Click to enlarge. Magura V7 surface drone (USV) armed with two Sidewinder missiles. Note that the missiles have yellow protective covers over their seekers, indicating that it is on a test run.

Naval news has a couple of reports about the recent shoot downs here and here. We also have a report from The War Zone.

You have to hand it to the Ukrainians–they think outside the box.

This is another example of what the Coast Guard might face from an unconventional attack using USVs, but it also suggests that it should not be too hard to give even small cutters an effective short range AAW weapon.

The Russian aircraft were SU-30s, relatively high tech, high performance aircraft. It appears they were being used in a low tech way, attacking from relatively low altitude.

Attacks on cutters by aircraft are likely to be from at least medium altitudes with missiles or  glide bombs. Short range surface to air weapons are not likely to take down an aircraft at altitude, but they might be effective against stand-off weapons and would at least make strafing dangerous.