Posted on 06/11/2024 11:04:51 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
Russian anti-submarine ship Admiral Levchenko is burning in the Barents Sea after an engine malfunctioned and caught fire, Dmytro Pletenchuk, press chief for the Southern Defense Forces of Ukraine's Armed Forces, said on June 10.
(Excerpt) Read more at kyivindependent.com ...
Do they have DEI maintenance folks? Interesting.
The war must be affecting fleet maintenance.
Geez, Ukraine takes credit for everything.
Wikipedia says the Admiral Levchenko is a Soviet-era ship commissioned in 1988.
What I would like to know is how does this Ukrainian official know about this?.................
I wonder…….
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We aren’t in a war per se, and our fleet has had two or three catastrophic breakdowns in the last year. Ships have to be cared for correctly. Our ship headed out to build the Hamas supply pier broke down as it left port.
I’m surprised Ukraine hasn’t invaded Russia and Zelensky’s now sitting at Putin’s desk in Moscow the way this war is being reported...
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“The war must be affecting fleet maintenance.”
This came up in another topic. Most major navies have about 1/3 of their hulls alongside for refit and replenishment at any given time. This is a normal tempo for prolonging the service life of ships.
Russia OTOH operates at unsustainable levels and it’s been a longtime problem for them that’s catching up to them.
https://news.usni.org/2015/12/09/latest-russian-navy-operational-surge-could-be-unsustainable
The engines were made in Ukraine (Mykolaiv).
A lot of the old Soviet supply chain for their Defense Industrial Base was in what is now Ukraine.
Words you can hear.
https://youtu.be/ic8zMkYwnq8?si=7zHQbtCC_rfXr4Hx
(Koreans, not Chinese in those uniforms. Stand easy.)
All of Russia's major surface combatants (major = destroyer and larger) are Soviet era, or within a few years. Their dwindling fleet is down to just 4 cruisers and 10 destroyers, all over 30 years old. Save for their submarine fleet, they are more of a Coast Guard now, with a handful of frigates and a bunch of corvettes and patrol boats, most of them also Soviet era.
Good one!
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