Thread: Izvestia reports the Russian Navy is considering equipping ships with loitering munitions to target ground and naval targets. Russia tested the concept during an amphibious landing exercise in Kamchatka where the munitions struck ground targets. iz.ru/1242367/alekse…
The graphic shows loitering munitions being launched from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, going into a holding pattern waiting for a target, and then striking targets once located. They mentioned that loitering munitions would be particularly useful against small motor boats. 2/
Below is a thread on that amphibious assault exercise two weeks ago with members of the 40th and 155th Naval Infantry Brigades in Kamchatka where loitering munitions were reportedly used. They also launched UR-77 MICLICs from landing craft. 3/
The Ukrainian MoD says they struck a D-30 howitzer in the Donbas with a Turkish TB2 UCAV after two Ukrainian servicemen were wounded by artillery fire. This would be the first such use of TB2 to conduct strikes in the Donbas. facebook.com/watch/?v=46761…
DNR rebels claim that Ukraine conducted another UAV attack on an oil facility in Donetsk this morning though they claim it didn't do any damage. 2/ ria.ru/20211027/nefte…
Dmitry Peskov said Turkey's deliveries of TB2 UCAVs to Ukraine could potentially destabilize the situation along the line of contract "this does not contribute to settling this intra-Ukrainian problem." 3/ tass.com/world/1354633
The Russian MoD said that naval infantrymen from the Northern Fleet's Vice-Admiral Kulakov destroyer conducted a VBSS mission to free sailors on the Panamanian Lucia ship from pirates today in the Gulf of Guinea after receiving a distress call. tvzvezda.ru/news/202110252…
The Russian MoD released a video of the VBSS operation in the Gulf of Guinea from the Vice-Admiral Kulakov. The crew locked themselves in an isolated cabin, and the pirates reportedly fled after a Russian Ka-27 helicopter hovered over the ship. 3/
EMERCOM said that 7 people were killed in a fire at an ammunition factory in Ryazan. TASS' sources say that nine people are missing and presumed dead. Russia has had a # of fires or explosions at munitions warehouses and factories over the past few years. tass.ru/proisshestviya…
Photos from the destroyed ammunition factory in Ryazan. 2/ t.me/bazabazon/8516
Thread on Russian Navy port calls. The Gremyashchy Project 20385 corvette and Volkhov and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Project 636.3 submarines stopped in Colombo, Sri Lanka on their way to join the Pacific Fleet. t.me/ChDambiev/11114
Photos of the Volkhov and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Project 636.3 submarines in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2/ t.me/moria40k/10539
During the Rosgvardia Spetsnaz maroon beret selection in Stavropol, servicemen from Chechnya were reportedly allowed to cheat by bringing their own cars and failing the rappelling portion. This led to a fight between Chechen and non-Chechen participants. t.me/sashakots/26263
Video of one of the Chechens failing to meet the standard. The brawl began after the judges tried to remove the Chechen servicemen and even led to someone firing a pistol. However, the leadership ruled in favor of the Chechens and gave them the berets. 2/ t.me/grey_zone/10877
Another video from the selection in Stavropol. Because of the decision to award the berets to the Chechens, members of Rosgvardia’s elite 604th Special Purpose Center’s Vityaz unit will reportedly refuse to wear their maroon berets starting tomorrow. 3/ t.me/sashakots/26266