Naval aviation can attack from well inside Russia and vessels can launch Kalibrs from bases deeper in Novorussiya
What’s happening to the Black Sea Fleet is a preview to all naval warfare planners, of the vulnerability of surface vessels. At least the Russians have strategic depth to keep fighting while protecting their fleet.
Oleksiy Goncharenko, an opposition member from embattled Odessa on the Black Sea, presses members of the ruling party of President Volodymyr Zelensky. “I am very concerned,” he says. “Why? Take a look at the front. It doesn’t change. For a year it doesn’t change. But it was paid for by a huge amount of lives. … Ukraine can’t fight ‘as long as it takes.’ That will be a catastrophe.”
Storm Shadow. Striking fear into the hearts of the Russkies.
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