April 1, The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the cruiser "Moscow" had a fire after an ammunition explosion caused a fire, causing damage to the hull. While dragging it to the destination port, the ship lost its stability and sank in the storm.
There is no doubt that this is the most important international military news in the world that has paid attention to since Russia took special military action against Ukraine on February 24.
You should know that the cruiser "Moscow" is the flagship of the Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet. It has a full load displacement of 11,280 tons. It is a behemoth and a "steel beast" on the sea.
ship has 16 majestic P-500/1000 anti-ship missile launchers on the ship, with a length of 11.7 meters, a diameter of 0.88 meters, a weight of 4.8 tons, a flight speed of 2.5 Mach, a maximum range of 550/1000 kilometers, and a warhead of 1 ton of conventional explosives. It can also carry 50,000 tons of nuclear explosives with TNT equivalent . It is the world-famous anti-ship missile , which gives it the reputation of " aircraft carrier killer ".
In addition, the ship has dual 130mm naval guns, 630M type 6-barrel 30mm near-defense guns, vertically launched S-300PMU long-range air defense missiles, SA-N-4 short-range air defense missiles launched by the launch frame, 533mm heavy anti-submarine torpedo, 252mm rocket deep bombs, anti-submarine helicopter , etc., and has powerful anti-ship, air defense and anti-submarine capabilities.
is such a 10,000-ton ship that is seen by the outside world, which actually ignited a fire, exploded the ammunition depot and sank during the tow. The Russian Ministry of Defense said it was investigating the cause of the fire of the cruiser "Moscow".
Ukraine has claimed to the outside world that it launched two shore-based Neptune anti-ship missiles, hitting and severely hitting the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet flagship cruiser "Moscow". However, strong evidence such as the launch of the missile and the video of the launch of the USS Moscow cruiser was not disclosed to the public.
Put aside the Russian Navy cruiser sank after a fire or explosion, or the Ukrainian military launched the Neptune anti-ship missile, causing the giant ship to sink in the wind and waves due to loss of stability during the tow. Regardless, at least the Russian Navy lost a 10,000-ton ship, which is a foregone conclusion.
Previously, on March 24, the Russian Navy was launched by Ukraine in the port of Berkengsk, and sank a 1171 "crocodile"-class tank landing ship "Orsk" with a full load displacement of 4,700 tons.
This time the sinking of the Russian Navy's 10,000-ton ship, the strength of the Black Sea Fleet was greatly weakened, which made the fleet, which lacked large surface ships, worsen. The top leaders of the fleet would be in tears, and they would be extremely sad and sad.
In the Russian Navy fleet, the Black Sea Fleet is far inferior to the Northern Fleet and Pacific Fleet , and is not even as good as the Baltic Fleet, but is just slightly stronger than the Caspian Squadron.
Black Sea Fleet, its headquarters is located in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, and it is under the jurisdiction of the 30th Surface Ship Corps, the 41st Missile Boat Detachment, the 68th Water Police Detachment, the 247th Submarine Battalion, and the Novorossiysk Naval Base.
has one "Kasin" class 810 "Crazy" destroyer with a full load displacement of 4390 tons, two "Kriwak" class 801 "Beautiful" and 808 "Qizhi". A 20380 "Agile" light frigate with a full load displacement of 2,100 tons.
3 full load displacement 4035 tons 11356R type "Admiral Grigorovich" class frigate 745 "Admiral Grigorovich", 751 "Admiral Ellison", and 799 "Admiral Makarov".
1 The 22160 "Sergei Kotov" patrol ship with a full load displacement of 1,500 tons, and 7 877/633.3M "Kiro"-class conventional diesel-electric submarines with a submarine displacement of more than 3,000 tons. There are three 1171 "Crocodile"-class tank landing ships with a full load displacement of 4,700 tons, as well as 30 small missile boats with more than 100 tons and patrol boats with , and 10 hundreds of tons of mine hunting/ mine battleships with 10 hundreds of tons.
Another Naval Air Corps is equipped with 30 Su-24 attack aircraft and Su-30SM fighter jets, 2 Marine Infantry Brigades and 1 Coastal Artillery Brigade, 2 Shoreship Missile Brigades, and 1 Air Defense Missile Regiment equipped with S-300/400 missiles.
Black Sea is an extremely closed sea area, one of the few fully enclosed inland seas. The only adjacent sea area is Mediterranean . The two are connected by a narrow waterway of 704-3240 meters wide, and are completely located in Turkey .
was the peak of the Black Sea Fleet's strength in the Soviet Red Navy era. On December 25, 1991, after the disintegration of the Alliance of the Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), its maritime power was divided by the coastal franchised republics , but the Black Sea Fleet was unable to determine its ownership. It was not until early 1995 that Russia and Ukraine formally established a plan to cut the Black Sea Fleet.
After the establishment of the Russian Federation Navy, in fact, the strength of the Black Sea Fleet is not increasing but declining, especially the scale of surface warships has been continuing to decline.
February 15, 2020, for the Russian Black Sea Fleet, it is an important sign of its decline in strength. As the Russian Navy's Saint Andre's banner slowly landed, the 30th Surface Ship Corps' cruiser, which had a full load displacement of 9,700 tons, was retired from the 1134B "Kara" class 713 "Kerch" cruiser, which had made great contributions to the Black Sea Fleet, was officially removed from the Russian Navy's active ship .
Now, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet is also the Russian Navy's facade, the cruiser "Moscow" has sunk into the Black Sea, not only causing the Black Sea Fleet to severely damage the entire Russian Navy fleet. The Black Sea Fleet's strength has plummeted. This loss is too great, and it will shock the top leaders of the Russian military and even the President of Putin himself.
For Russia, the Black Sea Fleet can be regarded as the decisive force of Russia in the Black Sea. If the Black Sea Fleet cannot form an advantage over the maritime power of neighboring countries such as Turkey, it will be difficult to ensure Russia's strategic interests in the region.
In name, in addition to aircraft carriers, the Black Sea Fleet has large, medium and small ships such as diesel-electric submarines, destroyer , frigate , light frigate , tank landing ships, patrol ships, missile boats, etc., and as a fleet, the overall strength is far inferior to the Turkish Navy.
has lost the cruiser "Moscow". The very small number of "Kasin" class destroyers and "Krivak" class frigates are old ships inherited from the Soviet Red Navy. They are really too old and have become decorations lying in the port. Whether they can go to sea normally is unknown. Against the backdrop of the lack of effective supplementation of new ships, the future prospects of the Black Sea Fleet are worrying.
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