Destruction of ships in Crimea: how to get in the Black Sea of Submarines of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with "caliber"
The strikes of Ukraine's defense forces on the Black Sea Fleet of Russia in the temporarily occupied Crimea have borrowed their fruits: more than a dozen large warships were damaged. In the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR MO), it was estimated that by May 10, 2024, the excess unmanned Magura V5 boats caused losses to the Black Sea Fleet for $ 500 million. The surviving ships are transferred to safer ports, including Novorossiysk.
Dozens of mastery, landing and patrol boats remain near the shores of the peninsula - these are "working horses" for daily operations around Crimea and the Armed Forces have already paid attention to them, writes Forbes magazine. The last attack in the morning of May 30 became very painful for the small purposes of the Russian fleet: the Gur's sea drones were directed by Magura V5 drones in the bay narrow in the west of the peninsula.
As a result, two KS-701 boats were drowned, two more were severely damaged. A fifth of the boats failed for one blow, paying attention to the observers. And on the night of May 31, the Ukrainian Neptune missiles were first worked on the targets in Russia, struck by the oil depot in the Krasnodar region and the ferry crossing of the Port "Caucasus". Ukrainian experts could modernize the rocket: to increase the start -up and combat part, as well as to improve the ammunition system.
FRACE MOSSINS OF ATACMS are beating in the main ways of supply: large landing ships, ferries and railways. Wheelless boats attaches delivery means-KS-701 boats that do not have heavy and valuable weapons. Most often the occupiers use small vessels for logistics and patrols of Crimea, Forbes. The Economist writes about the "deadly combination" of ATACMS missiles to weaken the Russian air defense system in the Crimea and strike at air tights and critical logistics purposes.
"Russian troops are nowhere to hide. Thanks to satellite intelligence, Ukrainians watch all the movement in the Crimea. With the advent of ATACMS missiles and the production of sea drones, every square meter ", - analysts say. The meaning of continuous attacks on small ships is to break the supply chain of Russian forces in the occupied part of the Kherson region.
In the absence of alternative opportunities, this option is the most advantageous, says Maxim Palamarchuk, a military expert of the National Institute for Strategic Studies. "The expediency of blows to the ship's ship's navy is coming out of the ratio of the price of the sea drone and targets. In most cases, the boat is much more expensive," he says. FRACE MOSSINS OF ATCMS beat the main ways of supply: large landing ships, ferries and railways, and drones attacked the delivery tools.
Thus, the Ukrainian forces reduce the logistics of Russians in Crimea on both sides. A large warship will survive the rocket or unmanned boat, and the four ton KS-701 simply has no chance, he added. Despite the systematic destruction of the Black Sea Fleet ships, the Russians still have the main weapon in the Crimea, which is a danger to the rear of Ukraine. It is about submarines, carriers of "caliber" missiles.
There are almost no opportunities to detect boats from floating docks, and to track their location underwater is even more difficult. Submarines with calibers on the sides are a serious challenge for Ukraine's defense forces. According to Palamarchuk, world military practice shows that the submarines can be destroyed if the party of the conflict controls the ocean or sea where the fighting occurs.
A large nomenclature of submarine work is also required: maritime aviation, protical frigates and attacking submarines. "This combat task is solved only in the event of a breakthrough of a hostile submarine on a controlled sea area," the expert summed up. We will remind, the Russian military is trying to fight Ukrainian non-extinguish boats FPV-Dron.