俄罗斯近期举行“七月风暴”海军演习，重点演练使用装载爆炸物的海军无人艇攻击和击沉模拟目标舰船。这一战术模仿了乌克兰在黑海对抗俄海军的成功经验，但鉴于乌克兰缺乏传统海军力量，俄方此举更可能旨在提升自身应对北约海军无人艇威胁的能力。演习内容涵盖反潜、布雷及导弹攻击等多种场景，旨在模拟实战环境，提升海军在复杂海域执行非常规任务的水平。此次演习也反映了全球海军领域对无人艇技术日益增长的重视。

🎯 俄军“七月风暴”演习的核心内容包括使用装备爆炸物的海军无人艇进行攻击训练，模拟击沉敌方舰船。此战术借鉴了乌克兰在黑海运用海军无人艇打击俄罗斯黑海舰队的有效经验。

🌐 尽管乌克兰是俄军演练的战术模仿对象，但文章分析指出，俄罗斯的此轮演练更可能针对北约。这是因为乌克兰自身海军力量有限，而北约国家正日益重视并训练海军无人艇作战。

🌊 乌克兰通过不对称军事行动，利用国产海军无人艇和导弹打击，成功削弱了俄罗斯黑海舰队的实力，迫使俄军将舰队旗舰从克里米米亚迁往新罗西斯克，有效展示了无人艇在现代海战中的潜力。

💡 俄罗斯总统普京表示，演习旨在让海军部队在逼真的模拟环境中，熟练掌握抵御海上攻击以及执行一系列极具挑战性和非常规的作战任务。演习整合了俄乌冲突中的实战经验。

🌍 海军无人艇技术已成为全球海军发展的新焦点，其应用不仅限于黑海地区，例如在红海，伊朗支持的胡塞武装也利用无人艇袭击商船，显示了该技术在不同冲突区域的广泛影响力和战略价值。

Russia is training to sink fake ships with explosive-packed naval drones.It's an innovative tactic that Ukraine has used to batter Russia's Black Sea Fleet.However, since Ukraine lacks a proper naval force, Russia's training is likely aimed at NATO.

Russian forces have been using naval drones packed with explosives to practice attacking and sinking ships, mimicking one of the tactics that Ukraine has leaned on to fight Moscow's warships.

However, the Russian training does not appear to be directed at the Ukraine war since Kyiv does not have much in the way of a traditional navy; rather, it is likely pointed at NATO and a potential confrontation with the military alliance.

Russia's defense ministry released footage on Saturday of its "July Storm" naval exercises, and one of the publicized demonstrations showed forces from the Baltic Fleet use uncrewed surface vessels to destroy a fake enemy ship.

The footage showed a naval drone approaching the mock target in the middle at a perpendicular angle and impacting the structure, causing a massive blast.

The defense ministry said the exercise involved naval drones, aerial drones, helicopters, and ships — all of which have been involved in battles in the Black Sea.

Ukraine did not have much of a navy at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in early 2022, especially after scuttling what little it had to keep the Russians from getting their hands on it. To project maritime power and fight back, Kyiv launched an asymmetric military campaign using domestically produced naval drones and missile strikes to harm Moscow's Black Sea Fleet.

These operations damaged or destroyed dozens of Russian warships and forced Moscow to relocate the bulk of the Black Sea Fleet from its long-held headquarters in the occupied Crimean peninsula to the port of Novorossiysk on the other side of the region.

Russia has attempted to strengthen its defenses around the Black Sea, such as by adding more combat patrol aircraft to better monitor the area, but Ukraine has adapted to this by equipping its naval drones with surface-to-air missile launchers.

Russia's July Storm exercise includes a host of other training scenarios, including anti-submarine, mine-laying, and missile strike operations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a statement carried by the defense ministry that "the Navy's exercise is primarily designed to thoroughly train naval forces in repelling maritime attacks and performing the full range of extremely challenging and unconventional operational and tactical missions, and other tasks in a realistic simulated environment."

Putin said that "the training incorporates experience gained during the special military operation," using the Kremlin's terminology for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

While the exercises might have been inspired by the Ukraine conflict, they are likely pointed at a potential clash between Russia and NATO, whose forces are increasingly training for naval drone warfare. The US Navy, for instance, has integrated new training scenarios designed to teach sailors how to survive this threat, which is appearing in more places.

Naval drone warfare has not been limited to the Black Sea. In the Red Sea, for instance, Iran-backed Houthi rebels have used these weapons to strike commercial vessels in their campaign against key Middle East shipping lanes.