US uses Corsair unmanned surface vessels for first combat strike

CENTCOM says US forces used three Saronic Corsair unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to strike an Iranian naval maintenance facility at Bandar Abbas, described as the first American combat employment of sea drones. The novelty is the transition of a previously tested USV platform into an offensive strike role in-theater, indicating maturation of USV concepts from ISR/rescue support to kinetic missions.