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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
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The photo is of the port side aft. The ship is listing noticeably to port. Water canons are spraying the decks and small fires are visible as smoke billows from the superstructure. A dark spot around the water line could be a missile strike.
Photo link here: https://twitter.com/BormanIke/status/1515816220393713665/photo/1
To: Dr. Franklin
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posted on
04/17/2022 5:32:29 PM PDT
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Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Zhang Fei; marcusmaximus; Paul R.; Bruce Campbells Chin; PIF; familyop; MercyFlush; tet68; ...
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posted on
04/17/2022 5:34:24 PM PDT
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Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Dr. Franklin
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posted on
04/17/2022 5:34:38 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(The best things in life aren't things.)
To: Dr. Franklin
Ukrainian claims of a missile strike are obviously a lie. We all know the Russians retaliated against Ukraine because of stormy weather.
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posted on
04/17/2022 5:35:13 PM PDT
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Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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I assume the rear structure on the ship is a hanger for the ship’s helicopter.
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posted on
04/17/2022 5:35:38 PM PDT
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Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Dr. Franklin
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posted on
04/17/2022 5:36:43 PM PDT
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Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: Dr. Franklin
This was hit near where I expected it to be based upon the reports. It likely suffered a catastrophic explosion later while it was getting towed near the main armament.
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posted on
04/17/2022 5:44:22 PM 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: Dr. Franklin
I want the pic of Slick Willie’s navy.
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posted on
04/17/2022 5:48:29 PM PDT
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Track9
(You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
To: Dr. Franklin; Zhang Fei
Sea state looks quite calm in that photo.
Daylight means that it was at least several hours after the 1 AM missile strikes.
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posted on
04/17/2022 5:50:44 PM PDT
by
BeauBo
To: DarthVader
This was hit near where I expected it to be based upon the reports. It likely suffered a catastrophic explosion later while it was getting towed near the main armament.
All of the Slava class ships were built at the 61 Kommunar yard, in Mykolaiv (Nikolaev), Ukrainian. Obviously, there are Ukrainians who served on these ships and knew them well. The Ukies may even have had the blueprints for the ship as well. They knew were to hit for maximum damage.
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04/17/2022 5:53:59 PM PDT
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Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Dr. Franklin
What is “contested”? Even Russia has verified the ship sunk. The only date is whether it was the result of a Ukrainian attack, or if it was some sort of accident.
Russia claims it was a fire onboard.
Russia began towing the ship - and it continued to take on water and sank/capsized and dropped.
There was a Ukrainian attack on the ship.
Russia has said that they would ratchet up the air attacks in retribution for the sinking of this ship...
So - Putin denied Ukraine hit it - while simultaneously using the sinking as an excuse for ratcheting up indiscriminate air attacks on several Ukrainian cities.
The Russians can’t even keep their own narrative straight. I’m pretty sure that tells us a great deal about the real story.
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posted on
04/17/2022 5:55:59 PM PDT
by
TheBattman
(Democrats-Progressives-Marxists-Socialists - redundant labels.)
To: Dr. Franklin
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posted on
04/17/2022 5:57:08 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: Dr. Franklin
Looks like it split apart because of rust. What a dump. The Russian navy is trash.
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posted on
04/17/2022 6:04:50 PM PDT
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Yo-Yo
(5'.)
To: Dr. Franklin
HMS Sheffield:
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posted on
04/17/2022 6:08:30 PM PDT
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fso301
To: Yo-Yo
Dear God!
It’s a rusty scow!
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posted on
04/17/2022 6:11:57 PM PDT
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Bobalu
(I’m not nuts about Russia. But the lunatics who hate them tend to hate me too)
To: montag813
“Looks like it split apart because of rust.”
Rust is the latest color trend for the Russian navy! The color is featured prominently on the flight deck of their inoperative aircraft carrier, it’s their high tech edge on their armor, and the color is also useful for hiding the bloodstains of dead Russian sailors and soldiers.
In some cases it’s probably the only thing holding these garbage scows together.
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posted on
04/17/2022 6:15:21 PM PDT
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MercyFlush
(The Soviet Empire is right now doing a dead cat bounce.)
To: Dr. Franklin
And now it’s a reef for the fish
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posted on
04/17/2022 6:16:40 PM PDT
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realcleanguy
(quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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