Update on the attack on Sevastopol today

[Tomconroy]

Ukraine used a surface boat drone to attack the large Russian frigate Adm Makarov. It was hit amidship. The damage must be extensive.

Link to tweet

[SheltieLover]

1. Good!

[electric_blue68]

2. Woah! TY Tom. Slava Ukraini! 🌻🇺🇦🌻

[NickB79]

3. Absolutely no response from the Russian ships either

What kind of shit equipment and training do they have, to not see and try to engage an inbound ship?

The US learned this lesson with the USS Cole.

[paleotn]

5. Got that right.

The vaunted Russian Black Sea fleet is a bit of a shit show.

[TomSlick]

6. My thought exactly.

How did not Russians not see and engage a relatively slow moving surface vessel?

[Starfury]

15. Low profile drone, probably hard to detect

Probably some sort of small surface or semi-submersible drone, reportedly similar to this one:

Link to tweet

[TheBlackAdder]

49. I wonder if those 3 ribs deflect ship radar down on the hull and up so it doesn't reflect back.

[Brother Buzz]

23. They were looking UP!

The ship had been attacked by aerial drones before the drone boat struck. These Ukrainians are sneaky good at this game.

[mitch96]

48. Same technique was use on the Moskva.. TB2 drones flying on one side while

Two Neptune anti ship missiles slammed in from the other side.. Classic diversion technique.
Sun Tzu would have been proud...
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[rollin74]

24. oh they tried to respond. but failed

Link to tweet

[cab67]

32. Did they even try to change course to evade?

[dalton99a]

4. Sink them all.

[panader0]

7. Thanks Tom.

[Jerry2144]

8. 2 more heroic Russian ships promoted

To submarine.

It’a good start

[Sympthsical]

9. I just want to know

Is the orchestra on the boat ok?

[Tomconroy]

12. Lol. Always appreciate a Titanic reference.

[mitch96]

10. Same vids and with geolocation of the attacks in Crimea

[EarnestPutz]

42. The "Unmanned Surface Vessel" (shown in the 2nd video at 1:20) is a work of maritime art. If it....

...is something that the Ukrainians have developed since the war began, like some of their ingenious hobby drones dropping grenades, it truly is a beautifully designed and constructed product. If, perhaps less likely, it is something that our Ukrainian friends have been working on prior to the invasion, it's still really impressive.

[Emrys]

46. That pic is of a vessel that was found washed up on a beach in Crimea in September

Russia Finds Mystery Vessel On Crimean Beach: Is It A New Ukrainian Attack Drone? (UPDATED)

More detailed analysis of it here: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/mystery-drone-boat-washes-up-near-home-of-russias-black-sea-fleet

There was doubt at the time whether it was a Ukrainian or US product.

Not wishing to rake up the Kerch Bridge incident again, but its prow looks very similar to what I believed I saw coming just into view under the bridge supports as the bridge blew up. That explosion may have been the result of a number of simultaneous attacks, but I'm still not convinced an important part of it wasn't waterborne.

[multigraincracker]

11. Be the first on your block to have

guided torpedoes.
Hey Russkies, this is the 21 Century.

[KS Toronado]

13. Ukraine needs more "African Queens"

Turn the entire Russian fleet into submarines.

[S/V Loner]

14. Putin announces an emergency draft of...

300 personal watercraft, along with their owners, for Ukraine fight.

[WarGamer]

20. Hahahah Jet Skis patrolling the harbor with AK47's...

[cab67]

34. I'm surprised that never showed up in a James Bond movie

[Emrys]

25. Bayraktarwatch?

Massed pedaloes and lilos with nary a lifejacket or pump between them.

[IronLionZion]

35. Use oligarchs' luxury yachts

[Brother Buzz]

16. Russia has said it will pull out of a UN-brokered grain export deal after attack

Russia has said it will pull out of a UN-brokered grain export deal after a dramatic attack by Ukrainian airborne and underwater drones on its Black Sea naval base of Sevastopol in the early hours of Saturday morning.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/29/russia-suspends-ukraine-grain-deal-after-attack-on-sevastopol-naval-base

[maxsolomon]

17. They're using everything they've got.

Sevastopol is a 100% legit target.

"I've seen the future, brother; it is murder" -L. Cohen

[TexLaProgressive]

18. Was it a cigarette boat, Tom?

[Tomconroy]

22. Smokin!

[orangecrush]

36. Looks more like a doobie boat

A "bomber"

[WarGamer]

19. Would tht make it a "suicide drone"? That was the trendy phrase of the MSM last week?

[Lovie777]

21. Were they shooting at the water drone and missing terribly?

[PortTack]

26. Slava Ukraine..

President Zelensky in one of his nightly addresses, he does them every night, said the war may be over soon. Wonder what soon is? Anyone else hear him say this or have any other information about it?

[questionseverything]

31. I thought he said if they got the air defense they need, it could be over soon

[PortTack]

51. Oh sure..that's probably the case

[GreenWave]

27. Orchestra was kicking ass too!

[Mopar151]

28. A friend did this to a bulldozer backalong!

He did the mechanical and welding, so that it could work under a furnace without roasting an operator! Radio controls were industrial stuff, maybe for a crane.

[GreenWave]

29. Breaking rumor on this breaking:

A Russian source informs me that there was a big to do with Iran and Iran may have done it.

[orangecrush]

30. Mysterious Large Circles On Russian Radar Turn Out To Be President Zelensky's Massive Testicles

https://babylonbee.com/news/mysterious-large-circles-on-russian-radar-turn-out-to-be-president-zelenskys-testicles

[cab67]

33. Why are these described as 'kamikaze drones'

and not just ‘guided munitions?’

[IronLionZion]

37. The ability to loiter or circle around until time to attack

There's a table at this link comparing it to guided missiles such as our Tomahawk cruise missiles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loitering_munition

[Tomconroy]

39. Some drones can be used multiple times.

A kamakazi drone is one and done. Like the Iranian ones being currently used.

[orangecrush]

38. Russia is claiming they "repelled" the attack

But it doesn't look that way.

[lpbk2713]

40. The crews were blown away on vodka.

And then they were blown away by the drone.

[orangecrush]

43. Certainly looks like it

We should know soon.

I hope it's on the bottom.

One less missile platform.

[Beastly Boy]

41. Thanks for the update. Judging from Russia's response, they are super pissed.

Within hours of the attack they withdrew from the UN-sponsored agreement to allow Ukrainian grain to be exported to the rest of the world.

If the ship that got hit is indeed the frigate Admiral Makarov, that would be adding insult to injury for Russia's Black Sea fleet. Makarov became their flagship after Ukraine sank the cruiser Moskva, the former flagship of the fleet.

Can't wait to find out how many other Russian ships got promoted to submarines.

[moondust]

44. Sevastopol

was likely the main reason Pooty "annexed" Crimea in 2014. After Maidan and the loss of his puppet in Kyiv he was probably insecure about having continued access to his Black Sea fleet.

[orangecrush]

45. ...

Link to tweet

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[Just A Box Of Rain]

47. Thanks for sharing!

[niyad]

50. Slava Ukraini! Thank you for the update.