The US Navy successfully launched a suicide drone from a warship. 

On Tuesday, the Navy conducted the first successful launch of a one-way attack unmanned aerial system from a warship at sea.  

The USS Santa Barbara, an Independence-class littoral combat ship, launched a Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) during a training mission in the Arabian Gulf.  

“Personnel assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (NAVCENT/C5F) successfully launched a one-way attack drone from a ship at sea for the first time,” the Navy announced in a press release.  

The successful test was part of Task Force Scorpion Strike’s effort to develop cutting-edge weapon systems. The Department of Defense formed the task force to equip........

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