Surface drones pose a threat to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet – British intelligence
British intelligence says that the threat from surface drones is likely to continue to limit the operations of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.
This is stated in the March 27 intelligence review of the British Ministry of Defense.
– On March 22, at least three unmanned surface vehicles and an aerial drone attempted to strike the Russian naval base in Sevastopol in the temporarily occupied Crimea, the report said.
According to open sources, one surface drone stopped because of defensive boom barriers.
#war Another video of the breakthrough of????????drones on Sevastopol harbor in the early morning of March 22. One of them was stopped by a booms at the entrance to the harbor and exploded. Two others managed to jump over the booms and they were destroyed already in the harbor. pic.twitter.com/3bWHShWwEx
— Capt(N) (@Capt_Navy) March 23, 2023
The agency recalled that the previous attack by surface drones on Sevastopol took place on October 29, 2022.
Then, according to reports, drones damaged the minesweeper Ivan Golubets and the frigate Admiral Makarov.
Although the new attacks apparently did not damage any military assets, the threat from surface drones is likely to continue to limit the operations of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, the British agency suggested.
Photo: screenshot from the video