{"id":4750,"date":"2025-02-13T19:02:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=4750"},"modified":"2025-02-13T19:02:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:02:51","slug":"video-iran-unveils-first-ever-ai-powered-suicide-drone-launched-from-submarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=4750","title":{"rendered":"Video: Iran Unveils First-Ever AI-Powered Suicide Drone Launched From Submarine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Video: Iran Unveils First-Ever AI-Powered Suicide Drone Launched From Submarine<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suicide-Drone-Launched-From-Submarine-300x157.png?resize=300%2C157&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Video: Iran Unveils First-Ever AI-Powered Suicide Drone Launched From Submarine\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;margin-right:10px;width:150px; height:150px;float:left;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suicide-Drone-Launched-From-Submarine-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suicide-Drone-Launched-From-Submarine-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suicide-Drone-Launched-From-Submarine-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suicide-Drone-Launched-From-Submarine-150x79.png 150w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suicide-Drone-Launched-From-Submarine.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1864302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1864302\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1864302\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suicide-Drone-Launched-From-Submarine.png?resize=1200%2C628&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Suicide Drone Launched From Submarine\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suicide-Drone-Launched-From-Submarine.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suicide-Drone-Launched-From-Submarine-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suicide-Drone-Launched-From-Submarine-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suicide-Drone-Launched-From-Submarine-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Suicide-Drone-Launched-From-Submarine-150x79.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1864302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screengrab from X video posted by OSINTWarfare\/X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iran\u2019s Ministry of Defense has released footage claiming to show the world\u2019s first submarine-launched loitering munition, an autonomous suicide drone that operates without human control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The video, aired by Iranian state media, captures a torpedo-shaped device surfacing from underwater and deploying a folding-wing drone into the air.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The drone is then seen flying before striking a simulated land target and detonating its warhead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iranian defence officials have stated that this drone is fully autonomous, relying on artificial intelligence to identify and attack targets without manual operation or remote guidance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since it does not require a radio link to a control station, it is less vulnerable to electronic countermeasures such as jamming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iran has an extensive history of drone development and deployment. It has previously used long-range loitering munitions to attack vessels and even modified a small cargo ship into a floating drone launch platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Iranian Ministry of Defense has officially unveiled the \u201cHadid 110,\u201d an Autonomous Unmanned Drone with low radar and acoustic signatures. It is capable of target identification using AI-powered image recognition and can be launched from an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yTgkxto2vl\">pic.twitter.com\/yTgkxto2vl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OSINTWarfare (@OSINTWarfare) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OSINTWarfare\/status\/1889717675955195974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have deployed hundreds of shore-launched drones to strike Western merchant ships and warships in the Red Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Iran\u2019s submarine-launched drone proves effective in real-world operations, it could create a new challenge for naval forces. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launching from an underwater position closer to the target would reduce the time available for detection and interception, increasing the difficulty of defence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iran\u2019s defence ministry also claims that the new suicide drone can be deployed from autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in addition to manned submarines. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The delivery system shown in the released footage resembles Iran\u2019s small torpedo-shaped AUV, similar to the ones reportedly encountered by U.S. forces in the Houthi conflict.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While AI-powered lethal drones raise ethical concerns for Western militaries, the development of such technology is advancing globally. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S., Russia, and Ukraine are actively working on similar AI-driven weapons, with Ukraine and Russia leading in AI training based on thousands of hours of combat drone footage from the ongoing war.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reference: deepnewz<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    MI News Network<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marineinsight.com\/shipping-news\/video-iran-unveils-first-ever-ai-powered-suicide-drone-launched-from-submarine\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=video-iran-unveils-first-ever-ai-powered-suicide-drone-launched-from-submarine\">Go to marine insight<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video: Iran Unveils First-Ever AI-Powered Suicide Drone Launched From Submarine Screengrab from X video posted by OSINTWarfare\/X Iran\u2019s Ministry of Defense has released footage claiming to show the world\u2019s first submarine-launched loitering munition, an autonomous suicide drone that operates without human control. The video, aired by Iranian state media, captures a torpedo-shaped device surfacing from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,196],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-4750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marine-insight","category-shipping-news","tag-marine-insight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}