"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (5 Viewers)

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Hey Admiral; you having trouble with post #8454 too? On my iPhone or my iMac, it locks up on that post.
I had to post on the previous page to get around it.
 
We has seen the dangers of feeding a tiranical & very unfriendly country with money for oil.

Why repeat that?
 
SaparotRob said:
I guess I wasn't authorized to see it.
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Thw original twitter post was "covered" because it "may have contained" sensative content - which is weird, considering most images with that warning, are for graphic images (like dead bodies, horrible wrecks, etc.).

An obsolete Garmin is frightening, yes, but not enough so as to warrant a viewer warning...
 

Moscow responds to Ukraine's defiant Snake Island flag-raising ceremony with air strikes

Ukrainian forces raise their flag on recaptured Snake Island in a defiant act against Moscow, but Russian forces launch new strikes on the island shortly after the ceremony.
www.abc.net.au

I hope (and expect) the reference to Russians celebrating the resignation of Boris Johnson in this story will be akin to Hitler interpreting Roosevelt's death as a sign that things would turn for Germany.
 
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As an associated link from the page you've linked here:


The sinking of Moskva will be in case studies for years to come. A ship which, on paper, had respectable anti-ship missile defenses (ASMD), was caught off guard. David had defeated Goliath.


But the impact was bigger than the loss of a single ship. In an instant it swept away the Russian Navy's sense of invulnerability. They immediately became more risk adverse. Forays nearer the coast continued, possibly to send the message that Russia was not afraid, but the pattern shifted. Routine patrol areas contracted, generally shifting to the Crimea side of the northern Black Sea.


Ukraine for its part found that it's Turkish supplied TB-2 drones could operate near Snake Island. The point air defenses there, the famous Tor and Pantsir systems, could not keep them at bay. TB-2s picked off Russian assault boats and air defense systems. Their biggest coup was hitting a landing craft just as it attempted to disembark a Tor missile system. The sunken landing craft blocked access to the island until it could be salvaged.

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But the TB-2s could also act as reconnaissance for other, harder hitting, weapons. Starting in May there were reports that Denmark would supply Harpoon anti-ship missiles. These were felt by the Russian Navy on June 17 when a valuable support vessel, Vasiliy Bekh, was hit by two. This was despite having a Tor system strapped to its deck. It was sunk.

On June 20 Harpoon were again used to neutralize a Russian controlled gas platform in the Black Sea. These platforms were being used for surveillance.

Russian ships became even more cautious, and the supply line to Snake Island even more strained. Ukrainian drone strikes and missile attacks were beginning to wear down the defenses. And Harpoon kept vital resupplies at bay.

[...]

Submarines are now being used for some of the cruise missile launches. Possibly they can operate more safely closer to the Ukrainian controlled coast. Even the Admiral Grigorovich class frigates are operating well away from the threat. This does not speak of confidence in their ASMD capabilities.

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On the other hand, Russia still imposes an effective blockade. It has been doing this with missile corvettes and patrol boats operating much further south, near to Romania. We should not think that Russia is no longer the stronger navy. But the threat of Harpoon and other systems has pushed it into an almost passive role.

Ukraine Is Turning The Tide Against Russian Navy In Black Sea - Naval News

Russia's navy is, by any measure, more powerful than Ukraine's. But the war is not going all their way. At sea, the Russian Navy is finding itself retreating from a large swathe of the Black Sea.
www.navalnews.com
 
vikingBerserker said:
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In the bestest way. At sea as well as on land, the Ukrainians are flummoxing Russian moves. While Russia still seems to hold the initiative in the East, they seem a bit gaspy, and the fact they seem unable to impose a stranglehold over the coast strikes me as an opportunity that should not be passed up, given the economical implications.

Those Harpoons are there for a reason.
 
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