The C-400 did not recognize SCalp or Storm Shadow missiles while hitting the Novocherkask BDC-ISW
About it writes "Institute of War Study" in the summary of December 26. Geolocated footage shows that the Armed Forces struck the large landing ship "Novocherkask", resulting in most of it fire and sank. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that Novocherkask had suffered "damage" during the "reflection" of a Ukrainian blow.
On December 26, a spokesman for Ukrainian Air Force, Colonel Yuri Ignat, said that a Ukrainian blow may have also damaged the surrounding port infrastructure and other adjacent Russian support vessels. According to him, the only missiles of defense forces that can strike at a considerable distance are SCalp or Storm Shadow.
He also noted that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation use different small, medium and long air defense systems, so Ukrainian pilots have to resort to special tactical techniques to ensure the maximum number of blows on the target. The Russian troops stated that units of the 31st air defense division, which use the SCRC C-400 in Feodosia, could not identify two Ukrainian winged missiles.
The UK's Defense Minister Grant Chapsa, commenting on the event in Feodosia, noted that in the last four months the Armed Forces have destroyed 20% of the Black Sea Fleet. ISW believes that Ukrainian blows on the objects of the Black Sea Fleet forced the Russian Federation on a constant basis to move ships to the eastern part of the Black Sea. We will remind that during the impact on the ship "Novocherkask" there were 77 sailors on its board.