I'm actually somewhat surprised Iran is openly telling us they are using underwater drones for this. That piece of technological advance has gone mostly under the radar (!) so far.

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chinathrow 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> That piece of technological advance has gone mostly under the radar (!) so far

The Ukraine would like to have a word.

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technothrasher 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

FYI, "The Ukraine" is politically charged wording held over from Soviet times, and implies that it is part of Russia. The independent country is known simply as "Ukraine".

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comrade1234 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There are plenty of languages with gendered country names. Ukraine is die Ukraine (feminine gender) in German and the article is necessary since changing the article changes the meaning of what you're expressing. Whenever I see/hear "the Ukraine" I assume English is their second language.

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cloche 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How do you explain "back in the USSR"?

	▲	noumenon1111 4 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You don't know how lucky you are, boy...
	▲	SideburnsOfDoom 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		For the same reason as "The UK" or "The USA" - all of them are acronyms starting "The Union of ..." or "The United ...". Similarly you say "The commonwealth of Massachusetts" but not "The Massachusetts". This does not apply to Ukraine, unless you want to say "The Republic of Ukraine".
	▲	jjgreen 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		... or "Born in the USA"

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yxhuvud 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The drones that are mainly used there are the flying kind.

	▲	trynumber9 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		"Mainly" but they've been assaulting Russian boats and ships with USVs and submersibles. For example - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Baby#Sub_Sea_Baby
	▲	cyberax 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Ukraine completely locked up the Russian fleet inside its bases with the underwater drones.

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simonw 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Underwater drones, not drones in general.

	▲	bootsmann 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ukraine has been sinking Russian warships in their harbor using underwater drones for at least a year now.

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bootsmann 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s Ukraine, no “the”.

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comrade1234 3 hours ago | parent [-]

In many languages the article is necessary. I assume English is their second language.

	▲	bootsmann 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes but as one of the other commenters pointed out, its a charged term when it comes to Ukraine so its worth mentioning to people that use it accidentally.

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RobotToaster 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What defense is there against something like this? AFAIK only a few US aircraft carriers are equipped with anti torpedo torpedoes, and one of those sitting in the straight would be pretty vulnerable.

Of course that could be the entire idea.

	▲	SideburnsOfDoom an hour ago \| parent [-]
		The calculation is that of course there are defences, but if you have a big stockpile of $20K drones, and your opponent has a limited number of $2mil drone interceptors, then you can keep throwing drones and keeping your opponent busy there, and you're coming out ahead even before one finally gets through. See: https://bsky.app/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.com/post/3mgrvx5gr...