Authorities search to…space for the identity of the USV found in Lefkada: The satellite dish, the router & the increased surveillance measures

Not lone is U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly seeking answers from the U.S. Space Force regarding the advancement of Iran’s atomic programme “from space,” but the Hellenic Armed Forces are besides looking beyond Earth for answers concerning the origin, construction, and cognition of the maritime drone discovered wrong a cave connected the land of Lefkada.

Although the vas is intelligibly an unmanned aboveground vehicle based connected Ukrainian technology, its operation materials are dual-use, meaning they are commercially disposable and tin besides beryllium recovered connected the civilian market.

At the aforesaid time, the outer exertion utilized for its navigation is commercially accessible — but it whitethorn besides beryllium to beryllium the cardinal weakness successful identifying it.

Specifically, some the outer crockery and the router that allowed the oversea drone to pass with its relation carnivore unsocial serial numbers, which Greek authorities person reportedly already identified.

This efficaciously means that Greek authorities tin usage those serial numbers to formally petition the equipment’s operational past and hint its user, since the serial numbers let implicit identification.

Dendias: “We Know What It Is and Roughly What It Contains”

Meanwhile, erstwhile asked astir the find of the oversea drone, Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias commented: “We cognize what it is and we astir cognize what it contains,” fixed that the vas was transported — aft the explosives it carried were safely deactivated — to Armed Forces facilities successful Athens.

From the precise archetypal infinitesimal it was discovered, subject sources reportedly considered the incidental serious, partially due to the fact that specified maritime drones are susceptible of storing their hiding locations successful representation adjacent if their outer transportation is interrupted.

As a result, they tin stay concealed but operational successful pre-selected positions determined by their operators, portion inactive carrying important quantities of explosives.

Gikas: Possible Tightening of Security Measures

Speaking to ERT News, Deputy Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Stefanos Gikas described the lawsuit arsenic “a precise superior matter.”

He added:
“Greek authorities person been afloat engaged with this contented from the precise beginning. They are examining which state manufactured it, trying to find however it ended up present and what its ngo was. The probe is presently ongoing.”

Regarding the motives down the drone’s beingness adjacent Lefkada, Gikas said:
“There are assorted scenarios. The prevailing script is that, due to the fact that determination are movements of the Russian shadiness fleet successful the wider southeastern Mediterranean and determination person been caller attacks, the Ukrainians whitethorn person transferred specified explosive-laden drones successful bid to make problems for Russian ships.”

At the aforesaid time, helium near unfastened the anticipation of stricter information measures should caller accusation emerge.

“If we spot that this is thing that could hap again, past the information measures volition alteration and surveillance levels volition beryllium increased,” Gikas stated.