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.
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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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.
"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 ??
Maybe “it got sunk” as in “he got drunk”?
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.
To add: also it did not help that the ship had a regular pattered patrol route.
Ship’s complement 510 sailors. Ship reportedly “rolled over.” If so, bodes ill for rescue.
Darn fine ski boat. Shame...
Now its a submarine
Those sneaky Russians
Scuttle butt that it was a air launched anti-ship missile donated by a NATO County.
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.
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.
Apparently, the Russians aren't well versed in combined arms tactics, on land or at sea.
Why are those helicopters flying so close to each other? Won’t their rotors collide and kill them both? Or is it photoshop?
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.
Not being there when the weapon arrives?
Spoofing, false targets, misdirection, decoys, etc.
Your post #13 is funny. We all need to remember Biden gave Putin a green light on the Ukraine invasion.
I can't prove it but I'm sure the picture was taking years ago during some Navy exercise.
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.
No it’s the event that Nikes we used.
Probably the compression effect of a zoom lens and they aren’t as close together as they seem.
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