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Ukrainian intelligence naval drone kills five Russian divers trying to lift it
(www.pravda.com.ua)
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2025
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Yeah I was hoping for something more James Bond. Like launching electrical probes like a tazer, or spinning blades or something. But this works too.
Now I wonder how intentional it was. If it had lost radio contact, that seems like somewhat dangerous default behavior.
Maybe it has a sort of antihandling device just for this purpose
Wouldn't be a surprise to avoid capture of tech, but maybe it was just an accident due to damage. A small explosion underwater (lithium batteries and fuel?) can be deadly enough. Maybe they're designed to self destruct but this one failed until it got handled (wouldn't you want it to destruct as soon as certain variables were exceeded?)
ukrainian drones already washed out on shore once when musk shut off starlink during one of first crimea raids, i'm sure they account for loss of signal now