Abstract:In the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the successful application of unmanned surface vehicle(USV) shows the great potential and military value of USV in the future maritime operations. Based on the key cases of USV in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, this paper analyzes in detail the basic characteristics, surprise operations, cooperative operations and other elements of the USV in the cases. Analyzed the application characteristics of USV from the perspectives of combat and manufacturing. A countermeasures strategy for USV has been proposed based on the characteristics of different combat stages of USV. Finally, this paper is summarized and suggestions are provided for the development of USV and anti-USV combat capabilities in our military, which can provide important reference for the construction of our military combat capabilities.