I have looked everywhere. There is no evidence it was sunk in action. No imagery of missile hit. No satellite photos of such a thing.
I have just examined Exocets from the Falklands War. The warhead size is identical to Neptun. Exocets hit several UK ships in the Falklands.
Every one of them sank — from being towed. Even the famous HMS Sheffield sank and the missile that hit it never exploded. Residual propellant set fires. She sank days later while being towed. Towing is very risky even for unharmed ships, but if weather is heavy there is no choice. Atlantic Conveyor too Exocet hits. Sank while towed.
Case in point, destroyer HMS Glamorgan took an Exocet hit. Repaired. She was sold to the Chilean Navy and served there for 12 years.
And then it sank. While being towed.
If the ship was struck by missiles, the Xiden administration would have released [leaked] satellite imagery by now...to state nothing of the nonexistent drone footage provided by the Ukranians themselves.
The evidence that she was sunk in action is that the Ukes CLAIMED it. Before even the Rukes acknowledged there was a fire. That is evidence. Not that we can trust one side over the other, but it is evidence nonetheless.
In addition, a bunch of other Russian ships have fled the coastal zone. That wouldn’t have happened if it were merely a fire, but woulda happened if they figured out they were in range of antiship missiles.
My gramps was aboard the Hancock in 1945.
They had to tow a ship and keep it moving to prevent it from sinking, while they got it under control and did repairs, for days. Then they had to get back to Hawaii for actual full blown drydock-level repairs.
It occurred on a dark and stormy night at sea. Sorry that Instagram, Facebook, twitter, and tik tok were unable to produce selfies of this clandestine operation to your satisfaction. Maybe you can apply for security clearance to access DOD sat images. I sympathize with your pain but surely there is a social media support group out there for you.
Exactly. AP says it is sunk. I haven’t seen anything to indicate that to be so. All the Russians have admitted is that it was evacuated.
Not sure I believe that either, since it would be beneficial for my enemies to believe the ship is not operational when it actual is.