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Underwater Drone Captured By Iran Matches American Anduril Model
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In Short: Iranian state media reported capturing an American-built underwater drone, sparking discussions on the growing role of unmanned systems in naval warfare.
The captured drone, identified as a Dive-LD model by Anduril, a California defense firm, is capable of extended missions and can operate at depths of up to 6,000 meters, the company's website states.
The U.S. military is investing heavily in unmanned naval systems, including underwater and surface vessels, as it seeks cheaper ways to monitor vast areas of ocean and gather intelligence, according to Daily Maverick.
What's still developing
- The building in Kyiv housing the Ukrainian TV channel We are Ukraine partially collapsed after the Russian strike A Russian drone has struck a Ukrainian TV channel headquarters in Kyiv, injuring at least five people as journalists were broadcasting live, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
- We Are Ukraine has published footage which it says shows the moment the drone hit its newsroom.
- Earlier on Tuesday, air raid alerts warned civilians to seek shelter as Russian forces carried out missile and drone strikes on Kyiv, the local authorities said.
- Kyiv residents took shelter in underground metro stations during overnight Russian drone and missile strikes A series of explosions across Ukraine's capital overnight killed three people and injured another 25, the state emergencies service DSNS said.
- In Russia, buildings were struck in the city of Saratov during a Ukrainian drone attack, its regional governor Roman Busargin said early on Tuesday.
- Iranian state media said the vessel was a Dive-LD, a large autonomous underwater vehicle built by California defense firm Anduril.
- The 19-foot (5.8-metre) submersible can carry out missions including mine countermeasures, seabed mapping, intelligence gathering and the inspection of underwater infrastructure such as cables and pipelines, the company has said.
- "We trapped one of the most modern, intelligent and unmanned submarines of the terrorist American army at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. This submersible is equipped with the latest technologies," the Revolutionary Guards Navy said in a statement carried by Iranian state media.
Sources
- navalnews.comlink