EXPENDABLE UNDERWATER "SUB SEA BABY" DRONES SHIFT THE BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN NATO AND RUSSI
The successful Ukrainian attack on Russia's submarine is great news in itself, as Ukraine weakens the Russian military machine and demonstrates Ukraine's winning potential.
But there is a less apparent reason for optimism: Ukraine developed a weapon that NATO desperately needs to counter Russia's secret geophysical/weather underwater war, in the midst of which the West suddenly found itself unable to counter Putin's efforts.
The West has various unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) programs; they do not have an analog to Ukraine's specifically developed, expendable "Sub Sea Baby" underwater drones used for direct offensive strikes on enemy naval vessels and infrastructure. Western UUV efforts have historically focused on different missions - monitoring, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, minesweeping/mine countermeasures, but not direct attacks.
The Ukrainian "Sub Sea Baby" is a relatively simple, cost-effective, and highly effective tool specifically innovated for one-way attack missions against the Russian Black Sea Fleet, often used in joint operations with the Ukrainian Navy to deliver an explosive payload.
Ukraine's innovation in unmanned systems enables NATO to counter Russian geophysical operations. As of now, being unequipped for this purpose, neither the US nor NATO has been able to challenge Russia, giving Putin an upper hand in a hidden confrontation. The strategic shortage in military capability influenced the US position in negotiations with Russia.
Thus, Ukraine's underwater strike significantly changes the balance of power between Russia and NATO, which can employ Ukraine's drones against Russia's covert operations.
This event should reverse the #Trump Administration's position with Russia, as Putin is not as invincible as he positions himself due to NATO's unpreparedness to counter underwater attacks.
NATO is objectively interested in having Ukraine as a member.
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