Ukrainian UUV manufacturer Toloka has unveiled the TLK-1000 XLUUV at the Brave1 Defense Tech Valley 2025 exhibition in Lviv. As expected, the long anticipated craft is much larger than the TLK-150 model previously shown...
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Taiwan's Black Whale XLUUV
Taiwan is rapidly trying to create asymmetrical ways to counter the invasion threat. Principly these include uncrewed systems, many inspired by Ukraine's defence against Russia.
Taiwanese shipbuilder Longteh Shipbuilding has revealed the 'Black Whale' XLUUV...
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OSINT: New Underwater Structures At Chinese USV/AUV Test Site
Just south of Dalian there is a pier which has become closely associated with China's uncrewed vessel developments
Now there appears to be new seabed structures being deployed at the site...
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Dance Of The Flamingos: Ukraine’s FP-5 Heavy Cruise Missile
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The FP-5 Flamingo marks a significant increase in the range and payload of Ukraine's deep strike capability...
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China Is About To Go Public On Its Massive XLUUV Programme
China is preparing to reveal at least two of its extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles (XLUUVs), basically drone submarines, at a military parade on September 3.
One of the designs is labeled the AJX-002, and the other has an as-yet unknown designation...
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Taiwan's Surface Drone Threat Emerging - Kuaiqi USV
Facing an ever increasing threat from the mainland, Taiwan (Republic of China, ROC) is racing to develop a similar uncrewed capabilities to Ukraine. Most visible of these in the naval sphere are weaponised uncrewed surface vessels (USVs).
One of the most promising homegrown designs is the Kuaiqi...
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U.S. Navy's Semi-Submerged Torpedo Boat, 1943
During World War Two the U.S. Navy was not known for its unconventional thinking. While the Italians and British quickly embraced novel means of sneak attacks, America focused on overwhelming conventional forces.
Yet that doesn't mean that everyone within the U.S. military thought that way...
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OSINT: Previously Unreported Low-Observable Naval Transport
A previously unreported Chinese transport vessel, with low-observable characteristics, has been observed in historic satellite imagery of Sanya on Hainan, in the South China Sea
Civilian multihull ferries are common in the port but these vessel appears to be a military transport, possibly optionally crewed...
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Philippines Design Indigenous Weaponised Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV)
Facing increased aggression from China, the Philippines appears to have been looking to Ukraine for inspiration.
Mindanao State University displayed a model of the Palid USV at the Philippine Navy's Self Reliance Defense Posture (SRDP) summit in Manila last week...
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Overview Of Russian Maritime Drones (USVs) Of The Russo-Ukrainian War
Russia has been slower to adopt uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), but has been using them in the Black Sea...
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