"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (3 Viewers)

[Thumpalumpacus]

Just blocking the entrance denies the harbour to the Russians but not to the Ukrainians (unless they actually sink a ship in the mouth of the harbour)

Not sure why blockships would allow Ukrainian ships through while blocking Russian ships. Care to elucidate?

T-boning a tanker or cargo ship inside the harbour creates a mess in harbour and denies the Russians both the ship and cargo. Evan a relatively small tanker full of water could probably clean out the nets and still T-bone a ship.

Doing that with a tanker loaded with fireworks up front, rockets in the middle, and an escape-capsule in the back ... You're gonna need a larger blockship, or three.

The hit on Russian morale would be massive.

Sure. I like the hit it's taking right now, m'self. I also think sailing a clumsy ship up into the harbor is really asking sailors to die for no good reason. And what would that achieve? Blocking a harbor already rendered untenable by air and sea drone-strikes?

 

[BiffF15]

Pretty hard to damage it so much that Russians cannot use but Ukrainians still can. Attack the assets, leave the port intact, and keep the Russians afraid to use it.

If the Russians are forced out of the port they will probably destroy it as they retreat (my opinion).

 

[GrauGeist]

btw, if the rogue tanker breaks through the barrier, it also opens the way for Sea Babies.

Talk about a feeding frenzy...