FEATURES OF THE USE OF FPV-DRONES BY NAVY UNITS IN THE CONDUCT OF DEFENSIVE ACTIONS OF THE SEA COAST

Abstract

In today's world, where geopolitical tensions and military conflicts are becoming more and more relevant, ensuring the security of the sea coast is defined as one of the most important tasks for any country. The total length of the maritime border of Ukraine is 1,355 km, of which 1,056.5 km are along the Black Sea, 29.5 km along the Sea of Azov, and 49 kilometers along the Kerch Strait. The sea coast is a key element not only in economic terms, but also in the context of national security, ensuring international trade and cooperation. The projected direction of the development of armaments and military equipment, as well as the tactics of their application, is not an easy task. In our time, when the development of technologies is developing so rapidly that the appearance of a new weapon capable of revolutionizing the battlefield takes not years and decades, but sometimes several months. Today's world requires high readiness and effective use of advanced technologies in the field of security, in particular, military drones. The appearance of FPV drones that perform various combat tasks. It led to the development of this segment of flying drones that can attack equipment and manpower, both as kamikaze drones and reusable UAVs with a mechanism for dropping ammunition on a target. They pose a great danger, which forces us to look for new approaches in the tactics of using units on the battlefield, new methods of protecting military equipment, the development of small-sized EW devices to protect a separate unit of equipment or a trench from damage by FPV drones. Because the successful use of one or more such cheap drones leads to the reduction or disabling of any, including expensive military equipment. That there is a disproportionate amount of money spent on the production/purchase of FPV drones and the cost and time for the production of a new tank or BMP.