MOSCOW, August 7. /TASS/. The deployment of advanced domestic naval robotic systems and the subsequent development of the Russian Navy’s maritime echelon based on them will prevent enemy naval forces from participating in military conflicts against Russia, according to Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov, head of the military training and research center Naval Academy.

"An advanced maritime echelon of the Navy can be formed within the strategic formation of the Russian Armed Forces, making it possible to reduce the capabilities of, or even eliminate, the participation of foreign navies in military operations," writes Yevmenov in an article entitled "The Role of Naval Robotic Systems in Strategic Operations of the Russian Armed Forces" published in the Russian Defense Ministry’s journal Military Thought that TASS has obtained.

Yevmenov notes that the current and future composition of naval robotic systems is potentially capable of conducting several strategic-level operations. These include Robotic Blockade — the preemptive blocking of enemy naval bases, Robotic Interdiction — interference with the enemy’s deploying naval forces, Robotic Paralysis — the destruction of critical enemy coastal infrastructure facilities, and Robotic Destruction — inflicting maximum damage on enemy naval formations.

The admiral specifies that unmanned maritime systems can perform more than just strike missions. According to him, they are capable of "monitoring the underwater (seabed) environment (including surveying their own undersea communication cables and pipelines, and destroying (neutralizing) enemy seabed infrastructure), search for and destroy enemy micro-submarines and unmanned underwater vehicles, conduct mine countermeasures, hydroacoustically jam enemy detection and data transmission systems, create false deployment routes for their own submarines and unmanned underwater vehicles, and fulfill a number of other tasks."

"In the future, the Russian Armed Forces’ strategic operations will be based on the use of land, air, and sea-based electronic warfare systems," Yevmenov emphasizes.