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Mar 22 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
***UPDATE***
#Ukrainian maritime drone (USV) and drone (UAV) attack on #Russian navy at Sevastopol

Treat as unconfirmed, but likely.

Details limited. Video appears to be burning USV caught at harbor floating boom defenses

Even if no ships are sunk, attacks have major impact Still from video of Ukrainian maritime drone at Sevastopol M
Previously seen version of #Ukraine maritime drone.-> hisutton.com/Ukraine-Mariti…

Yet to see whether this one is the same (or indeed a USV, caveats apply at this point) #OSINT
Even when ‘unsuccessful’ in normal terms, they can be hugely important both historically and strategically navalnews.com/naval-news/202…
Natural question whether today’s maritime drone still uses ⭐️ link…

Meanwhile Russia also has maritime drones now navalnews.com/naval-news/202…

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Here -> hisutton.com/Bayonet-Underw…

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***BREAKING***

Reported attack by #Russian maritime drone on Zatoka Bridge, Ukraine, Feb 10, 2023

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#OSINT Attack by maritime drone
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Video of the bridge being attacked is being widely shared on social media. This appears credible.

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***UPDATE***
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Jan 14
**OSINT**

Thread. A couple of days ago we at @navalnewscom noted increased #Russia naval movements, unusual enough to warrant reporting.

Today, kalibr cruise missile attacks.

This is not the 1st time this has happened. Some thoughts

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navalnews.com/naval-news/202…
On December 22 we made a similar report, and then too it preceded major missile strikes

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Important: i am not suggesting that we predicted these strikes specifically. If you read the pieces you can see that. But we did observe the increased activity which, in hindsight, was likely at least in part related (simplified)

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**UPDATE**

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The target is modelled on Eilat Naval base in #Israel. The target ship was modelled on an Israeli Navy Sa'ar 6 corvette Iran UAV attack on represen...
Iran is building a much larger drone carrier
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