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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

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To: RockyTx

According to Israeli sources, the Ukrainians got the Russians chasing their version of an AWAC (control plane).

They then lured them in, unaware thr battery was hidden in the middle of no where — not a logical location since it defended nothing.

But the Ukrainians weren’t defending. They were attacking.


41 posted on 04/14/2022 5:10:18 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: SE Mom
"No way of verifying this video- but it seems worth watching because the timing is right and it's from Odessa."

Looks like antiaircraft fire preceding a very large explosion. --The Neptune missile strike ??

42 posted on 04/14/2022 5:13:08 AM PDT by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen )
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To: TokarevM57

Maybe “it got sunk” as in “he got drunk”?


43 posted on 04/14/2022 5:14:37 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: GonzoII

Regardless of why is sunk, this goes to show that a ship isn’t self sufficient. It needs others to also help protect it, just like a tank. It also shows that ships may not be the best bet for war machines.


44 posted on 04/14/2022 5:14:39 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: alexander_busek

To add: also it did not help that the ship had a regular pattered patrol route.


45 posted on 04/14/2022 5:21:05 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: flaglady47

Ship’s complement 510 sailors. Ship reportedly “rolled over.” If so, bodes ill for rescue.


46 posted on 04/14/2022 5:26:52 AM PDT by donozark (Masochists for Biden. 2024.)
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To: GonzoII

Darn fine ski boat. Shame...


47 posted on 04/14/2022 5:29:08 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Doofer

Now its a submarine

Those sneaky Russians


48 posted on 04/14/2022 5:29:52 AM PDT by njslim
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To: GonzoII

Scuttle butt that it was a air launched anti-ship missile donated by a NATO County.


49 posted on 04/14/2022 5:33:00 AM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: RockyTx
did the Russian ship even try to fight back?

I don't know, but I got a great deal on a Russian ship based missile defense system on Ebay.

Say, can any Freepers read Cyrillic? I've got a few varmints in the backyard I need to take care of.


50 posted on 04/14/2022 5:43:55 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Travis McGee
As one USN sailor to another, I hope to hell our brass here is watching these engagements very closely. I'm sure that half of them are naval-gazing (no pun intended), wondering about gender pronouns and 'white supremacy' -- the other half should be taking note. Seems that missiles both man-carried and crew-serviced are proving that a lot of tech that was fearsome in the old days nothing more than flaming steel death-traps. Ground armor, sea vessels, aircraft... all of it.

Our ships have taken a few hits over the decades, and countering this ever-increasing threat is getting tougher and tougher as missiles get smarter and faster.

What's the answer? DEWs? Drone swarms? Nothing stands out.

51 posted on 04/14/2022 5:46:18 AM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: CodeToad
"...this goes to show that a ship isn’t self sufficient. It needs others to also help protect it,..."

Apparently, the Russians aren't well versed in combined arms tactics, on land or at sea.

52 posted on 04/14/2022 5:52:37 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: GonzoII

Why are those helicopters flying so close to each other? Won’t their rotors collide and kill them both? Or is it photoshop?


53 posted on 04/14/2022 5:53:22 AM PDT by OKSooner
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To: CIB-173RDABN

But The Hague will be a radioactive wasteland, so hard to have trials. But I would look for a retaliation that seriously hurts Ukraine. It’s getting bad out there these days. Hope you have your beans and rice. Shoot we might need them just for getting through the coming depression.


54 posted on 04/14/2022 5:54:56 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Joe Brower
What's the answer? DEWs? Drone swarms? Nothing stands out.

Not being there when the weapon arrives?

Spoofing, false targets, misdirection, decoys, etc.

55 posted on 04/14/2022 5:55:33 AM PDT by null and void (Replace No Bail with Mo' Jail. The certainty, not the possibility, of punishment keeps 'em in line.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Your post #13 is funny. We all need to remember Biden gave Putin a green light on the Ukraine invasion.


56 posted on 04/14/2022 5:57:39 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( "The media is the enemy of the American people." Democrat Pat Caddell.)
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To: OKSooner
Why are those helicopters flying so close to each other? Won't their rotors collide and kill them both? Or is it photoshop?

I can't prove it but I'm sure the picture was taking years ago during some Navy exercise.

57 posted on 04/14/2022 5:59:43 AM PDT by Doofer
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To: GonzoII

2 Neptune missiles against a missile cruiser. That’s a lot of Russian state hardware deep sixed. The Russians might think about putting into port. The Neptune is the latest in anti ship technology with harpoons on the way.


58 posted on 04/14/2022 6:00:54 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

No it’s the event that Nikes we used.


59 posted on 04/14/2022 6:02:09 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: OKSooner

Probably the compression effect of a zoom lens and they aren’t as close together as they seem.


60 posted on 04/14/2022 6:04:38 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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