#2. More likely, the drone was used for targeting, possibly for decoying (jamming or dropping chaff), then Russian antimissile defenses were saturated by multiple missiles. If the ship really was sunk, then the Russian Navy’s history of poor damage control was a factor in her loss.
Ukrainian forces seemingly had a very well planned strategy to destroy the Moskva cruiser. They planned to distract the ship with a TB2 drone before shooting the Neptune missiles.They practiced this tactic earlier in the week with a smaller ship to see reaction & response times.
https://twitter.com/jon96179496/status/1514426213963649025
Russian Mod posted a video yesterday of them using their air defense. They tested to see what Russia protocol and reaction would be
https://twitter.com/StephenKolanko1/status/1514402554049929227
The Russian MoD posted a video yesterday showing the Black Sea Fleet’s Admiral Essen frigate allegedly engaging a TB2 UCAV with its Shtil-1 air defense system.
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1514138241829642245