All morse code and cipher signals from cruiser Moskva have ceased; reports from surrounding vessels indicate the vessel has turned on its side.
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in absense of air-defense interference. There will be hardly any TB-2 drone shot downs. so we cannot assume similar class of drones are falling due to unreliability. Its about standards it built.
this is the size of contacts. so certianly there are less than 100 armed drones on hand. when excluding test drones.
The attack happened around 2200 Ukrainian time; it is doubtful we’ll get any clear images, especially if the ship sinks before dawn.
We may get some satellite images of oil slicks in the morning.
This is a pretty major loss. Since Russia only has three of these ships at around 10k tons displacement. This one still had the original Soviet era radar and electronics. It had no upgrades to modernize the electronics unlike the Marshal Ustinov. It has surface-surface missiles, which have not been used in this conflict, and S-300 air defense system for long range, together with Osa air defense system for medium range. Was probably being used in this conflict for air defense coverage. Most of its missiles are air defense ones.
Updated 14 April
MOSCOW, 14 April. /TASS/. The cruiser "Moskva" of the Black Sea Fleet was seriously damaged as a result of detonation of ammunition that occurred as a result of a fire, the crew was evacuated. This was reported in the Russian Defense Ministry.
"As a result of a fire, ammunition detonated on the Moskva missile cruiser. The ship was seriously damaged. The crew was completely evacuated," the military department said.
The ministry said the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Moskva is the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the lead ship of Project 1164 Atlant. It was put into operation in 1983 under the name "Glory". In 1996, the cruiser received its current name. The main strike armament of the ship is 16 P-1000 Vulkan missile launchers.
In the second half of 2015, the cruiser headed the permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, where it covered the Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria with its air defense systems. On July 22, 2016, the cruiser Moskva was awarded the Order of Nakhimov.
Updated 14 April
A fire broke out on the missile cruiser Moskva
The crew was evacuated, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
MOSCOW, 14 April. /TASS/. The cruiser "Moskva" of the Black Sea Fleet was seriously damaged as a result of detonation of ammunition that occurred as a result of a fire, the crew was evacuated. This was reported in the Russian Defense Ministry.
"As a result of a fire, ammunition detonated on the Moskva missile cruiser. The ship was seriously damaged. The crew was completely evacuated," the military department said.
The ministry said the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Moskva is the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the lead ship of Project 1164 Atlant. It was put into operation in 1983 under the name "Glory". In 1996, the cruiser received its current name. The main strike armament of the ship is 16 P-1000 Vulkan missile launchers.
In the second half of 2015, the cruiser headed the permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, where it covered the Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria with its air defense systems. On July 22, 2016, the cruiser Moskva was awarded the Order of Nakhimov.
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Which sad and mindboggling to say the least.
How very unlucky! The Moskva caught fire and exploded at right about the same time as Ukraine coincidentally launched anti-ship missiles at it! What an extraordinary coincidence!
Updated 14 April
A fire broke out on the missile cruiser Moskva
The crew was evacuated, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
MOSCOW, 14 April. /TASS/. The cruiser "Moskva" of the Black Sea Fleet was seriously damaged as a result of detonation of ammunition that occurred as a result of a fire, the crew was evacuated. This was reported in the Russian Defense Ministry.
"As a result of a fire, ammunition detonated on the Moskva missile cruiser. The ship was seriously damaged. The crew was completely evacuated," the military department said.
The ministry said the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Moskva is the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the lead ship of Project 1164 Atlant. It was put into operation in 1983 under the name "Glory". In 1996, the cruiser received its current name. The main strike armament of the ship is 16 P-1000 Vulkan missile launchers.
In the second half of 2015, the cruiser headed the permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, where it covered the Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria with its air defense systems. On July 22, 2016, the cruiser Moskva was awarded the Order of Nakhimov.
Very True. Thanks for confirming
Of course. Not just us, but also millions of Afghans and Iraqis
We should probably be just doing news on this thread.Are you truly suggesting Putin should send Ukrainian POWs into slave working camps and gulags like Stalin did??
Otherwise I'm again sure, we should better close this thread for good.
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