Posted on 08/20/2022 5:30:23 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
A kamikaze drone strike hit Russia's Navy headquarters in Crimea and sparked a huge explosion today, in another suspected Ukrainian raid.
Smoke was seen billowing through the air this morning following the attack, which came despite frantic attempts from Putin's forces to shoot down the UAV, as seen in a video where repetitive gunfire is heard.
The naval HQ suffered a direct hit, said reports while terrified Russian tourists fled the popular summer peninsula.
Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev confirmed the attack, writing on Telegram: 'Unfortunately, [the drone] was not shot down, although they worked on the bay with small arms. [It] went low. There were no victims.'
He warned: 'The tenacity of these Ukro-Reich morons is amazing. Everyone, if possible, needs to be home in the next hour.'
Russia also suffered incoming attacks on resort Yevpatoriya, north of Sevastopol, where one man was heard saying: 'This is not funny. Let's pack up and get out of here. These are no fireworks.'
The air defence system was activated in the Western Crimea, the head of Putin's regime in annexed Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said.
'The target is hit. There is no damage, nor any wounded. Our military clearly, professionally and effectively carry out their tasks. I ask everyone to remain calm and trust only official information.'
Initially as the wave of attacks came in, Razvozzhaev said: 'I am at my workplace in the government. As well as many of the townspeople, I heard the clapping in the [city] centre.
'Similar sounds were heard in the Strelka area a little earlier. The air defence was operating in the bay. Naval artillery [operated] in the centre. The same as yesterday. According to preliminary data [they were shooting down drones. Targets were hit. We remain calm. The military is doing their job perfectly.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Video of drone.
A suicide UAV struck the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters in #Sevastopol- It looks like the same kind of modified Chinese commercial drone that used to strike the oil facility in Rostov in June.
It is unclear what air defense was doing.
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1560911488214237184
A suicide UAV??? Inconceivable!!!
Even more incredible than the attack is this: who the hell is vacationing in a war zone?
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A kamikaze drone strike hit Russia’s Navy headquarters in Crimea and sparked a huge explosion today, in another suspected Ukrainian raid.
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Unless a human was piloting the drone, it’s not a “kamikaze” strike. I’m not surprised the writers for DM toss around terms like that because they think it sounds impressive, but it shows an ignorance of history. But I guess like so many words today (e.g. “woman”), its meaning in our Orwellian world has ben warped and twisted.
Just wondering how a drone gets adjectives like “kamikaze” and “suicide”.
Also wondering how the Crimea is described as “occupied” when it was annexed by Russia after something like 75 percent of the citizens voted to return to Russia in the plebiscite.
Temporarily-occupied Crimea.
What are you afraid of? defaming the idiots the Japanese convinced to kill themselves attacking our ships?
...we’ve been calling them “Kamikaze drones” for decades.
...What are you afraid of? defaming the idiots the Japanese convinced to kill themselves
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Then by your hyped adjective, every bomb, every cruise missile is a “kamikaze” strike.
No, I’m afraid of the perversion and diminution of words. When a machine is labeled as a “kamikaze” it equates destroying a machine with the fanatics in Japan during WW2 who saw their death as the “Devine Wind” striking the enemy. It diminishes the horror of such a word, just as the overuse of the word “racist” or “nazi”.
This
Out of control drone lands on roof, catches fire and, viola, instant Ukrainian strike causing massive damage and panicked Orcs.
Looks like out of control beach picnic. Lots of hamburgers burnt, borscht overcooked, burning cotton.
And by going on about this lame point, you manage to hijack the thread as well as any Orc troll. Congratulations!
If I send my address, will you send me one? XXL please
As with many other sectors of the post-COVID economy, it looks like many kamikaze pilots are now also working remote from home.
I think they’re only available at the Kremlin gift shop in Moscow, next to Lenin’s mummy.
Blah, blah, blah.
“No, I’m afraid of the perversion and diminution of words.”
Exactly!
I have actually read articles about manned quad copters where the author called them drones.
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