Germany’s new VANTA Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs), unveiled by STARK, aren’t just patrol boats they’re intelligent, modular kill platforms engineered to counter Russia’s growing swarm of naval drones in the Black Sea and Baltic. Unlike basic drone boats cobbled from commercial parts, VANTA features military-grade encrypted comms, AI-driven swarm coordination, and interchangeable payloads: from electronic warfare jammers to anti-ship missiles and mine-laying modules. Crucially, multiple VANTAs