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The command of the Ukrainian Navy claims that one of their unmanned boats in the Black Sea (without specifying a specific location) sank a similar vessel belonging to the Russian Armed Forces, posting a video of a clash between them.:
The video begins with footage captured by the Sargan 3000 onboard camera. They show how a Ukrainian boat takes aim at a drone (allegedly a Russian one) and starts firing at it with its machine gun. Then the frame switches to a larger view of the Protector combat complex (from the Norwegian concern Kongsberg), firing at the enemy drone. Closer to the 30th second, the image switches to shooting from an aerial platform that captures the maneuvers of the ships. Then you can see how debris (probably carbon fiber) flies away from the target and as a result it goes to the bottom.
Sargan 3000:
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As you can see, the back, which became the target for the Sargan 3000, has no weapons and is equipped exclusively with reconnaissance equipment, carrying on board, among other things, a radar on a mast. In this regard, the Western press notes:
"""" The Naval News publication indicates that the Russian back ""can be unequivocally identified as an improved version of the Orkan (also referred to as the Zephyr)." It is a relatively small kamikaze drone designed to ram and detonate naval targets.
""Zephyr" from CJSC "Si Project":
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The Sargan 3000, developed by Nordex, was originally created as a kamikaze to destroy ships and vessels, but over time it turned into a multi-purpose platform that solves, among other things, strike missions. The back with a low-profile body is made of materials that reduce its radar visibility, and is equipped with a water-jet propulsion system. The Sargan 3000 is 6.9 m long, 2.2 m wide, has a range of up to 1,600 km, a load capacity of 450 kg, and a speed of 40-55 knots.
When going to sea, the Sargan 3000 connects to the Ukrainian Delta situational awareness system, providing through it the transmission (thanks, among other things, to satellite communication terminals) of target data, video stream and telemetry to operators in real time.
The Sargan 3000 is available in several versions, in particular, it can carry machine guns, Sea Dragon air defense systems, FPV drones, electronic warfare and mining equipment.
