Sink the Moskva, with apologies to the Bismark

Gun Watch ^ | April 13, 2022 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

Image from wikipedia

 

… In April of Twenty -twenty- two the war was underway
The Russians had the biggest ship, it had the biggest say
The Moskva was the biggest ship that sailed the Black Sea
On her masts were air defense, to Crimea was the key.

 

… We'll find the Russian cruiser that's makin' such a mess
We gotta sink the Moskva cause Ukraine depends on this
Launch the T2 Bayraktar boys and turn the Neptunes on
When we find the Moskva we gotta blast her down.

 

… For seven  long and weary weeks the pattern became plain

 Zelensky told Odessa, take a chance with Neptunes name
"Cause taking out the Moskva, to Donbas is the key
We gotta sink the Moskva to the bottom of the sea"

 

 

By Dean Weingarten

[logi_cal869]

3. Have the world believe #2.

[Fiji Hill]

We didn't sink the Bismarck,
No matter what they say,
For when we saw the German ship,
We sailed the other way.

Homer & Jethro

[DannyTN]

The Russians also claim that all the crew was rescued. But Ukraine points to communications that shows they were still desperately looking for crew members.

[Paul R.]

Neptune is an updated Russki missile design with improvements to its range and new electronics.

How good are the electronics? Dunno, but as I mentioned on another thread, 30+ years ago a good friend of mine was working on development of anti-ship missile smarts that basically boil down to:

“General location?” “Check.”

“Enter target location into missile.”

“You’re sure* it’s “theirs”?” “Check.”

*Missile will re-confirm, later.

“Position launcher (pause) and fire.”

The missile uses terrain recognition and / or pre-programmed info. to travel to the general location, finds and recognizes / differentiates the target, and knows from what vector to attack and precisely where to hit the ship. Basically it’s DSP (my buddy’s specialty) and a form of AI.

Do Neptunes have this? Would it be a surprise?

The Ukes surely only have a few, however.

[Paul R.]

Could well be. Neptunes are not really designed for ships quite this large.

I suppose the Ukes might have gotten lucky, too.

How many Russian ships have been hit by hostile fire in the last 50 years?

[alexander_busek]

It has been a while since another Russian Flag Officer was killed.

To quote Morticia Addams in the Addams Family movie: "Hours!"

Regards,

[Cronos]