That means.
A single unmanned boat.
Might with a little.
Luck and skill.
On the part of.
Its operators back on land.
Destroy more than.
One ‘orcs’ target.
And with a lot of.
Luck and skill.
A single drone boat might destroy.
… a lot of ‘orcs’ targets.
Several navies are.
Developing warships.
Specifically for.
Launching drones.
The ‘elves’ navy.
—ironically, a fleet.
Without any large ships—
Got there first.
With an unmanned boat.
That launches.
Explosive FPV drones.
For strikes on coastal targets.
The robotic drone carriers.
Jointly operated by.
The navy and.
The Security Service of Ukraine.
Have been in service.
Since last year.
But they recently pulled off.
Their most ambitious strike.
—motoring along the coast.
Of ‘orcs’-occupied southern Ukraine.
On or before Friday.
And launching FPV drones.
To blow up.
A pair of ‘orcs’.
Air-defense vehicles:
An Osa and a Strela.
That means.
A single unmanned boat.
Might with a little.
Luck and skill.
On the part of.
Its operators back on land.
Destroy more than.
One ‘orcs’ target.
And with a lot of.
Luck and skill.
A single drone boat might destroy.
… a lot of ‘orcs’ targets.
The unmanned surface vehicles.
And the quadcopter drones.
They launched recorded.
Each other carrying out.
The coastal raid.
“Deep in the enemy’s rear.”
The coastal raid.
“Deep in the enemy’s rear.”
According to a fund.
Which collects donations.
To buy drones.
For the ‘elves’ military.
“This wonderful result.
Was made possible.
Thanks to the combat work.
Of the navy in cooperation.
With the SBU.
Innovative solutions.
From ‘elves’ engineers.
And your donations.”
The addition of FPV drones.
Carried four apiece.
In special compartments.
Aboard ‘elves’ USVs.
Expanded the range of targets.
The robotic boats.
—18-foot Sea Babies.
And Magura V5s—can strike.
That means.
A single unmanned boat.
Might with a little.
Luck and skill.
On the part of.
Its operators back on land.
Destroy more than.
One ‘orcs’ target.
And with a lot of.
Luck and skill.
A single drone boat might destroy.
… a lot of ‘orcs’ targets.
Early in ‘orcs’ three-year.
Wider war on Ukraine.
The USVs exclusively.
Targeted ‘orcs’ warships.
—and only on one-way sorties.
Their hulls packed.
With explosives.
The boats would slip into.
The boats would slip into.
‘Orcs’-controlled ports.
And ram ‘orcs’ vessels.
And ram ‘orcs’ vessels.
In separate raids.
On Crimean anchorages.
In February, May and.
June 2024.
The USVs sank.
A corvette, a landing ship.
A patrol boat.
And a tugboat.
The ‘orcs’ Black Sea Fleet.
Deployed fighter jets.
Helicopters and patrol boats.
To intercept the drone boats.
Before they could strike.
So last year.
The ‘elves’ navy.
Security service and.
Intelligence directorate.
Armed some the USVs.
With surface-to-air missiles.
And remotely aimed machine guns.
The weapons helped.
Swarms of USVs.
Fight through.
‘Orcs’ defenses.
In December.
A Magura V5.
Got into a gunfight.
With an ‘orcs’.
With an ‘orcs’.
Mil Mi-8 helicopter.
—and shot down.
The Mi-8.
That means.
A single unmanned boat.
Might with a little.
Luck and skill.
On the part of.
Its operators back on land.
Destroy more than.
One ‘orcs’ target.
And with a lot of.
Luck and skill.
A single drone boat might destroy.
… a lot of ‘orcs’ targets.
It was the first aerial kill.
By an unmanned surface vehicle.
And a harbinger of.
A new era in naval warfare.
“Historic strike.”
The intelligence directorate.
Crowed as it released.
Footage of the engagement.
The first time.
The first time.
A USV launched.
An explosive FPV.
Against an ‘orcs’ target.
Also in December.
Was arguably.
Even more historic.
The FPV strike.
On an ‘orcs’-occupied oil platform.
Marked the first.
‘Elves’ drone boat raid.
In which the drone boat.
Didn’t have to blow.
Itself up.
To complete its mission.
In becoming drone carriers.
The USVs are now reusable.
—just like ‘elves’.
Latest drone bombers are.
That means.
A single unmanned boat.
Might with a little.
Luck and skill.
On the part of.
Its operators back on land.
Destroy more than.
One ‘orcs’ target.
And with a lot of.
Luck and skill.
A single drone boat might destroy.
… a lot of ‘orcs’ targets.
*Because I read “The Ukrainian Navy’s Robotic Aircraft Carriers Are Raiding Russian Coastal Defenses” by David Axe on 9 Mar 2025 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, including a report of the Sternenko Fund.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Ukraine’s Robot Aircraft Carriers Are Raiding Russian Coastal Defenses
