Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

[the wopster]

That Tanker won't be delivering any more aviation fuel for a while. The control room is completely flooded.

Ohh what a shame

 

[jigger]

I wonder if they let the victims passengers know before boarding?

Probably depends how many men between 18-30 are onboard. Could be seen as a little sexist TBH.

 

[jigger]

Some Russians buying homes in Mariupol how thick you got to be.

Indoor flushing toilet ready. Toilets not included* please don’t throw poop in street.

 

[bingham67]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1688170047141711874

 

[jigger]

Some reports of the Ukrainians advancing across the river in Kherson.

 

[NickK]

I am sure that Boeing and Airbus would realise that they were ordering extra parts above their stock of planes. More like a small Kolkata workshop reworking brake parts as they do bike and car parts.

Anyway these planes are largely stolen so they can not be supported by service agreements.

Boeing you need cryptographic keys to fly.. supposedly.. so not sure how they're flying them..

 

[bingham67]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1688203984920625152

 

[bingham67]

If Russia going to launch missiles from Belarus then Ukraine can launch there F16's from Poland.

 

[mcast123]

Looks like this is turning into WW1 static warfare.

 

[XPE]

Some reports of the Ukrainians advancing across the river in Kherson.

Is this new from the reports we got yesterday? if so with the with the 2 supposed bridge strikes this might suggest something is ongoing.

 

[bris]

Torpedoes?

Torpedoes require a submarine, the Black sea fleet will have a few submarine hunters in their midst so I wouldn't fancy my chances firing from a sub.

And anyway Ukraine has no subs so it would have to be NATO and thats not going to happen.

I must admit though a homemade sea drone worth around 3k taking out a 750 hundred million pound Russian ship is extremely good value for money

 

[bris]

Russian pilot plane with no brakes. Erm, no thank you. I’ll walk.

I thought they were getting everything they needed from friendly countries.

 

[ianh]

Torpedoes require a submarine

Not necessarily, there's plenty of current torpedoes that can be ship launched or (specifically in Ukraine) dropped from helicopters/aircraft, so I would imagine fitting some to a drone-boat could be done if they wanted to.

The explosive yield of an air-delivered torpedo would be quite small compared to submarine launched torpedoes and there would be no "guidance" once launched to make sure it only went after a specific ship, so using them around Neutral shipping would be a huge problem, but these are things which could be worked around for sure.

 

[Dis86]

Torpedoes require a submarine, the Black sea fleet will have a few submarine hunters in their midst so I wouldn't fancy my chances firing from a sub.

And anyway Ukraine has no subs so it would have to be NATO and thats not going to happen.

I must admit though a homemade sea drone worth around 3k taking out a 750 hundred million pound Russian ship is extremely good value for money

Torpedoes can be launched from surface craft and aircraft.
Its kinda why the torpedo boat was invented!

 

[Grim5]

Storm shadow says hi

https://twitter.com/x/status/1688230910653571072

 

[FoxEye]

Torpedoes can be launched from surface craft and aircraft.
Its kinda why the torpedo boat was invented!

I even read some years ago (I seem to recall) about torpedoes launched from/as missiles (rockets).

Not sure if it was that, or something else, but a quick Google turned up the Ikara, developed by the Aussies. Although they seem to have been conceived as anti-submarine weapons, not anti-ship. But anyhow, they are torpedoes launched by aerial drones/rockets.

Perhaps the Ukranians could experiment with that concept a bit more. They seem to be quite capable of inventing their own systems.

 

[bris]

Torpedoes can be launched from surface craft and aircraft.
Its kinda why the torpedo boat was invented!

Yea I got that wrong I have seen plenty movies where Torps are launched from ships.

When you think of torpedoes the first thing thing that springs to mind is submarines.

 

[Mr Badger]

Yea I got that wrong I have seen plenty movies where Torps are launched from ships.

When you think of torpedoes the first thing thing that springs to mind is submarines.

Unfortunately I think of Spinal Tap.

 

[jigger]

Wonder how Beijing sees Russia's barely functioning navy operating in the Black Sea?

Possibly flapping about how many Russian ships they have.

 

[ianh]

I even read some years ago (I seem to recall) about torpedoes launched from/as missiles (rockets)

The two most well known are the 60's era American ASROC (6nm range) and the Russian RPK-2 Vyuga (20+nm range) both of which are still in service, although there are many others too.