Forbes
As Ukraine’s explosive drone boats ran down and sank or damaged more Russian warships on the Black Sea starting last fall, the Russian Black Sea Fleet fought back—from the air.
Russian fighter-bombers, flying boats and helicopters patrolled the approaches to the Black Sea Fleet’s anchorages, looking for the telltale wakes of approaching drone boats—and opening fire with rockets and guns.
But in war, as in physics, every action has a reaction. So now Ukrainian drone boats are packing surface-to-air missiles—and possibly already firing back at the Russian aircraft.
