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Green Berets Deploy Ship-Killing Drone in Maritime Strike Exercise
U.S. Army Special Forces deployed a ship-killing drone during a maritime strike exercise, demonstrating SOF capability to conduct anti-ship missions from shore-based positions. The exercise validates the concept of using special operations forces as distributed maritime strike nodes against naval targets, a key element of joint all-domain operations in island-chain environments. The drone type has not been officially identified but is assessed to be a loitering munition or one-way attack UAS adapted for maritime targets. This capability expands SOF's lethality well beyond traditional direct-action missions.