 float
Yangtze river map
Amusingly, President-Elect Lai did go into a rage when he discovered the drone components for their drones were made in China and not Taiwan. Still, once a problem is known, it can be fixed; and better now (While China's dealing with its own PLARF corruption scandal) then later.
The entire island is a drone
Warographics has more consistency and production value than anyone else on the genre imho
Including cnn
I prefer Perun's Power Points.
Covert Cabal is another highly professional channel i can only recommend.
@@marcbeebee6969 that's no wonder, given they employ roughly 3 veterans across all their news rooms. Not much in-house expertise
There are others are better for more in depth information. Yet the format or lack of editing is terrible.
Simons channels are excellent at getting the main details in a packed video.
One thing I wish Simon would do on all his channels is go out, and get behind the scenes videos. Especially on Mega Projects.
Yet then the ruse of him actually not being a single person locked in a European basement turning out videos, and talking to himself would be up. Danny and Simon are the same.
Whether Ukraine wins this war or not they would have put a fight worthy of thousand years of history books
Indeed. They are a strong people, remaining adamant in their resistance to being absorbed by a greedy military superpower who becomes less and less powerful by the day as their Cold War and WW2 stockpile of toys is bled dry💙💛
mate a thousand years from now, military historians around the world will still be laughing at how a "superpower" lost their flag ship in a land war they started against a country that doesn't even have a navy.
Ukraine will win. Slava Ukraini! Heroyim Slava! (Phonetic spelling→) Idina hoyza lupa, orks!
you are massively optimistic about the future longevity of human society
not really, It's not Russia fighting a smaller country, it's Russia fighting Ukraine and 19 other countries.
The entire logistics and supply, all the missile systems, all the intelligence satellite and drone surveillance are not just supplied but manned by primarily US, British and French forces directly. none of these drone ships wold be very useful without US drone surveillance.
Every Patriot missile battery os operated by US servicemen in plain clothes that have been temporarily decommissioned and are technically 'private contractors'. The strike on the Moskva was done entirely by these private contractors and the US 'advisors'. We literally do everything and then get a Ukrainian to push the actual button so they can testify in court if need be that the attack was "launched by Ukrainian forces".
These systems are not systems that you can be trained to use in a few months, they take years to learn, but more importantly they don't work in a vacuum, they need our vast logistical systems to be effective or even work.
As it stands, Russia currently occupies the vast majority of the territory it wanted to in the first place and there's very little anyone can do to kick them out. Sanctions only strengthened them and gave them new allies. Russia's industrial base is at a record high, their economy is almost in a better place that ours, they have alliances with more of the world now than we do.
Ukrainians have fought bravely but they fought for a leader who has been grifting off this war from the start, the sad reality is that they are dying to US politicians and arms contractors can make Billions, and that cynical lot cares not one bit about any number of deaths in Ukraine as long as the war grift cash spigot keeps flowing.
It's one of those " why didn't we think of this before?" ideas that is gonna change the world forever.
It’s one of those “as teens we were all thinking this, and now the generals and politicians are finally letting us do it” moments.
As soon as the first autonomous sea drone hit a Russian ship, you can bet your ass that there were many MANY counter strategy meetings about how to combat them around the world. Honestly, it's one of the strengths of the US military industrial complex; finding solutions to threats.
это оружие легко повернуть против американских кораблей
@@soulxtr Whatever Ruskybot. If you guys attack us, you're fucked.
I think the US has been thinking about this for quite a while. They're the ones who sent Ukraine that big first sea drone as part of a defense package, and they wanted to see how it would do or what the Ukrainians could come up with using that as a template. And now they're getting a lot of valuable Intel, as the US and Ukrainians are absolutely sharing intelligence on the daily! I think the US will be the most prepared for drone warfare, offensively and defensively... And I'm happy that the Ukrainians will have a valuable industry after the war💪🏼
@@soulxtr Russian and Chinese tech is always inferior to Western tech. Your people have never been our equals.
@@soulxtryea that’s the point he was making
Sea babies would be of use in the Baltic Sea, too.
i love that name, it's so good.
Sea speaking Estonian/Finnish 😁
Do you guys ever get tired of validating Russia’s concerns and giving them reasons to fear NATO expansion?
@@Matt-yg8ubNATO is a defensive alliance, Russia could either start a war with all of them or one of them could start a war with Russia.
@@Matt-yg8ub No, I don’t. They have threatened with nukes since the 90’s, and their state sanctioned media constantly talks about destroying this and that country, or annexing them.
Placating rogue state has never and will never work. Only a serious military deterrent is a guarantee of safety in the future. I don’t want my safety to be based on “pretty please don’t destroy me 🥺” and then hope they listen.
Omg by the time this war over Sea warfare will never be the same again
War always advances always but not in this case. These are just land launched torpedoes that are easier to spot and cheaper.
@therasco400 Russian ships "spot" the drones when the Russian ships blow up and sink. Nothing to see here.
Just think for a minute what would happen if a country with a budget like Amarica started building this things
Can't wait to hear Sabaton's new hit song: "When Sea Babies Attack!"
Oh my god that'd be so sweet.
Unfortunately, "Sabaton" is pro-Russian and most likely you will hear about Never forget about a fallen sailor fighting a crab
They performed in occupied Crimea in support of the occupation. The Swedish army then refused to cooperate with the group after this.
"Sabaton" sold their honor for money, yes they are talented but they have absolutely no idea about the meaning of the words in their songs.
Said the expert😂@@vladkudrya9615
Gay
Great video. Just shows you don't have to be the biggest navy to own the waters. Slava Ukraini
Bro. This just shows you don't even have to have a Navy to own the waters lol. Screw being the biggest Navy lol, Ukraine, at the moment, does not have a Navy. And they really don't need one.
I'm glad the Ukrainians are on our side. Taiwan should reach out to them.
Ukraine should reach out to Taiwan 🇹🇼. First off remember who built the factories turning China into a manufacturing superpower - that was Taiwan. Then add to that the high-end AI chips that even China still can’t catch up with… Sea baby say “all your base are belong to us”.
Ukraine will be a valuable consultant when it comes to drone deployment and design after all of this is over. Especially when it comes to deployment.
They are writing the handbook on drone warfare. The best R&D is wartime analytics. Lethality, target recognition, miniaturized platforms on the horizon.
I agree I think it’s awesome how they’re using drones saw one of their drone companies at a drone expo they’re building impressive designs overall.
@@DaltonBlack-of5ld was the drone expo in Europe?? Just curious
@@nolongerblocked6210 it was a drone expo in San Diego during April. There was a Ukrainian drone company they were showing off these cargo delivery drones used to drop mortar rounds on tanks or capsules carrying life rafts. There were some recruiters as well (I wouldn’t mind teaching Ukrainians how to fly drones or just fly drones for military purposes).
@@DaltonBlack-of5ld thanks for the info. Ukraine is definitely casting a wide net looking for potential recruits, which is totally understandable
Ukraine uses sea drones on Russian Warship.
Taiwan: "Write that down, write that down, write that down we need to pass China's sea test".
I feel like the Philippine navy should be taking notes. Those "civilian militia navy" boats could make great target practice
@zacharybaird9236 imagine going to bully an small boat, and then it starts following you and the people you saw in the boat where dummies, they will start to blame someone but is the sea, so same rules they are abusing
It's crazy to think that Ukraine a country without a navy is running circles around the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Warfare changing man the age of ships and battle tanks is coming to an end
Why do we read so many of you Americans claiming Ukraine are beating Russia! Or are causing Russia big problems?...
I mean, I'm English, and reading all of you is simply mind-numbing, you're clueless! I mean, I just ask, where have all those "modern" western tanks gone?
Where are the 1000+ tanks, Ukraine started with gone?
Or tell us, where is Ukraine's air force, (of over 600 aircraft), they were so proud of?
How about all those NATO trained, Ukrainian army divisions, where are they all?
As for the billions, upon billions, of dollars and weapons they've received endlessly, where is it all?
No! You don't mean, those useless Russians, have smashed to smithereens all those NATO trained Ukrainian Army troop divisions, and all their hi tech US weapon systems (that never work)?
No way, man! I can't be having that! They'd all been trained by NATO for 8 years, man! You know, NATO? That US led organization of clowns, half wits, and transgender's, who only represent the USA, and most certainly not a single European or European country, them, I mean, you know... NATO?.
It was claimed they've been trained by NATO for 8 years, and claimed they were all armed with the best military technology available, man!
But hang on here, a minute, I'm not finished, what about all those mercenaries, where are they all?
What about all those US troops (that we found out were fighting in Ukraine), have they all come home? Or are they all 6' under?
And what about all those Ukrainian fully fit, hard, strong, (fighting men), aged between 12 -15 years old, or those 65 - 75-year-old pensioners... (we all watched being rounded up, and kidnapped off the streets), to be thrown into the front lines? Where are they all?
What? You mean, an 800,000 x2 strong Ukrainian Army, with many NATO trained troops divisions Vs them useless Russians, reduced to fighting with shovels, are all gone? LOL.
It isn't even a Russian invasion of Ukraine! It's only a military operation being carried out to demilitarize and denazify the Ukrainian military.
Ukrainian military losses:
1079 Aircraft.
735 Helicopters.
8,273 UAVs.
1148 Air defence missile systems.
12,274 Tanks and Armoured vehicles.
2,700 multi rocket launchers.
6,887 Field artillery cannons and mortars.
12,395 Special military motor vehicles. Troops falling at a rate of 12/1-14/1 in Russia's favour.
A military crushing, the likes of which, none of us have ever seen before (in other words).
Can you even begin to imagine what those numbers would read, if Russia did invade Ukraine?
@@jackyboi5824USV’s work well in for coastal defense or in limited margarines environments like the Black Sea or Red Sea, definitely not a replacement for a navy, but every navy in the world has something new to think about once they get with a few hundred kilometers of a hostile nations coast. As for tanks, the next generation of tanks is already adding hard kill and soft kill APS not just for ATGM’s but against drones as well. They’re not perfect tech because they require a constant signal for an operator, but their low cost and expendability are their major advantage.
Literally
You're forgetting the historical context that Ukraine did in fact have a navy up until 2014, when the Ukrainian Admiral Denys Berezovsky defected and swore allegiance to the Crimean separatists, along with all but one Ukrainian ship (which was part of Task Force 151 in the Gulf of Aden at the time).
1:15 - Chapter 1 - The tech
11:40 - Chapter 2 - The effect
19:20 - Chapter 3 - An emerging industry
29:00 - Chapter 4 - Global implications
Submariners used to say there are 2 types of boats- submarines, and targets. Methinks that is no longer accurate.
Now there is Drones, and Coral Reefs.
@@Giganfan2k1how dare you suggest that the Moskva and other Russian ships are now coral reefs! They were promoted to the rank of submarines! Learn your facts!
@@MrJjones543 Thanks for the funny. Also not coral reefs, as no coral, correct?
Not really. Sea drones have been used for years now. Its just the low cost of these vs a homing torpedo that is different.
@@therasco400yes, there were early efforts at unmanned exploding fast-boats in WWII, not to mention the ‘Hellburners’ of the late Renaissance and fire ships dating back to prehistory.
You will never catch a US aircraft carrier sailing alone, they have entire task forces sailing with them. Sea drones would have to get through several counter measures.
Not to mention the US has probably been thinking about this threat for quite a while. I'm assuming that they do not want to show their hand yet. They will wait for the right time to show off their new drone countermeasures, they probably just don't want Russia or China getting any ideas just yet..
China has already built a 200-ton USV for ASW
The future of naval combat is unmanned
I think the main issue is not that these are impossible to defend against, they are not impossible to defend against actually. The fact is that you can build over a thousand of these and still spend less than a conventional ship. Even the current weapons are barely fit to fend against these attacks, not because they can't, but because they're either impractical due to: not enough ammunition or fire rate, not enough accuracy; or too expensive to use against an expendable drone.
The main tactic I would imagine to work against these would be electronic warfare. Cut off the drone's signal to its pilot before it reaches you, but even then, it could go into a sorts of autonomous mode, like search for the nearest jamming signal or some sort of rudimentary radar to get a "something might be over here" signal and then use cameras to locate targets more accurately than the cheap radar could. There's still countermeasures against these that could work as well actually. I just don't know what they are, but I'm sure engineers more fit for this task have already figured this out.
I’m not a expert at all but if you attacked with say 100 sea drones and 1000 air drones it could be possible to overwhelm defences by sheer numbers
Cutting comunications in age of AI is dubious countermeasure to count on...
More realistic would be thermal guided CWIS or Javelin like system but both of those are expensive and would need time to be properly developed, something russians are utterly incapable of right now
"A satellite controlled wolfpack of Sea Babies..." is truly the most phenomenal thing I've heard Simon utter.
Ukraine? Do you mean Build A Drone Workshop?
I'm pretty sure we Americans paid for that thing.
Oh Oh Oh, I want a Build a Drone in my shopping mall!!!
Ukraine has out-CIA'd the CIA
Or Europe paid for it, and without complaining about it the entire time @User_Unknown86
🤣🤪🤣
the next step would be to use sea drone as carrier for air drones, ferry them across the sea, launch the air drone with their full fuel range still intact, real range extender
Rumors are already saying that they're using large drones as helicarriers for smaller attack FPV drones, so it's only a matter of time before the world's cutest aircraft carrier starts blowing stuff up in a Russian port.
Yes & the sea drone acts as a comms repeater station for the aerial drones.
Retractable hatches covering the cargo bay… sci-fi stuff.
This must have been what it was like to notice an aircraft stopping the Bismarck
Just a hint, all names we write in a latin transliteration are ought to be read as they are wrote, so, for example, "Marichka" should be pronounced as [m a r i ch k a], with ch like in chair, followed by k. Marichka is a softer/cozier form of the name Maria (or Mariya in Ukrainian).
Not trying to school you at all! Just thought it might be useful for you to know, that pretty much all our words are transliterated in a simple "read as it's spelled" way (maybe except the somewhat confusing "kh" vs "h" rule, the first is pronounced like "h" as in hoot, and the second is somewhere between "g" and "h" sounds).
Thank you for your videos
Simon pronounces just about every foreign word in the most butchered way possible. At this point I'm pretty sure he's doing a bit.
@@fraserwilson249 great way to get more comments also =)
Simon doesn't care or have time to care, he has to do content for his 20 channels
@@Atomy111 Yes, I always wondered how many channels does he have =)
Thanks. Good to learn something new. 👍👍
One thing you didn't address is starlink. Starlink has made these fpv drones possible. Before starlink the latency was to high to be able to control drones.
3:33 Simon suggests the use of star link behind the drones.
Just keep gem boy straight about what side he supports
I saw one of the videos where Ukrainians mentioned that they stopped using starlink since Elon Musk turned it off at crucial moments. So Ukraine may be using something else now but they did use starlink for the first year or so.
I may not be Ukrainian, but I stand with Ukraine and it's citizens!! Keep on fighting for your liberty!! 🤍 (And to all you right-wingers defending Russia, shame on you!! 🖕)
@Aemillius46 shame on everyone living on stolen land
Ukraine is a sovereign nation, and should be protected. The Budapest memorandum was supposed to mean something. Slava Ukraini
I’m a right-winger passionately supporting Ukraine.
@@josekentucky86is anyone not living on stolen land? The Aztecs were masters of stealing land. As the Russians have been. And, of course, the Bantu have expanded across most of sub-Saharan Africa.
Blind to reality. The people of Ukraine are nothing to the swamp but sock puppets.
Ah yes, i shall now find things to be as relatable as "A Wolf Pack of Sea Babies"
I wish Ukraine would never sunk the Kutznetsov because the mere existence of that ship is a sinking blackhole in the Russian military budget
LoL a Money Pit?
They'll never sink it as it cannot enter the Turkish strait until after the war.
But yeah. Incase Russia manages to sneak the Kutznetsov then restarts the war, best for Ukraine to keep the carrier barely operational.
Never mind that, it's comedy gold, and thus has to stay afloat 😄
@triadwarfare Russias doing a stellar job of keeping it barely operational already!
I'm starting to think that Simon's the first AI personality as he is on so many channels on RUclips for so many years. :)
This is definitely interesting watching this as a filipino because this is exactly the very thing we need in the face of an upcoming potential threat of a china parking their navy in the west ph sea.
For Philippines as an archipelago it would most definitely help!
@@static2223 Some of the problems that countries like Philippines face is the budget of any of the major war countries, or even the budget of one factory of such is likely far greater than the GNP of the Philippines. So, correct that simple and economic solutions are the only solutions available.
@@GodelFishbreath our president is currently looking into changing the economic provisions of our constitution, once that happens i believe our GDP would grow immensely and that could help with modernizing the entirety of our country by using AI and manufacturing to mass produce goods for export.
Greetings from Latvia! Before peace summit Zelensky was in Philippines. I hope your government expressed interest in exchanging such knowledge. If not, it could be one of the agendas for the next meeting.
That's MakAROV Simon, my Skintellectual friend, you know, named after the same man behind the (in)famous Soviet sidearm range Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov...
This man Makarov is fighting his own war and he has no rules. No boundaries. He doesn't flinch at torture, human trafficking, or genocide. He's not loyal to a flag or country or any set of ideals. He trades blood for money. He's your new best friend. You don't want to know what it's cost already to put you next to him.
@@ProbablyNotLegit No Russian in there man!, you're codding me!
The discussion about where this is headed is an important one. Navy, Air Force, Army.... all need to rethink large budget equipment.
One of my biggest fears involves using cargo ships as a first attack weapons in major ports. Once done all shipping and the economies will be.... in deep water.
Drones, missiles, and cargo ships ...oh my.
Good video. :-)
A Tom Clancy novel from the 80s used exactly that gambit, with a Soviet merchant vessel passing Iceland and suddenly offloading enough Russian military to take the country.
@@user-sc7fk5ys6x this small fleet had a tig boat and fueling ship, but they don't come close to the capacity of storage of a large cargo ship or tanker. Interesting times.
Oh yes a modern version of a Kormorant. A Disguised Cargo Ship that's carrying hundreds of Missile & Drone Pods disguised as Cargo Containers.
@@KevinWarburton-tv2iy the ultimate trojan horse and it doesn't have to be one horse. Add nukes and EMP... what a mess. Hope not. The consequences would be dire on ALL sides.
If you look at WW2, Japanese losses to both subs and planes were stunning. Huge carrier investments historically sunk by planes or subs could now by sunk by missiles or torpedo drones.
Outstanding blog Simon. You nailed my thoughts exactly. These inexpensive toys have the potential to majorly shake up geopolitics.
You clearly have an outstanding team there so keep producing more of the same. Stay safe
Here before the bots
😂😂
Same
Dear Lord. Nobody cares how "early" you were. It's the one cringe comment you can be sure will be there.
not for long
Said every Bot ever
I think it's important to understand - ruz battleship are not worse or better than British, US or Chinese. Any boat in costal zone from now on will be in danger of this new threat. Basically- manuvaruble torpedo
And all of us need to think how to counter that
It'll send a chill down every naval commander's spine, just like when aircraft first started being used against ships effectively. It's a game changer.
But the Russian Navy is in pretty bad shape in comparison to even the British Navy. The Russians have some really good ships, but their most important ships don't work very well, and apparently the ports that are supposed to service/fix them aren't in very good condition either.
Don't forget the underwater water ones can Attack Submarines as well.
@@CursedLink666 Where are such conclusions from? Propaganda? Russia is building new ships of all classes. Now Russia gets better practice in combating drones.
@@soulxtr
This is a very expensive and embarrassing way of gaining experience.
On top of which, the US navy is probably learning just as much, if not more, and its not costing them anywhere near any much.
As for propaganda, you'd be the expert about that, wouldn't you?
@@soulxtrlol, the country is fooked. Whatever innovation could come goes up in smoke cos no one smart wants to live there 😅
I wrote about these dynamics years ago, in "Robot War Number One" on Medium, among other essays. Nobody wants to use nukes, but the rule of Robot War is different: "Shoot first, and don't stop shooting until they can't make robots." Get ready for a spiraling war of attrition.
Slava Ukraina thank you Simon for your work about this war. ❤
I swear these things look like some of the race/ski boats I grew up playing with in the 70s & 80s! That big one looks like an old Donzi.
That's alot of modern day museum under that ocean.
There is a huge factor that can prevent the proliferation of sea drone Armageddon that you didn't cover, or at least hold it off from being nearly as dangerous and long ranged. Ukraine's sea drones seem to be using a satellite data uplink. That's the weak link here. If various rebel and terrorist groups are going to use sea drones at a distance where they can keep their operators safe while attacking using drones, they'll need a communications link, and if Star Link or whatever satellite service takes countermeasures against naval drone type activity in certain regions, then those drones are out of luck, and will have to roll their own radio communications. That is way harder than it may seem. Jamming seems to be the low hanging fruit of counter-drone warfare. A cargo ship might not be able to kinetically fight back, but I can see jammers proliferating as a first line of defense against terrorist and aggressor drones.
Jammers don't discriminate. If you're hauling a powerful long range jammer, you're going to be in as much of a communications black out as those drones. Also the drones have on board chips. There already exists completely autonomous sea drones capable of steering by themselves towards their target. Communications jamming would not help you against a drone who is doing all the computing internally. You would need an EMP in that instance. Phone chips are powerful enough to provide basic targeting systems for drones to indentify and attack targets all on their own. Pair that with on board Ai visual detection systems, and those drones will then be able to tell the difference between targets and choose priorities accordingly all on their own. All of this technology already exists, it just needs someone to bundle it all together in an explosive package😊
@@thecooljohn100 couple a drone with a way to follow a jamming signal to its source, and also add cameras to it so once its close enough, it can identify targets autonomously and bingo, you've got a counter-countermeasure
Then Taiwan 🇹🇼 enters the picture. Cheap AI chips forming that wolfpack of sea babies. Then the drones lose their starlink inhibitions for whatever reason and they gonna start coming up with these new mind game strategies on their own. ET grow up and don’t need to phone home.
@@thecooljohn100 this is at best half true. a jammer will absolutely shut down whatever band of communications you set it for no matter who is using that band. however. any moderately competant military can chose to use bands they are not presently jamming to communicate. the trick is figuring out what band your enemy is using, jamming that band, and shifting our coms out of that frequency range. obviosly this is a lot harder than It sounds like and requires constant updating especially if both sides employ jamming and keep shifiting what bands are jammed. Russia used to be good at this however they have evidently lost the skill. in the modern day their jamming does work the way you describe as they resort to jamming nearly every communications band at once or shutting down the jammer to talk. that that is a mark of SHOCKING incompetence for what was supposed to be the worlds second most dangerous military.
The big thing I can see is that these are primarily coastal defence craft, though I can see them becoming part of an ocean going force’s arsenal
Italy back in World war 2 did something Similar against the British Fleet. They were Called MT explosive motorboats. They managed to Damage a tanker and a Cruiser but the Project didn't last long
And back in my day, Sir Francis Drake averted a Spanish invasion of England by similarly deploying small cheap maneuverable boats to pick off the Spanish Armada. Once Britannia ruled the waves, the rest was history.
That was before the speed boat could drive itself.
And the British Navy was competent
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Excellent work Evan, very well written and researched.
Simon forgot to include one very key point in his Global Implications summary:
You can be as certain as the sun will rise in the East that these kinds of drones will be used for drug smuggling. They won't need to rely on Starlink either. Just plot the destination into the onboard computer and an A.I. system will navigate the way - up almost any river...
Sea Baby is my new favourite 2 words to say 🤣🤣
Has a subconscious reference to a certain BBC children’s show doesn’t it.
You know what they need? A drone with a long range and towing capability that can slowly and stealthily tow the underwater drones much closer to the target before it’s released and heads to the target on its own. It would obviously be reusable or it could expend all of its fuel in a one way trip to get the other drone possibly close enough to hit Novorossisk. Another idea is having some of these drones spread out in the Black Sea acting as signal repeaters to speed up the response time for the controllers. Maybe there’s technical problems with that but something to consider at least.
Arkangelsk and Murmansk too
Underwater acoustic mesh network analogous to the starlink constellation?
Very thorough coverage of the Sea Drone topic. Thankyou for such a quality reference grade video.
Excellent Simon. Was thinking similarly for a long time. Glad you did such a deep dive brother ❤
this was a good in depth look - they can still innovate more
Ground based drones may become pretty significant too. Apparently Ukraine says it's experimenting with them.
I hope they do cause it will save lives.
Yes, videos of ground drones blowing bridges and bunkers have been out for months. Where you been?
Superb analysis and presentation. Simply superb!
I really enjoy these longer videos. I hope they give Simon a day off every now and again.
Dude has like 5 other channels he makes content for. His retirement account is as heavy as all the Russian Navy ships at the bottom of the Black Sea💀
It is worth noting that the US Navy at least is in a very good position for deploying sea drone countermeasures as soon as they can be developed. American carriers get all the glory, but they operate in carrier strike groups, which includes an escort force of at least one cruiser and two destroyers, usually more in addition to the carrier itself. These ships are intended primarily to serve one task: keep the carrier alive and working. And by and large, they're very good at it.
From what I can tell based on their armament, a modern cruiser is primarily a platform for missiles - cruise missiles, SAMs, and pretty much anything else that isn't a ballistic nuclear missile (the USN puts those on subs) and is probably their answer for threats in the air. Destroyers typically are primarily intended to deal with submarines these days, but they also have a variety of small gunnery options for dealing with the little stuff. As such, the destroyer will probably be home to whatever systems they find work well against sea drones.
Also, it's very worth noting that while this is the navy of a wealthier country that the Ukrainians are harassing with these sea drones, it is specifically the *Russian* Navy. The Russian navy has never not sucked compared to other major powers in the world. Part of that is the fact that Russia effectively maintains 4 navies: Pacific, Arctic, Baltic and Black Sea, all of whom are pretty cut off from one another and thus have to operate pretty much independently. Part of that is strategic prioritization - Russia tends to favour land war over sea war, and since the early days of the Soviet Union, also favoured air over sea. Part of that is just Russian corruption at play - modern naval vessels are not only really big and expensive, but also really complex and really maintenance heavy. A modern navy needs sailors with a good education into how their systems work, a strong motivation to maintaining them properly, and a combination of discipline and good pay that is sufficient to make the vast majority of them not feel the need to supplement their pay by skimming parts to sell, shirking work, etc...and they need that even in peacetime since you tend not to have many chances to fix long standing problems with your ships during a war. This isn't to say the Russian navy is trivial, but of the major powers of the world, Russia's navy is probably the least capable of adapting to a new threat.
Great topic!
Best commercial for Starlink ever. I love mine, but haven't tried using it to make a kamikaze drone.
"anti bridge weapon" is one of my favorite phrases of all time
Can you imagine a sea drone carrier with a large well deck to deploy squadrons around the world.
US Marine Corps ships pretty much already have that capability, along with the capability to use UAVs
Yes… I can imagine a tiny sea drone carrier able to project force globally.
simon and team awesome video!!!! so cool to see ukrainian resolve, clever thinking, willpower and ingenuity. it’s a yes for me on that potential video about combating drone technology you mentioned please!! the people need it
Thank you for creating and sharing this informative video. Great job. Keep it up.
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lets not forget that STARLINK makes ALL this possible.
and that's the only reason Elon Musk isn't in jail
to respond to your question (which seems to have disappeared) he's committed securities fraud a few times now, not to mention manipulating the price of Tesla stocks with his tweets after being already removed as CEO because of it.
Right up until a bit of AI on a Raspberry Pi makes starlink NOT be necessary anymore. Or sea baby sends up a quadcopter to relay signal when it wants line of sight to the AWACS 600 km away.
Starling doesn’t need musk.
Crazy how no one predicted this or similarly an fpv drone destroying tanks or even more expensive equipment
I predicted the fpv drones. Not sure if people listened to me but i described fpv drones with exlosives and 3d printed retrofitted parts in late 2020. It was in fact to a ukranian dude under a video about potential war between ukraine and russia. Again im not sure anyone listened to me. It was obvious really. Whats better then flying an explosive where ever you want to? And if you can do it cheaply too. It was no brainer really.
ISIS made extensive use of FPV drones during its rise and fall in Iraq from 2014-2017, including the dispersed, adaptive production model Ukraine is using now. I distinctly remember a video of a drone dropping a large mortar round on an advancing Iraqi army humvee.
Great vid!!
Excellent work on this video. Enjoy your research.
Great article Simon and crew!
800 views in 6 minutes, impressive Simon!
It is considering that fir a view to be counted on a video at least half of it needs to be watched and its a 30 min + video
Great video once again
The obvious countermeasure is return of flak cannons (although more advanced with programmable charges) and massive shotguns. If it is too fast to hit it, obliterate the approximate area where it is. The most analog countermeasure to protect an aircraft carrier would be a water surface net trawled behind 2 smaller ships and the carrier in formation in between them.... something like The Ocean Cleanup net but larger. Several long range drones paroling in a perimeter around carrier group nonstop (potentially piloted by the AI) etc. There are many possible countermeasures, these things are just too new so nobody have them implemented and battle tested yet. It is same as with submarines in WW1.
😂haven’t had a good Simon pronunciation in a while…’MAK-A-ROV”, …like the pistol❤
33:17 yes please to learn more on this type of tech
Agreed
Very interesting stuff! Thank you for this episode.
Torpedo boats vs 1890s battleships: "First time?"
More drones. Less humans.
Yup, specially, in the air and sea, where it is easy to distinguish between friend and enemy.
On land...yes, but a full covering id system needed!
And it also allows for hiring of non typical troops who can't serve in active combat roles, giving those with disabilities or weight/age issues the ability to still serve in a capacity which is crucial for smaller nations especially.
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*Taiwan lining up as first customer* 💡💡💡
Oh my god you're so right. Winnie the Pooh is SWEATING
Excellent... Thank you!
I am curious to how the USN plans to counter the inevitable armadas of chinese seadrones. Oh geeze, it occurs to me that seadrones could be a weapon used by pirates as well
That literally is already happening with the Houthis in the Suez Canal. They've been using unmanned explosive drones to target cargo ships. As for what the US is planning to counter this; I'm sure they've been thinking about this for a long time and already have solutions. My guess is they don't want to show their hand to Russia and China just yet and risk giving either of them any viable ideas. The US is the most prepared for this, especially now that intelligence is being shared between the US and Ukraine daily.
Rather the other way round. The nations and islands around China will have them.
Wasn’t the sea baby idea copied from the narcosubs in the first place?
Never says "starlink" even though you can see them mounted on the drones.
Well done, Ukraine. You've already won!!!! Keep up the good work. Good reporting. Many thanks. Strong Ukraine.
Absolutely brilliant description and then breakdown of the ramifications of this technology!
Keep in mind that Turkey still has access to the black sea closed to any military vessel. So Russia's navy there is limited.
Okay, and? If they had more ships there it would just be more targets for the drones😂 Look at how much Russia has lost already... Those ships will take a long time to replace, I don't think they want to lose anymore😂
Warfare is the primary driver of technological innovation. That never changes.
Intellectual property regimes and toxic office politics are the two most mind-deadening experiences engineers face in life. War cuts both of those down to size giving the engineering community the party of their lives.
Incredible content. Thank you!
Nice work! I would certainly like to see a deep dive into unmanned weapon systems and whatever logic drives that technological approach to warfare.
They need it deeper props to get rid of that stirrup in the back and leaving it with a trail of white, if they were to use deeper props it would be less visible
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It would take an ambush by a massive number of sea drones to sink a carrier.
The US CVN Washington took 4 weeks of torpedoes and bombs and still did not sink. It took demolition engineers to finally scuttle it. Additionally, CVNs are blue water ships that always operate in strike groups, meaning they do not need to operate with 400 miles of land and have many other ships protecting them.
The real threat of sea drones is in their litoral use. They are extremely effective at keeping cruisers and destroyers off coast lines and preventing beach landings.
6:32 Nearly made me spit out my drink lmao
Ukraine--Ramp up production, and I'd bet Taiwan would be an interested customer about now!
Or is Taiwan already a major component supplier? It was Taiwanese businesses that got China’s factories going in the first place, so you can bet they have a thing or two to contribute.
Am I only one who thinks that the Russian Trolls are on this guy?
I can't find the megaprojects video on the Admiral Kuznetsov
Another great in depth review of a subject. You're in a class of your own.
They need to use mirror wrap film on their boats! I've been campaigning for this for a long long time, if they use a mirror wrap, it will literally be invisible predator camo! I got the idea from that desert speed roadster hovercraft thing from Star wars, to make it look like it was floating they had a box wrapped in that mirror film, and they said it on top of it giving the appearance that it was floating.. Why not use that same idea for a camo large tanks, fighting vehicles like Bradley's and whatnot, if you're going to be in an area to where it's really really open, or in a forested area it'll be as if it's not even there, then put an anti-reflective intent over it, not too dark just enough to wore off any reflection coming from the tanks boats drones.. it'll work, if you can get this idea to somebody, go ahead and do that I wanna call it Adams coat🤙🏽
too fragile lmao
Drones aren't dumb is the problem, one they're controlled by pilots, and two they can have multiple senors for heat and radar detection etc.
Taiwan take note...
Taiwan has ao much capability in the Tech space, imagine the level they could take the drones to if they partnered up