Ukrainian uncrewed boat destroys Russian warplane for first time in history

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/05/3/7510414/

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  1. Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) equipped with R-73 air-to-air missiles are reported to have hit a Russian Su-30 fighter jet near the port of Novorossiysk.

    Source: Mezha Media, a technology and IT news platform within Ukrainska Pravda’s holding company; Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU); a number of Russian military bloggers

    Quote from DIU: “A historic strike has been carried out by soldiers from Group 13, a special DIU unit, using a missile from a Magura uncrewed surface platform. A multi-purpose fighter jet belonging to the aggressor state of Russia, with an estimated cost of about US$50 million, burst into flames in the air and eventually crashed into the sea, to the bottom of the ruthless Neptune’s domain.”

  2. Ukraine is really just trying to do challenge runs at this point.

    “Hey lets see if we can take out a jet with * rolls dice * a boat this week”

  3. > to the bottom of the ruthless Neptune’s domain.

    Yeah, that’s what I’m talkin’ bout.

  4. How to make a peaceful developing country with virtually no army and no air force or naval fleet, a country whose main thing was agriculture, the so called food basket of Europe into a war machine.

  7. I have no idea of the capabilities of these war planes, but if they’re relying on thermal imaging to detect crewed vessels for possible targets they’re gonna have to rethink that.

  8. I’m starting to think. Just maybe this whole war is nothing more than a research project for a lot of military tech.

  9. I love how even after all these years Ukraine continues to show what determination, inventiveness, and real patriotism can do!

  11. In an anime called Black Lagoon, very early in the story, our protagonist hatches an absurd plan to kill a helicopter using a torpedo mounted on a boat. All I can do is quote the immortal line he shouts while implementing this plan that Ukraine one-upped.

    “**You just got FUCKED!**”

  12. All this homemade stuff is cool but the next war will be one big autonomous robot war with drone armys. 

  13. Serious question. When all this is solved will Ukraine be a new military complex power center? Right now it can’t but in future their drone warfare may be a strong economy point.

  15. Ukraine has developed autonomous weapons technology extremely fast. They have a goal to build 4
    Million drones in 2025.

    Meanwhile, Russia is assaulting Ukraine with conscripts on electric scooters and motorcycles

  16. Crazy stuff. While russians are bombing civilians in their sleep, Ukrainians are making history.

  17. I read unscrewed first and couldn’t make any sense of that headline.

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