Overview
- SBU says the upgraded vessels can operate over 1,500 km, carry up to 2,000 kg, and feature reinforced engines with modern navigation.
- At a controlled demonstration, variants were shown with a gyro‑stabilized machine‑gun turret and a 10‑round Grad multiple‑rocket launcher, with one unit test‑run from shore.
- Officials highlighted AI‑assisted friend‑or‑foe targeting, the ability to launch small aerial attack drones, and multilayered self‑destruct systems to prevent capture.
- The agency says Sea Baby drones were used in successful Black Sea missions, including delivering explosives in the June 3 strike on the Crimean Bridge’s underwater supports.
- Ukraine credits the naval drone campaign with damaging or sinking 11 Russian vessels and contributing to the fleet’s shift from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk, with the program partly funded via United24 and drawing calls to bolster port and electronic‑warfare defenses.