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Photo claiming to show stricken Russian warship appears online
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| April 17, 2022
Posted on 04/17/2022 5:31:24 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin
An unverified photo claiming to show the Russian warship Moskva stricken at sea has been posted online.
The source of the image is unclear, and the BBC has not verified its authenticity.
Military watchers say the photograph may be genuine. Rob Lee, a PhD student at the Department of War Studies at King's College London, tweeted that it "looks like a legit photo".
And OSINTtechnical, a well-known Twitter account sharing open-source intelligence information, wrote: "I can’t verify the authenticity, but this is a Slava class cruiser and I don’t think any of them have been destroyed in this manner."
The fate of the ship has been hotly contested by Ukraine - which says it sank it with a missile strike - and Russia, which says it sank after a fire on board.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clownworld; isaidbudlight; moskva; navy; nyuknyuknyuk; russia; ukraine; war; yousankmybattleship; zottherussiantrolls
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To: montag813
That is what I was thinking. This is Russia’s premier warship. Looks like an old shrimp trawler
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posted on
04/18/2022 3:41:58 AM PDT
by
eartick
(Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
To: Houserino
No that was not the flagship of the Navy but the fleet flagship for the Black Sea operation. There is a big difference JO.
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posted on
04/18/2022 4:26:03 AM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: Zhang Fei
That’s not rust. That’s stealthy rust-colored state of the art Russian naval camo.
So they use the rust colored deck paint to camouflage the ship because it was always in dry dock?
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:24:22 AM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Houserino
It looks kinda like a tank that’s been hit with a round, those big fires that burn things out might only last 10-20 seconds, but absolutely wreck the structure.
From the photos, the ship never made it to general quarters as the doors and hatches appear not to have been shut. That would have spread the fire inside the can.
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:35:19 AM PDT
by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: DarthVader
The missiles hit near the funnels which ae just abaft the Vulcan Anti-Ship missile tubes. I would not get all that excited over a nearly 50 year old obsolete surface combatant getting sunk like this. I know this all too well and am not surprised. This could just as easily happen to American or NATO ships should they get involved.
If appears to have gone down in shallow enough water for the Ruskies to try to refloat her eventually when the war is over. That would probably be a waste of money, but might be done to save face and award a fat contract in the process. The neighborhood bully got a bloody nose, but is still at it.
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posted on
04/18/2022 6:05:19 AM PDT
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Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Dr. Franklin
I think it’s a lost cause. It was near the end of it’s service life anyway. If they raise it they will scrap it.
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04/18/2022 6:16:41 AM PDT
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DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: Az Joe
I wouldn’t know a CNN anchor if it was tossed from a window and landed on my head...
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posted on
04/21/2022 9:38:22 PM PDT
by
TheBattman
(Democrats-Progressives-Marxists-Socialists - redundant labels.)
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