Wilshire to [email protected] • 6 months agoThe Ukrainian Navy reports that overnight, the Russian Project 266M Natya Class Minesweeper Kovrovets was destroyed.sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down14
arrow-up1152arrow-down1imageThe Ukrainian Navy reports that overnight, the Russian Project 266M Natya Class Minesweeper Kovrovets was destroyed.sopuli.xyzWilshire to [email protected] • 6 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoMaybe this is a dumb question, but why would Ukraine target a minesweeper?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink27•6 months agoBecause their navy won’t risk going into unswept water so it’ll reduce their active range, plus if they do its possible they’ll hit a mine.
minus-squaredownpunxxlinkfedilink10•6 months agomines go boom, mine sweeper go boom first, more mines and russia boats go boom later
minus-squarepetrescatraianlinkfedilink1•6 months ago@ArbitraryValue Strategically? I don’t know. But they’re doing us Romanians a great service by destroying a source for all the mines being swept to our shores, lol. @LaFinlandia
Maybe this is a dumb question, but why would Ukraine target a minesweeper?
Because their navy won’t risk going into unswept water so it’ll reduce their active range, plus if they do its possible they’ll hit a mine.
So the mines are not so easily detected….?
mines go boom, mine sweeper go boom first, more mines and russia boats go boom later
@ArbitraryValue Strategically? I don’t know. But they’re doing us Romanians a great service by destroying a source for all the mines being swept to our shores, lol.
@LaFinlandia