Video: US Navy Tests First Live-Fire GARC Kamikaze Drone Strike Against USS Peleliu
The U.S. Navy has used its Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) as a one-way attack drone boat in a live-fire exercise for the first time, targeting the decommissioned amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026 exercise near Hawaii.
The July 17 strike was carried out by the Navy’s Unmanned Surface Vessel Division 32 (USVDIV-32), which deployed two GARC unmanned surface vessels during a SINKEX (sinking exercise).
The attack formed part of a coordinated strike package in which the target had already been hit by submarine-launched Harpoon missiles, air-launched anti-ship weapons, land-based missiles and…