gCaptain14 Jul 2026Innovation
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Three Saronic Corsair unmanned surface vessels struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility at Iran’s Bandar Abbas Naval Base on July 12, as part of a broader CENTCOM operation that also used fighter aircraft, naval vessels, and one-way attack aerial drones. This is the first known U.S. combat use of sea drones; it follows a June rescue by a Corsair of two Army aviators off Oman, also a first for unmanned surface vessel personnel recovery.