Moskva thread highlighting how the internal contradictions of the Putin Regime killed her crew π§΅
First, there are a lot of reasons this appears to on-point.π
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First, there are a lot of reasons this appears to on-point.π
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https://twitter.com/Nat_Vasilyeva/status/1515292460859203584
Next, this 20 tweet thread goes deeply into the flawed fighter fighting design of the Slava class that the Moskva was a part of.
Short form: There was no centralized electronic fire fighting system in the original design & no refit to get one.
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Short form: There was no centralized electronic fire fighting system in the original design & no refit to get one.
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https://twitter.com/LIM49Spartan/status/1515145277031817218
This was recognized after the class was built, but not retrofitted.
3rd, Russian Navy damage control was hollowed out by Putin Regime corruption. The water was about 50F at 1 AM with gundecked survival gear & life rafts etc when the Neptun salvo flew in.
See the photoπ
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3rd, Russian Navy damage control was hollowed out by Putin Regime corruption. The water was about 50F at 1 AM with gundecked survival gear & life rafts etc when the Neptun salvo flew in.
See the photoπ
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This 2008 video make clear that the Russian Navy was not big on wearing anti-flash gear.
You fight as you train.
The video shows how the Russian Navy trained.ππ
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You fight as you train.
The video shows how the Russian Navy trained.ππ
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Luchs, the Ukrainian manufacturer of the Neptun ASCM, told Kyiv media that the AK-630 6BBL 30mm CIWS on the Moskva were unserviceable.
Call this "Unconfirmed" but still a possibility.
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Call this "Unconfirmed" but still a possibility.
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Each P-1000 Vulkan supersonic ASCM had ~1.5 tons of aviation kerosene, a 1,000 kg high explosive shaped charge warhead w/o western insensitive munition chemistry, and the rocket booster pack.
With up to eight P-1000 missiles on fire, that amounts to ~12 tonnes of aviation
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With up to eight P-1000 missiles on fire, that amounts to ~12 tonnes of aviation
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... kerosene, 8 tons of warhead explosive and ~8 tons of aluminium and titanium alloy airframes burning.
Given ~60 tons of payload on one side of Moskva gone, this likely accounting for the claimed significant list and the capsizing of the 12,000 ton Cruiser in high seas.
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Given ~60 tons of payload on one side of Moskva gone, this likely accounting for the claimed significant list and the capsizing of the 12,000 ton Cruiser in high seas.
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Multiple western naval officers have been surfacing since the Moskva's sinking saying Slava-class cruisers they visited had huge internal areas due a lack of compartmentation.
This is a huge design flaw when combined with a lack of a centralized fire fighting system.
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This is a huge design flaw when combined with a lack of a centralized fire fighting system.
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This combination of high fire/explosion danger with 16 x P-1000 ASCM, 64 x long range S-300F / SA-N-6 GRUMBLE, 2 x 20 x Osa-M / SA-N-4 GECKO missiles aboard, no centralized fire fighting system & large uncompartmented spaces
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https://twitter.com/Liveuamap/status/1514991122921238528
...left her extremely vulnerable if hit. Most of her crew paid for these weaknesses with their lives
Moskva was a heavyweight boxer with a killer right cross combined with with a glass jaw and cracked ribs.
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Moskva was a heavyweight boxer with a killer right cross combined with with a glass jaw and cracked ribs.
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If she didn't get her right cross in. Moskva would, and did, fall apart at the first solid strike anyone landed on her.
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P.S. Possibly 58 survivors of Moskva.π
https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/1515240729169309697
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