Posted on 04/13/2022 7:28:02 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
A fire and subsequent broadside munitions blast have done serious damage to the Moskva missile cruiser of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the crew was evacuated, the Russian defense ministry said on Thursday.
"A fire onboard the Mosvka missile cruiser caused a blast of the broadside munitions. The ship received serious damage. The crew was evacuated," the ministry said, adding that a probe in underway.
The Moskva, the Russian Black Sea Fleet flagship, is the head vessel of Project 1164 Atlant. It was put into operation as the Slava in 1983 and received its current name in 1996. The ship is equipped with 16 P-1000 Vulkan missile launcers.
(Excerpt) Read more at tass.com ...
I hope the tit for tat that’s coming doesn’t include a US Carrier group.
Thanks.
Leni
You completely misread your own source link.
The Russia source said ammo explosion, the Ukranian source said missle strike.
So you have presented the misinformation here that the missile strike claim is from a Russian source, it isn’t
I just hate this when it happens! Not really :)
That’s good ol’ Fred Thompson from The Hunt for Red October. I actually liked him when he ran for president, but he would’ve died a year or so into office.
Fred Thomson in a scene from “The Hunt For Red October”
Know more tomorrow. Supposedly 54 rescued and 450+ went down with the ship.
Russia source is Wagner group, not Tass.
Russia source is Wagner group, not Tass.
Of course!
Wow. And just this morning there were news bits describing the boat had unchallenged supremacy of the Black Sea.
“The U.S. assisted Ukraine big time with this operation over the past couple of days. “
That’s certain.
Assuming a missile strike, which looks likely, no way Ukraine pulled this off unassisted.
The danger is retaliation against whomever that is. And it’s certain that is forthcoming.
neither a missile strike nor blowing themselves up is a good look for the russkie navy ...
That was a hell of a shot by the Ukranian's. Took out their best ship in the Black Sea.
If the best ship the Russians had in the Black Sea was built in 1983 and is now at the bottom of the Black Sea, I'd say the Russkie's are f***ed.
They do not know how to fight a war. Clearly the Ukranians do. They're certainly fighting the smarter war here.
The missile used was the Turkish TB2 UCAV, so we know where the assistance came from.
The Turkish drone was a diversion. The ship was sunk by two Ukrainian Neptune missiles.
It’s reported the that drone involved was a TB-2, the Bayraktar of Ukrainian song and legend. They probably were the ones flying it, they’ve been doing it since the start of the war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YaXdP06zO0
A Turkish TB2 UCAV cannot relay a firing solution to a Neptun missile battery ashore.
you know we did. it would not surprise me if US is running the UK military now.
the goal is justify openly going to war militarily with russia. we are already at war economically, and apparently culturally.
i doubt they are the ones calling the shots in this war. they are a proxy for the US in this.
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