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Ukrainian missile strike against Russian small boats

Ukrainian missile strike against Russian small boats

Gepostet von | 3 May 2022 | , , , | 0

As spectacular as it may look in the news broadcasts, the "ships" hit by the Ukrainian missile strike are merely the 25-tonne displacement P-boats of the Raptor class (project 03160) launched in 2015. Ten of these 17 boats are assigned to the Black Sea Fleet. Although they are only manned by two marines and are less than 14 metres long, they can accelerate to almost 50 knots. And they have loading capacities for combat swimmers or infantry forces, including a folding "stelling" in the reinforced bow for landings. Ideal for "special operations", but apart from an automatic 14.5 mm MG and two body-controlled 7.62 mm MGs, completely defenceless against targeted fire from drone-controlled missiles! ...

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Spain's Armada delivers aid to Ukraine

Spain's Armada delivers aid to Ukraine

Gepostet von | 2 May 2022 | , , | 0

In the meantime, the "Reina Ysabel" has arrived undamaged in Gdynia, Poland, to unload the 200 tonnes of Spanish material for the Ukrainian armed forces. The former civilian ro-ro transport ship, which was only recently put into service with the Spanish army but is operated by Armada, is packed full of material and ammunition, including 30 special military trucks and 10 lightly armoured all-terrain jeeps (VAMTAC). It is said to be Spain's largest delivery to date in support of Ukraine. Non-military assistance In addition, almost fifty forensic experts will be helping the Ukrainian forensic experts to excavate, document and identify the bodies in the mass graves in the areas occupied by Russian troops....

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Battleship Commander

Battleship Commander

Gepostet von | 2 May 2022 | , , , , | 0

Paul Stillwell: Battleship Commander. The life of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr, Naval Institute Press 2021 Unsurprisingly, it took until 2021 to publish the first biography of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr. who played a key role in the U.S. Navy's Pacific campaign during World War II. Although strongly promoted by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, only a few sentences about Admiral Lee's work can be found in the work "Seemacht, Eine Seekriegsgeschichte von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart" published by Elmar B. Potter and Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the German version of which was edited by Jürgen Rohwer. Found...

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Moscow's new narrative: cruise missiles now also from submarines

Moscow's new narrative: cruise missiles now also from submarines

Gepostet von | 1 May 2022 | , , | 3

On Friday, the Russian Ministry of Defence published a video sequence on the Telegram messaging service showing the underwater launch of a Kalibr cruise missile from a conventional Kilo III-class submarine in the Black Sea, aimed at Ukraine. Whatever the optics have captured - it has not become a documentary masterpiece! The shots in the semi-darkness, taken at a great distance and correspondingly unclear, do not really confirm the Russian narrative. Nevertheless, this news is worth mentioning because it is the first time that the use of Kalibr from submarines in the Ukraine war has been publicised. And what else is being destroyed This news was underpinned by the claim that the Russian air force had...

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Neues von der „Moskwa“ - ein altes Schiff soll ihr zur Seite stehen

Neues von der „Moskwa“ - ein altes Schiff soll ihr zur Seite stehen

Gepostet von | 1 May 2022 | , , | 0

Was die Verluste an Menschenleben angeht, so hüllt sich der Kreml weiterhin in Schweigen, bestenfalls erfolgt ein zögerliches Eingestehen ohnehin völlig untertriebener Zahlen. Unkontrollierter Offenbarungs-Tweet Interessant ist in diesem Zusammenhang ein Tweet einer regierungsnahen Moskauer Quelle vom Freitag, 22. April 2022, dem nur eine minimale Lebensdauer gegönnt war, bevor er von der Bildfläche verschwand. Darin wurden Gefallenen- und Vermisstenzahlen des Ukraine-Krieges angegeben, die jedoch den als etwas überhöht eingeschätzten Angaben der Ukrainskaya Pravda (https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/) mit 23.000 toten russischen Soldaten ziemlich nahe kommen: 13.400 Tote, 7.000 Vermisste, 116 Tote auf der „Moskwa“. Offiziell gilt weiterhin die Zahl von 2.000 Gefallenen...

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