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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/04/ukraine-shoots-down-russian-fighter-jet-sea-drone-world/
Ukraine destroyed a Russian fighter jet using a seaborne drone,
Kyiv’s military intelligence agency said.
The Main Directorate of Intelligence [GUR] said the Russian
Su-30 fighter jet was destroyed by Ukraine’s Group 13 on
Friday, over waters near Novorossiysk, the Russian port
city on the Black Sea. It is the world’s first downing of
a combat plane by a drone boat.
The Ukrainian waterborne drone reportedly fired an R-73
surface-to-air missile, which struck the $50 million
fighter jet and caused it to catch fire and crash.
Ukraine said it used a Magura V7 sea drone, a 5.5m-long
drone with a range of up to 1,800km.
. . .
That's pretty impressive. Also shows again how
lower-tech can beat higher-tech.
The drone probably wasn't even visible to the
fighter except maybe as a bit of junk floating
low in the water.
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