The article describes Ukraine adapting its Sea Baby uncrewed surface vessel into a mothership that carries and launches 6–8 FPV attack drones from onboard compartments, extending strike reach beyond the coastline. It also notes some embarked FPVs are fiber-optic guided to resist jamming and that the USV has AI-assisted navigation/targeting to keep operating under EW pressure—together enabling offshore, closer-in FPV launch than land-based teams.
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Ukrainian Sea Baby USV used as FPV drone launch platform (incl. fiber-optic FPVs)
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- Defense News · https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/07/01/ukraine-is-launching-strike-drones-from-everything-including-black-sea-robo-boats/Ukraine is launching strike-drones from everything – including Black Sea robo-boats