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…. .
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Anyway it seems the Russians did a great job evacuating the 500 crew completely in 2 meter seas @ night in a short time, and already getting some tug ( I guess from sevastopol 170 miles away) and taking on tow a smouldering hulk perhaps still very dangerous
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Anyway it seems the Russians did a great job evacuating the 500 crew completely in 2 meter seas @ night in a short time, and already getting some tug ( I guess from sevastopol 170 miles away) and taking on tow a smouldering hulk perhaps still very dangerous
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That video seems incompatible with an attack happening around midnight in bad weather conditions.
That video seems incompatible with an attack happening around midnight in bad weather conditions.
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Ethical Question for you military people, is it still OK to fire upon an enemy warship even though it may be conducting a rescue operation.
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well it is technically correct, an ordinance explosion caused by a fire which is under investigation. The fire was probably caused by a direct hit from a neptune missile.
Ethical Question for you military people, is it still OK to fire upon an enemy warship even though it may be conducting a rescue operation.
Ethical Question for you military people, is it still OK to fire upon an enemy warship even though it may be conducting a rescue operation.
well it is technically correct, an ordinance explosion caused by a fire which is under investigation. The fire was probably caused by a direct hit from a neptune missile.
Ethical Question for you military people, is it still OK to fire upon an enemy warship even though it may be conducting a rescue operation.
Ethical Question for you military people, is it still OK to fire upon an enemy warship even though it may be conducting a rescue operation.
wouldn't shoot a man/woman on water, but the vessel...
Unlikely in my opinion. NATO countries are already having a substantial impact on the war through the supply of weapons and intelligence. If Russia thought it could gain military advantage by expanding the war, then it has more than sufficient justification to do so. The costs to Russia of direct aggression towards NATO countries or military assets would massively outweigh any advantage.
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Pentagon is saying she hasn’t sunk and appears to be under tow to Sebastopol.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/europ...-ml/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/europ...-ml/index.html
So....Admiral Kirby at the US DOD says Moskva is under its own power and steaming eastwards, other reports say it is being towed, some reports say all of the crew had been evacuated, fires contained (meaning extinguished?), perhaps essential crew returned to man the ship if it is either under tow or steaming under its own power?
Perhaps we might wait for more definitive and non-contradictory reports to tell the story.
Perhaps we might wait for more definitive and non-contradictory reports to tell the story.
So....Admiral Kirby at the US DOD says Moskva is under its own power and steaming eastwards, other reports say it is being towed, some reports say all of the crew had been evacuated, fires contained (meaning extinguished?), perhaps essential crew returned to man the ship if it is either under tow or steaming under its own power?
Perhaps we might wait for more definitive and non-contradictory reports to tell the story.
Perhaps we might wait for more definitive and non-contradictory reports to tell the story.
So....Admiral Kirby at the US DOD says Moskva is under its own power and steaming eastwards, other reports say it is being towed, some reports say all of the crew had been evacuated, fires contained (meaning extinguished?), perhaps essential crew returned to man the ship if it is either under tow or steaming under its own power?
Perhaps we might wait for more definitive and non-contradictory reports to tell the story.
Perhaps we might wait for more definitive and non-contradictory reports to tell the story.
