First time the UUV launched a torpedo.

The UUV (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) launched the torpedo. That is one of the big, predicted, and sad things about drone systems. UUVs are a relatively new tool in automated weapons. And those systems are a sad introduction to the reality that we cannot live in peace. The military has a purpose. Its purpose is to be effective and scary. And here we must realize that those systems are a so-called necessary evil. 

The UUV system can shoot torpedoes. Or. They can be tools. They can slip into the base using silent electric engines. Those systems can detonate themselves. Or they can cut communication and electric cables. The underwater kamikaze drone can patrol using an electric engine. When. Those systems see a targeted vessel. They can switch to a regular hydrogen peroxide engine. The system can attack any submarine or surface vessel. 

The Russian “Poseidon” system carries an internal 1 to 100 mt nuclear detonator. Those systems can create tsunamis. The full-scale nuclear submarines can cooperate with underwater drones. Nuclear submarines. Can turn. Into. The first full-scale robot warships. A nuclear submarine can host data processing systems. That can control their independent operations. The submarine can also act as a data center and offer support for other drones. 

The UUV can also carry flying drones. They can transport them near the coastline. And then launch those drones. New low-cost systems can also use UUV drones as relay stations. The jet-engined Geran-5 drones and older drone variants could be. Quite easy targets for counter-drone operators. Here. We must remember that the AI is cheap. The lack of computers keeps those jet-engined drones “unable” to operate independently. That means those drones cannot make escape and evasion movements. 

Russia’s Geran-5 drone. 

Artist’s vision of the solar-powered Mars drone. 

Real-life solar-powered drone. 

There is a possibility. That. Those systems could get the optical TERCOM (terrain contour matching) update. The system could actually be DSMAC (Digital Scene Matching Area Correlator). Those systems use the aerial photos taken from the drone route for navigation. And then those systems use optical machine vision to detect and attack targets. Or ground operators can point targets for those poor-man cruise missiles. 

The older Shahed-136 drones can be easy to detect. By. Using their sound as a thing. That can be used to track those systems. The problem is that the R&D cycle in drone systems is very fast. AI can make it possible to create drones that can make escape and evasion movements. 

Shahed-136-type drones can be equipped with electric engines. Things.  Like nuclear batteries or solar panels. Offer. To those small-sized systems.  A possibility. To travel long distances. Basically, a solar-powered, electric-engined version of the Shahed-136 could carry its warhead over intercontinental distances. 

Those systems can make them silent. Those drones can be easy targets. But. That requires. The defender sees them. 

The problem with drones is this. They can be very small and hard to detect. They can hide and wait for orders. Almost everywhere. So. The operator can carry them. Near things. Like radio masts or electric power lines. Then remote operators activate the attack.  They can damage radar, communication antennas, and other electronics. Even. A small amount of damage to a nuclear submarine hull or a surface warship’s underwater structures can be fatal. 

https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/missile-dialogue-initiative/2026/01/russias-new-jet-powered-gerans/

https://www.twz.com/sea/torpedo-fired-from-uncrewed-submarine-for-the-first-time-by-u-s-u-k

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TERCOM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_underwater_vehicle