The Navy will have shelves of unmanned systems

The Russian Navy is creating naval regiments of unmanned systems, sources in the military department told Izvestia. They will be formed as part of all fleets. The new military units will feature robotic systems operating in different environments: aerial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), ground-based drones, unmanned boats and underwater uninhabited vehicles.

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The Russian Navy will receive a full-fledged reconnaissance and strike platform

The military units will perform both reconnaissance and strike missions. They will also guard our ships, destroy enemy drones and unmanned boats, as well as search for and destroy naval mines.

Various types of equipment assembled in such units will turn into complexes that solve operational tasks in the interests of the fleet, Rear Admiral Igor Korolev, ex-deputy commander of the Pacific Fleet for Armament, told Izvestia.

"Only the Main Command of the Navy can form such units correctly. The operational tasks that the new units will solve are their area of responsibility. Only they can fully form and fully assess their level of readiness to solve a particular task. Units where robotic technology will become the main type of weapon will operate much more efficiently than those equipped with traditional technology. New technology must be systematically used, studied, and applied — and they will do it without being afraid to figure out the problems. This will be their main job," he also noted.

Troops of unmanned systems are currently being created in the Russian Armed Forces, and the regiments being formed are likely to form the backbone of the naval component of these troops, military expert Dmitry Boltenkov told Izvestia.

"We can assume that there will be at least five of them. Three will be part of the fleets based in the European part of Russia, and two for the Pacific Fleet. There is a very long distance between Primorsky Krai and Kamchatka, and two regiments may be required to control such remote regions. It is possible that the Caspian and Dnieper flotillas will receive the same units," the expert noted.

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