The commander of Ukraine's naval forces said Russia has learned how to counter the sea drones that crippled the Black Sea Fleet, and that Kyiv has to innovate quickly to maintain its maritime edge.

"Now, it's not so simple." Neizhpapa said the Black Sea Fleet's solution was a "layered defense system" combining detection and anti-drone capabilities. "It begins with a tiered detection system.

A U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesperson told Newsweek that the AIM-174B missile, also known as the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Air-Launched Configuration (ALC), was operationally deployed.