The Russians have gone in

[Peak53]

That ship has sailed, er ... sunk

And a hope: Shore to sea missile
batteries will be in place to whomp
the Russian fleet in the Black Sea.

Nice call Been thinking this myself for weeks. Maybe need to do it again for emphasis. I understand the Neptune has quite the range and the Moskva was providing cover for the rest of the fleet with it's 3-tiered defenses against incoming fire. Quite effective, apparently

 

[DWalt]

Nice call Been thinking this myself for weeks. Maybe need to do it again for emphasis. I understand the Neptune has quite the range and the Moskva was providing cover for the rest of the fleet with it's 3-tiered defenses against incoming fire. Quite effective, apparently

I saw on Fox News that two Neptune missiles may have been fired. I didn't know that the Neptune was designed and built in Ukraine.

 

[UncleEd]

Reportedly Ukraine had Neptunes
left over from Russian occupation
and since then they perfected and
modified them.

Peak53, as to the Moskva being
armed to ward off incoming
missiles, why stay on alert?
The Ukrainians are stupid
and unworthy critters. Putin
says so.

 

[Rudi]

Losing the Moskva is akin to Vlad losing a rook.

A rook he can not rebuild/replace anytime soon.

 

[Kevin J.]

Losing the Moskva is akin to Vlad losing a rook.

It makes the knight and bishop a bit scared. They may decide to stay behind the pawns.

 

[Golddollar]

The idea is to allow the Russian admirals to review the fleet from a glass bottom boat.

It looks like the Ukrainians are getting a start on this.

 

[LVSteve]

One of the London papers is reporting that not only have the Russians lost seven generals in Ukraine, but also 33 at colonel rank. I'm thinking they are lumping together half and full bird varieties. Their overall casualty estimate is 20,000.

Russia 'loses 40th high-ranking officer' in Ukraine | Evening Standard

 

[biku324]

That Putin is a real 3D chessman.

 

[Ghost Magnum]

I have a relative that's dating a young Marine. He really does not want to fight Russians. Funny thing is he collects vintage soviet military equipment.

 

[UncleEd]

Not only has the Russian military
in Ukraine lost gnerals and
colonels but back in Moscow Putin
is firing/imprisoning a bunch
more along with dozens and dozens
of intel personnel.

Apparently Putin is a bit miffed.

 

[Harrison]

The Moskava has not sunk, it just transitioned into a large submarine.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Not only has the Russian military
in Ukraine lost gnerals and
colonels but back in Moscow Putin
is firing/imprisoning a bunch
more along with dozens and dozens
of intel personnel.

Apparently Putin is a bit miffed.

I read yesterday that Putin had put his top intel officer behind bars in a maximum-security prison. I don't remember, but I think his last name was "Scapegoat" or something similar...

John

 

[Rudi]

The Moskava has not sunk, it just transitioned into a large submarine.

New Russian naval code, "blub, blub, blub".

 

[ACORN]

Give me a ping Vasily. One ping only, please.

 

[UncleEd]

Let's not be too frivolous about
the loss of Russia's warship.

Moscow in retaliation is promising
more grinding up of civilian
Ukrainians.

 

[DWalt]

Let's not be too frivolous about
the loss of Russia's warship.

Moscow in retaliation is promising
more grinding up of civilian
Ukrainians.

Which they would do anyway.

 

[hsguy]

An update: Ukrainian Neptune missiles sank Russia's Moskva ship in Black Sea, official says : NPR

 

[biku324]

I'd suspect no one is more surprised than Putin that anyone cares who Russia kills.

 

[UncleEd]

The talk of tactical nuclear
weapons has grown with
Putin's recent threats.

The U.S. and NATO had better
send word through diplomatic
channels that any use of
tactical nuclear weapons will
be answered in kind. Actually
I wouldn't be surprised if
such has already been done.

This Putin "or else" policy
has to be stopped.

 

[Rudi]

I think putin is standing in a big river, up to his neck. He can see palm trees and pyramids.