The seas don't look "stormy" at all, so the Russian statement that the ship went down in a storm is dubious, so far as I'm concerned. My bet is that it broke apart amidships under tow, perhaps due to metal fatigue from the fires.
Perhaps the routine re-procurement and resupply might be accelerate via the special priority laws. I suspect Congress very well understands that we are in a proxy war now.
I'd be surprised if it were carrying tactical nuclear weapons since their mission was air support/interdiction/coastal bombardment, conventional weapons would be sufficient to do those things. And it looks like one of the hits was close to the waterline...
Good to hear of Russian resupply issues. Shooting churches isn't exact;y a useful use of a munition. But it seems the Russians have no tactical skill. Wonder what their gunners think when they get damage reports.
The seas don't look "stormy" at all, so the Russian statement that the ship went down in a storm is dubious, so far as I'm concerned. My bet is that it broke apart amidships under tow, perhaps due to metal fatigue from the fires.
Here's a useful take on the significance, which I'm planning to mention tomorrow as well.
https://www.westernjournal.com/broken-arrow-incident-possible-russian-flagship-sinks-black-sea/
And then the Western Journal publishes this - https://www.westernjournal.com/cost-throwing-weapons-away-ukraine-becomes-clear-us-national-defense-stockpiles-depleted/ - and they don't realize the importance of Ukraine as keystone for Putin's further plans for Europe as a whole. If he can be stopped in Ukraine, that will put a halt to the rest of his plans...
Perhaps the routine re-procurement and resupply might be accelerate via the special priority laws. I suspect Congress very well understands that we are in a proxy war now.
I'd be surprised if it were carrying tactical nuclear weapons since their mission was air support/interdiction/coastal bombardment, conventional weapons would be sufficient to do those things. And it looks like one of the hits was close to the waterline...
Good to hear of Russian resupply issues. Shooting churches isn't exact;y a useful use of a munition. But it seems the Russians have no tactical skill. Wonder what their gunners think when they get damage reports.