A pod of the gun-armed Sea Babies.
Motored into the Kerch Bay.
Between Crimea and ‘Mordor’.
On Thursday night.
And engaged in.
A spirited close fight.
With the bay’s.
‘Orcs’ defenders.
Videos from the battle.
Depict Sea Babies.
Opening fire on ‘orcs’.
Helicopters and patrol boats.
“Intercepted ‘orcs’ radio.
Transmissions indicate that.
There are killed and wounded.
On board the helicopters.”
The ‘elves’ security service reported.
“The helicopters themselves.
Have received significant damage.
And now require major repairs.”
It’s not clear.
Whether any of.
The Sea Babies.
Survived the fight.
But according to the security service.
Other ‘elves’ drone boats.
Got through.
The ‘orcs’ defenses.
And damaged.
A barge supporting repairs.
To the oft-targeted Crimean Bridge.
Spanning the Kerch Strait.
A pod of the gun-armed Sea Babies.
Motored into the Kerch Bay.
Between Crimea and ‘Mordor’.
On Thursday night.
And engaged in.
A spirited close fight.
With the bay’s.
‘Orcs’ defenders.
It’s apparent from the videos.
Of the battle that.
The Sea Babies’ gunfire.
Isn’t terribly accurate.
The Sea Babies’ gunfire.
Isn’t terribly accurate.
While the USVs are bouncing.
On choppy water.
The drones are already equipped.
With ballistic fire controls and.
Automatic targeting algorithms.
But these systems may need improving.
What’s important is that.
The Sea Babies can now.
Put up a meaningful fight.
As they churn toward their targets.
A pod of the gun-armed Sea Babies.
Motored into the Kerch Bay.
Between Crimea and ‘Mordor’.
On Thursday night.
And engaged in.
A spirited close fight.
With the bay’s.
‘Orcs’ defenders.
Until recently.
The Sea Babies and.
Magura V5s were.
All but defenseless.
They depended on.
The cover of darkness.
And their low profile.
To evade detection.
And evasive maneuvers.
And evasive maneuvers.
To avoid destruction.
When they were detected.
That ‘elves’ drone boats.
Can now fight their way.
To their targets.
Is an ominous development.
For what’s left.
Of the Black Sea Fleet.
For what’s left.
Of the Black Sea Fleet.
A pod of the gun-armed Sea Babies.
Motored into the Kerch Bay.
Between Crimea and ‘Mordor’.
On Thursday night.
And engaged in.
A spirited close fight.
With the bay’s.
‘Orcs’ defenders.
‘Elves’ unmanned surface vessels.
—18-foot Sea Babies.
And Magura V5s—
have wreaked havoc.
—18-foot Sea Babies.
And Magura V5s—
On the battered ‘orcs’.
Black Sea Fleet this year.
In separate raids.
On Crimean anchorages.
In February.
May and June.
The explosives-laden USVs.
Sank a corvette.
A landing ship.
A patrol boat and a tugboat.
A pod of the gun-armed Sea Babies.
Motored into the Kerch Bay.
Between Crimea and ‘Mordor’.
On Thursday night.
And engaged in.
A spirited close fight.
With the bay’s.
‘Orcs’ defenders.
After those sinkings.
The Black Sea Fleet was.
Down to no more than.
Two-thirds of its pre-war strength.
Determined to protect.
What’s left of the fleet.
The ‘orcs’ navy has stiffened.
The defenses.
Around naval bases.
In Crimea and southern ‘Mordor’.
The approaches.
To these bases.
Are now patrolled by.
Armed Mil Mi-8 helicopters.
And Raptor patrol boats.
Among other assets.
A pod of the gun-armed Sea Babies.
Motored into the Kerch Bay.
Between Crimea and ‘Mordor’.
On Thursday night.
And engaged in.
A spirited close fight.
With the bay’s.
‘Orcs’ defenders.
To give the satellite-guided.
Sea Babies and Magura V5s.
Respectively operated by.
The ‘elves’ internal security service.
And the main intelligence directorate.
A fighting chance against.
The gun- and missile-armed.
Mi-8s and Raptors.
The ‘elves’ have begun.
Upgrading their USVs.
The ‘elves’ have begun.
Upgrading their USVs.
Some can launch.
Rockets or small.
Aerial drones.
For standoff attacks.
Others sail into action with.
Remote-controlled machine guns.
And surface-to-air missiles.
For self-defense.
A pod of the gun-armed Sea Babies.
Motored into the Kerch Bay.
Between Crimea and ‘Mordor’.
On Thursday night.
And engaged in.
A spirited close fight.
With the bay’s.
‘Orcs’ defenders.
Until recently.
The Sea Babies and.
Magura V5s were.
All but defenseless.
They depended on.
The cover of darkness.
And their low profile.
To evade detection.
And evasive maneuvers.
And evasive maneuvers.
To avoid destruction.
When they were detected.
That ‘elves’ drone boats.
Can now fight their way.
To their targets.
Is an ominous development.
For what’s left.
Of the Black Sea Fleet.
For what’s left.
Of the Black Sea Fleet.
A pod of the gun-armed Sea Babies.
Motored into the Kerch Bay.
Between Crimea and ‘Mordor’.
On Thursday night.
And engaged in.
A spirited close fight.
With the bay’s.
‘Orcs’ defenders.
*Because I read “Ukraine’s Sea Baby Drone Boats Shoot Back Now” by David Axe on 9 Dec 2024 on the Forbes, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022 on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
