Sea Baby

[4] SBU brigadier general Lukashevych Ivan Volodymyrovych [uk] proposed the idea of the agency operating unmanned attack boats, and early USV models were designed in July 2022 in collaboration with specialists from the Ukrainian Navy and assorted private companies.

[4] The multiple redundant communications systems were intended to avoid repeating the incident wherein Starlink-dependent USVs of the SBU were left stranded during a mission to strike the Russian frigate Admiral Makarov docked at Sevastopol, after connectivity to Starlink in Crimea was declined by Elon Musk.

[4] By the end of 2023, Sea Baby had transformed from a kamikaze attack vehicle to a multi-purpose platform capable of carrying different loadouts for various tasks, with examples including guided missile launchers and laser guidance systems, and in January 2024, the SBU revealed a variant of the Sea Baby equipped with six thermobaric launchers based on the RPV-16 [uk] design.

[4][10] On September 14, 2023, the SBU claimed that it struck Russian corvette Samum with a Sea Baby USV,[11] with a video later surfacing that shows the ship being towed with a noticeable list.

[citation needed] Video footage revealed the Sea Baby using these guns on Russian patrol boats and armed Mi-8 helicopters.