Not obvious from the photo, but if you look carefully it's the front of a acrylic bubble, which is where the occupants sit.
Also appears to have manipulator arms
It's a Dutch made U-Boat Worx design. It's covered so hard to ID exact model.
Landing craft for two SUVs
The lead Toyota Land Cruiser has a Cypriot number plate
3 tenders, two large (like one on left), two small. All look high performance, but haven't tried to ID exact models
4 Quad Bikes
Correction, typo. Two large, one small
IMPORTANT TWEET CORRECTION
Owned by Alexey Mordashov, not Roman Abramovich. Typed in haste, mixed the yachts up
IMPORTANT TWEET CORRECTION
Owned by Alexey Mordashov, not Roman Abramovich. Typed in haste, mixed the yachts up
Some video footage of the inside, not the most lavish parts.
Note that they are wearing shoes, so much for creeping around in socks to preserve the lavish finish
Re. smaller tender. Now provisionally identified as an amphibious speed boat which can drive up the beach. Made by Iguana Yachts, possibly a 'Commuter'. Reference photo added
Thread 1/n Step by step, the war in the Black Sea, month of November 2023 (1 year ago). From my tracker
#OSINT
Nov 4:
#Russian
Pr.22800 Karakurt class corvette 'Askold' struck by Ukrainian missiles at shipyard in Kerch. hisutton.com/Timeline-2022-…
Nov 10 2023: Liberian flagged merchant ship KMAX Ruler hit by Russian AS-17 KTYPTON (Kh-31) anti-radiation missile in port of Odesa
Nov 10 2023:
#Ukrainian maritime drones (USVs) operated by GUR hit two Russian Navy landing craft in Chornomors'ke, northern Crimea. 1 x Pr.11770 Serna Class 1 x Pr.1176 Ondatra Class
Always an interesting topic, we all know about inflatable fake tanks, but it can happen with ships too.
Firstly, fake ships before D-Day:
During WW2 the royal Navy converted some fleet tenders to resemble battleships and a carrier, with the idea being to deceive German Luftwaffe reconnaissance flights.
Before/ after (might be exact same ship, but you get the idea)
The old battleship HMS Centurion was also remodeled to appear as the newer ship HMS
Anson
Snake island had been subject to air strikes but Ukraine had also started using MLRS from barges at sea and it was in range of new 155mm artillery being delivered by West, especially the French Caesar system
In July 2022, faced with threat of Ukraine’s Neptune anti-ship missiles, and western supplies Harpoons (notably Denmark), Russian navy largely withdraw from western side of northern Black Sea. This is a significant change in the balance.
I don't normally post about aircraft, but here are 5 awesome and usual loadouts from the Cold War which really interest me from a design perspective.
In descending order of awesomeness
5. A-5 Vigilante US Navy bomber with nuclear bomb up backside
4. English Electric Lightning. Awesome fighter, could carry ferry tanks in the overwing position. Hard to find photos of this, but it could also carry twin SNEB rocket pods above each with, with fuel tanks behind them (!).
3. Ilyushin Il-102, which lost out to the now-famous Su-25 FROGFOOT. Aside from rad lines and rear-facing aft cockpit, check out the tail gun!
#Ukrainian strike on #Russian Navy base at Sevastopol in Crimea appears to have damaged, possibly seriously (TBC), the submarine support ship Kommuna (ref ) hisutton.com/Russian-Navy-K…
Video
Kommuna gets a degree of sympathy because she is an ancient and beautiful ship, 112 years old(!).
But objectively she is a legitimate target and provides Russian navy with valuable capabilities. She often participates in submarine trials and can conduct seabed warfare