With all the Ukrainian victories you’d think the proxy war would be over by now.
Ukraine is winning again — the media told me so. /sarc
Unfortunately for the Ukraine, this is not a sea war.
The top comment at the Newsweek comment was “We’re reaching a turning point where dedicated warships are becoming wastes of money and resources.
As drones become cheaper, more precise, and more advanced, large and expensive targets become vulnerable to swarm tactics. That 30 million dollar cruiser can be sunk by a drone for a hundredth of the cost and a thousandth of the manufacturing time. I wouldn’t be shocked if, by the end of the century, the world’s navies re-orient themselves to mostly consist of cheap drone carrier ships.
The ironclad replaced sailing ships. Battleships replaced ironclads. Carriers and missile cruisers replaced battleships. Now it looks like carriers and missile cruisers are on their way out.”
I agree with this comment, but we are fools if we think Russia will be the only one to ever realize this new truth. My guess is that USA relies on imports via ship 5x to 10X compared to Russia based on our geographic positioning.
We currently rely on having everything from petroleum to vaccines imported from overseas. If there were a war between USA and any modern enemy, USA will most likely be waving a white flag within a few weeks as not only would our navy would be lying at the bottom of the ocean, but also would all the ships that transport to USA. Well, maybe not the transport ships, as those all belong to China.
I’ll be waiting for pics of burned out ships and damaged submarines. Until then, this is more of the same old crap. Bold claims followed by the next set of bold claims. Last week, “Robotino has fallen, the road to Crimea is wide open”. This week Zelensky admits on CNN that the counteroffensive failed. One thing for certain, many Uke citizens and soldiers will die during the Russian retaliation. As in every one of these instances, the butcher’s bill for the poor Ukrainian people will far outweigh the trivial damage these Uke attacks cause.
Summary: damage to two ships that were docked under repair.
Operational effect: none
Tactical advantage: TBD
Strategic value: N/A
Cost: 10 British Storm Shadow cruise missiles and sea surface drones
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I'm going to miss electricity.
If Ukraine were to win this war it would be a pyrrhic victory. The country is already screwed.
Newsweek?
Please excuse me if I take this with a grain of salt.
Oh I trust them, but would like verification.
“All missiles were shot down”
Reporter: “Then why is everything on fire?”
“Because you are not in prison for noticing that”
Globalist Spam.