17 JUNE 2024
Ukraine’s state-of-the-art surface drone has been presented at the international Black Sea Security Forum 2024 in Odesa.
Source: Dumska, an Odesa-based local news outlet
Details: The unmanned boat called Stalker 5.0 is 5 metres long and 1.2 metres wide.
It can deliver water, food, military equipment and other supplies to islands or coastal areas where the Ukrainian defence forces are stationed in a special bin in the drone body.
In addition, it can be used for reconnaissance and coastal patrolling in sea and river border areas.
A 60-horsepower petrol engine propels the drone to speeds more than 40 knots (about 75 kilometres per hour). For comparison, a cruiser’s standard speed is about 30 knots (55 kilometres per hour).
The drone is equipped with a Starlink-based video communication and control system. One sample costs about €60,000.
The latest Ukrainian surface drone.
PHOTO: DUMSKA 
The latest Ukrainian surface drone.
PHOTO: DUMSKA
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Nice little water drone. However, I’m sure we aren’t seeing the best of the best. We’ll see their accomplishments one day, though.
It is pretty sweet. No, we are not seeing “the best of the best”. I’m sure this is a great asset to AFUs ever expanding drone fleet.😎🇺🇦💪