US special ops eye unmanned vessels with missiles after purported Ukrainian strike
07-05-2025 22:48 via breakingdefense.com

US special ops eye unmanned vessels with missiles after purported Ukrainian strike

Ukraine’s claim of downing Russian jets has raised eyebrows over such a “marsupial” capability, but no one’s officially requested it yet, a SOCOM official said.
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