Is Ukraine about to have a war?
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Grain deal is back..
BUT more interesting, so much for Minor damage to one ship!
Double tugged, so lost power and steering?
BUT more interesting, so much for Minor damage to one ship!
The Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate is being towed on the high seas. Apparently, the damage was significant, since this ship cannot sail under his own power
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Hitting a landmine while on the move and shrugging it off!
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Senior Russian military leaders recently had conversations to discuss when and how Moscow might use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine, contributing to heightened concern in Washington and allied capitals, according to multiple senior American officials.…
Grain deal is back..
BUT more interesting, so much for Minor damage to one ship!
Double tugged, so lost power and steering?
https://twitter.com/ITrollgstem/stat...71214260568068
BUT more interesting, so much for Minor damage to one ship!
Double tugged, so lost power and steering?
https://twitter.com/ITrollgstem/stat...71214260568068
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They really need to stop being woolly around the edges on this, the West keeps bleating on about a robust response, grave consequences etc, one does hope that behind closed doors they are telling the Russians privately one nuclear explosion in Ukraine will result in an equal response in Moscow or similar, just to show that the consequences will be that severe and leave them under no pretensions that the result will be anything else. So that they know in no uncertain terms that letting that genie out of the bottle will have far reaching consequences.
I.E calling their bluff, which by continuing the grain exports after Russia tried to stop them has proved that standing up to them they have nowhere to turn..
I.E calling their bluff, which by continuing the grain exports after Russia tried to stop them has proved that standing up to them they have nowhere to turn..
Article in The Guardian today.
Could Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian ships herald a new type of warfare?
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Could Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian ships herald a new type of warfare?
It had all the thrill of a daring commando raid, filmed live. But Saturday’s dawn raid on Russia’s Black Sea fleet at Sevastopol was not carried out by elite soldiers, but by 16 drones, nine in the air and seven at sea – prompting questions as to whether the attack represented a revolutionary moment in the history of warfare.
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Grain convoys to continue with ships bearing the Turkish flag and under the protection of the Turkish navy.
Would an attack trigger Article 6?
Not in or over Turkish territory, the Med or the North Atlantic as specified.
Would an attack trigger Article 6?
Not in or over Turkish territory, the Med or the North Atlantic as specified.
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I suppose the next step it to mount sea launchable drones on the sea based suicide drone, meaning it can carry shorter range airborne suicide drones to the target area, launch them then go into attack while the drones distract the enemy.
Question is how do you counteract it, guns as seen, or launch your own suicide drone from your ship and steer it at the on coming one then detonate it in close proximity to take it out?
Destroyers have torpedo tubes to launch from the side of the ships, are we going to see those with remote suicide drones in them instead?
Question is how do you counteract it, guns as seen, or launch your own suicide drone from your ship and steer it at the on coming one then detonate it in close proximity to take it out?
Destroyers have torpedo tubes to launch from the side of the ships, are we going to see those with remote suicide drones in them instead?
They really need to stop being woolly around the edges on this, the West keeps bleating on about a robust response, grave consequences etc, one does hope that behind closed doors they are telling the Russians privately one nuclear explosion in Ukraine will result in an equal response in Moscow or similar, just to show that the consequences will be that severe and leave them under no pretensions that the result will be anything else. So that they know in no uncertain terms that letting that genie out of the bottle will have far reaching consequences.
I.E calling their bluff, which by continuing the grain exports after Russia tried to stop them has proved that standing up to them they have nowhere to turn..
I.E calling their bluff, which by continuing the grain exports after Russia tried to stop them has proved that standing up to them they have nowhere to turn..
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AVIATION CONTENT:
What is helicopter is this? it has a nose gunners position, but not a remote one??
Also very low level.
What is helicopter is this? it has a nose gunners position, but not a remote one??
Also very low level.
- on the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America, on the Algerian Departments of France, on the territory of Turkey or on the Islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer;
- on the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in or over these territories or any other area in Europe in which occupation forces of any of the Parties were stationed on the date when the Treaty entered into force or the Mediterranean Sea or the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer.
UNCLOS:
- The territorial sea is regarded as the sovereign territory of the state.
- A state's territorial sea extends up to 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi) from its baseline. If this would overlap with another state's territorial sea, the border is taken as the median point between the states' baselines, unless the states in question agree otherwise. A state can also choose to claim a smaller territorial sea.
If the ships are outside of 12nm from a NATO coast, then it would be up to each of the signatories to determine what they do, they can still do UNC 51 instead, but NATO doesn't have an explicit obligation in that case. Right now, I would think that chipping the paint of a Turkish vessel by Russia while escorting grain ships would end up with a lot of ships siting in the Black Sea 12.1nm from every major port of Russia's, and the Russian illegally annexed territory. In fact, for that, they may approach as close as Ukraine allows, it's their coast, not Russia's.
It would sink the Russian's reputation lower than it is now, which is close to the mooring point of the Moskva.
Hip family helicopter. They can install a cockpit gunner position in the middle.
Article in The Guardian today.
Could Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian ships herald a new type of warfare?
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Could Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian ships herald a new type of warfare?
prompting questions as to whether the attack represented a revolutionary moment in the history of warfare
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After Sevastopol, many naval experts said the idea of drone boats was not anything new, citing precedents such as fireships, used repeatedly from ancient times.
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https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-c...s-cole-bombing
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How do the American 'sources' know that? A few observations at your link:
Wonder if we've got a Mole in there somewhere.
The Russians do have some different ways to send signals, yes.
If you can get 30 nations to agree to that, such a communique might be sent. There may be some NATO nations, like France, who are not keen at all about escalation. And Germany might be feeling that way at the moment.
Probably not, but I suspect a high level consultation would be in order, as I am sure that NATO has a contingency plan for that very thing already drafted.
Do you mean a flotilla made up of NATO ships from various nations (similar to Operation Sharp Guard), or, as the Turks have already done, provide ships to escort and they (Turkey) are in NATO?
Wonder if the Romanians or Bulgarians are contributing to the escort mission. They are in NATO as well.
: Senior Russian military leaders recently had conversations to discuss when and how Moscow might use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine, contributing to heightened concern in Washington and allied capitals, according to multiple senior American officials.…
Feels like something Russians leaked to scare the Americans and force negotiations. If not, then Russian channels are completely compromised by US intel.
From how it sounds I'm pretty sure it was "leaked" on purpose
one does hope that behind closed doors they are telling the Russians privately one nuclear explosion in Ukraine will result in an equal response in Moscow or similar, just to show that the consequences will be that severe and leave them under no pretensions that the result will be anything else.
Wonder if the Romanians or Bulgarians are contributing to the escort mission. They are in NATO as well.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Update on the Nord Stream pipeline explosions…
https://www.nord-stream.com/press-in...-02112022-529/Nov. 2, 2022 | Zug, Switzerland |
As of 2 November 2022, Nord Stream AG has completed initial data gathering at the location of the pipeline damage on Line 1 in the Swedish exclusive economic zone.
According to preliminary results of the damage site inspection, technogenic craters with a depth of 3 to 5 meters were found on the seabed at a distance of about 248 m from each other.
The section of the pipe between the craters is destroyed, the radius of pipe fragments dispersion is at least 250 m.
Experts continue to analyse the survey data.
https://www.nord-stream.com/press-in...-02112022-529/Nov. 2, 2022 | Zug, Switzerland |
As of 2 November 2022, Nord Stream AG has completed initial data gathering at the location of the pipeline damage on Line 1 in the Swedish exclusive economic zone.
According to preliminary results of the damage site inspection, technogenic craters with a depth of 3 to 5 meters were found on the seabed at a distance of about 248 m from each other.
The section of the pipe between the craters is destroyed, the radius of pipe fragments dispersion is at least 250 m.
Experts continue to analyse the survey data.