Originally Posted by
Kent Based
I've heard the clam that Moskva had her radars in the stowed position in the images just before her capsizing. Is anyone on here able to comment on that?
The suggestion being that she was not able to detect incoming threats or respond to them.
The pictures taken from the recovery vessel show the Top Dome fire control radar (the ice cream cone on the helo hangar roof) for the SA-N-6 missiles was slewed astern in the usual transit position. Having noted that, given the likely detection range of the incoming missiles and the reaction time for the SA-N-6 it is unlikely that it not being in play would have been critical.
It is difficult to see any of the other radars, search or fire control, due to the smoke but what is clear is that the port SA-N-4 pop-up launcher was not deployed.
That would leave anti-missile defence to the CIWS so it would be interesting to see the disposition of the Bass Tilt fire control radars for the those guns. Neither of those radars is visible in any of the pictures I've seen.