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One Of Russia’s Biggest Cruisers Just Sank Near Ukraine
Forbes ^
| April 13, 2022,04:46pm EDT
| David AxeForbes Staff
Posted on 04/14/2022 2:24:39 AM PDT by GonzoII
A Ukrainian navy missile battery reportedly has struck the Russian navy cruiser Moskva off the coast of Odessa, a strategic port city on the Black Sea in southwest Ukraine. Multiple Ukrainian government officials claimed Wednesday that a Neptune anti-ship battery, apparently hidden in or around Odessa, scored two hits on Moskva, setting the 612-foot vessel ablaze.
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kyiv, announced the strike. So did Maksym Marchenko, head of the administration in Odessa. “Neptune missiles … caused very serious damage to the Russian ship,” Marchenko said….
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: blacksea; chechens; chechnya; moskva; nyuknyuknyuk; odessa; putinsbuttboys; putinworshippers; russia; russianaggression; thatsashame; ukraine; zottherussiantrolls
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posted on
04/14/2022 2:24:39 AM PDT
by
GonzoII
To: All
Sloping Slava.
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posted on
04/14/2022 2:43:00 AM PDT
by
Doofer
To: GonzoII
The Moscow, wow ...huge loss here.
The Russian Ministry of Defense confirms the loss.
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posted on
04/14/2022 2:43:57 AM PDT
by
rbmillerjr
(Defeating China is impossible without understanding that Russia is our enemy)
To: GonzoII
This could be a big step towards the use of tactical nukes.
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posted on
04/14/2022 2:47:20 AM PDT
by
The Duke
(Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
To: GonzoII
Are Missiles, MANPADS, and Drones the new warfare model or part of the asymmetrical warfare concept?
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posted on
04/14/2022 3:00:42 AM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
(The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, bust that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
To: GonzoII
did the Russian ship even try to fight back?
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posted on
04/14/2022 3:03:50 AM PDT
by
RockyTx
To: GonzoII
Sending a Russian Carrier Killer to the bottom is an unalloyed good.
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posted on
04/14/2022 3:05:23 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(Nobody is going to come into your yard to tend your garden. )
To: GonzoII
Fine shooting, Ukes! Keep up the fight!
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posted on
04/14/2022 3:12:01 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(Кчерту Путина, Kчерту Россию)
To: The Duke
This could be a big step towards the use of tactical nukes.
Putin may or may not be “insane” but to use nukes he would have to rely on others to actually order the buttons pushed and they too would have to be “insane”.
Nuremberg made it clear that “just following orders” was not a defense for war crimes. Using nukes would be a war crime.
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posted on
04/14/2022 3:19:11 AM PDT
by
CIB-173RDABN
(I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
To: GonzoII
hadn’t Boris Johnson promised Ukraine ship-killer munitions?
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posted on
04/14/2022 3:23:52 AM PDT
by
avital2
To: GonzoII
Wow…
Putin won’t be happy…
11
posted on
04/14/2022 3:24:03 AM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.She was, indeed, a hottie… Rest in peace, Joanne.)
To: RockyTx
did the Russian ship even try to fight back?Naval engagement of this type could be compared to, "And then, out of nowhere, someone shot him twice in the back of the head!"
The Russians are lucky that 10% of the crew was able to save themselves.
Under such circumstances, there is little opportunity to "fight back."
Regards,
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posted on
04/14/2022 3:24:09 AM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: CIB-173RDABN
It would depend on the size of the nukes.
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posted on
04/14/2022 3:25:11 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: The Duke
I’ve wondered what would be the expected response to Russian tactical nuke use.
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posted on
04/14/2022 3:32:21 AM PDT
by
Reynoldo
(BurnLootMurder)
To: GonzoII
Hey, it wasn’t hypersonic so it doesn’t count. It only counts if they use a hypersonic missile.
To: RockyTx
You have to wonder if they ever saw it coming, I have no inside knowledge, I think the Russian Captain thought he was out of range of any Ukrainian defenses, only to be sadly mistaken.
Either that or the Russian Cruiser’s missile capabilities are not what they are cracked up to be and have to be closer to the shore to have any chance to hit their targets, the downside is getting closer puts them into range of the Ukrainian defenses which cost them the ship.
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posted on
04/14/2022 3:44:44 AM PDT
by
srmanuel
(`)
To: avital2
"hadn't Boris Johnson promised Ukraine ship-killer munitions?"
Yeah, but the Neptunes are Ukrainian made.
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posted on
04/14/2022 3:45:07 AM PDT
by
GonzoII
("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen )
To: All
I really don't think is going to deescalate the situation.
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posted on
04/14/2022 3:53:58 AM PDT
by
Doofer
To: GonzoII
MAde possible by U.S. targeting drones and missile system.
To: Doofer
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posted on
04/14/2022 3:55:44 AM PDT
by
Doofer
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