In the interests of the Navy (Navy) of Russia, a unmanned boat is created, capable of offline to detect the enemy and apply torpedo weapons along it, TASS reports, referring to a source in the defense and industrial complex.
“Now in the initiative manifestation of an unmanned boat, the main purpose of which is the search and destruction of the enemy’s submarine offline. After detecting the enemy boat, the unmanned system will independently identify the goal and make a decision on the launch of the torpedoes,” the interlocutor told.
It is expected that this system that can act as in automatic mode, and through the control of a few crew will be used in the far sea zone and in arctic latitudes.
“With the help of several robot torpedo, it will be possible without attracting basic anti-submarine forces to quickly deploy a temporary anti-submarine line in the area of combat patrols of the Navy ships group or strengthen the defense at the Fleet Base Points,” said the source.
The interlocutor of the agency clarified that a boat of 14 meters long will develop the speed of more than 35 knots, move with the sea excitement to 6 points and work without refueling up to 3 days. The main mobility boat will be two universal electric torpedoes by a 533 millimeter caliber.
In April 2020, the DRIVE edition wrote that the Russian modernized universal deep-sea self-dissolving torpedo (UGST) “physicist” is one of the best in the world.