RIGA - Russia will soon intensify the use of drones at sea, not only for sabotage operations, but possibly also to escort shadow fleet vessels used to transport oil products, Janis Garisons, Chairman of the Board of the maritime drone manufacturing company NEWT21 and former State Secretary of the Latvian Ministry of Defense, said on Facebook.
Garisons notes in his Facebook post that the Russian military exercise July Storm is currently taking place in the Baltic Sea without receiving much attention. The fact that Russia still has the resources to hold such drills at a time when most of its military assets are engaged in Ukraine is no longer news, Garisons said.
Citing analysts' conclusions, Garisons pointed out that Russia is now producing so much weaponry that it can stockpile it.
To his post, Garisons attached a video of a Russian exercise involving a combined attack on a naval target by both an air and a sea drone.
Garisons believes that this confirms his earlier observation that Russia is learning the lessons of the Ukraine war and adapting very quickly.
"This means that in the near future we will see Russia intensively using drones at sea - not only for sabotage operations, but also, I would not rule out, to escort shadow fleet vessels. To operate successfully, maritime drones, like any other weapon, need to be used on a daily basis, integrated into overall battle tactics and finally, it is necessary to practice their destruction," Garisons stressed.
Garrison concluded his comment by rhetorically repeating the question of former Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander Valerii Zaluzhnyi, namely whether NATO is ready for a war with new technologies.
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