That video amazing! I don’t see any sort of disturbance on the surface that would indicate something moving underwater. To remotely maneuver into that port, around the other docked ships, and target the sub takes a lot of ingenuity & expertise.
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Yeah, confirmed underwater drone. Incredible work. Russian sources confirming it's sunk.
Russian navy confirming their position as the second best in the black sea.
It's at dock so it is very much still recoverable, although repairs are likely to be expensive. Only three of the US ships that were damaged/sunk at Pearl Harbor were damaged beyind repair. Idk how long this will be out of commission or if the Russians have the necessary parts to repair it, but it is technically salvageable
There’s a mountain of differences between the Pearl Harbor battleships and this submarine. For starters just the fact that this is a submarine is a huge difference. The key component of a sub is the pressure hull. I believe US subs cast the pressure hulls as a single massive piece, so no seams that could suffer from poor welding etc. I know older Soviet subs were two pieces welded together, but I’m not sure if newer ones are one or two pieces. Whatever the case, if that explosion did significant damage to the pressure hull then it’s basically a complete write off. They might be able to salvage components from this sub, but they would have to cast a whole new pressure hull, which basically means a whole new sub.
Then there’s the more modern electronics in these subs. The kilo class subs were first launched in the 1970s, so 30+ years after Pearl Harbor. There’s bound to be a lot of computerized and other electrical gear in the sub that doesn’t take too kindly to being submerged in salt water for a prolonged period of time. There’s bound to be a lot of different metals used throughout the sub, and not just in the electronics. Put different metals in a salt bath and you get electrolysis, which corrodes the metals over time. I doubt raising that sub to the surface and drying it out will be a quick process, so there’s a lot of time for equipment to corrode beyond usefulness.
That's impressive!
Even Russia would probably have netting and sonar bouys in place around their own major naval base. It seems extremely unlikely that Russia wouldn't take those super basic measures, which means this drone was stealthy enough to avoid sonar systems AND able to Dodge Submarine/torpedo netting while inside a shallow port.
Like a James bond car where saw blades come out the front the cut the netting.
Wow now that's something!
Russia GTFO!
It looked like there were a lot of warship targets in the footage.
I'm sure there was a good reason why that particular sub was targeted, "four cruise missile launchers for “Kalibr” missiles" aside.
Subs are hard to find normally so if you see one it is automatitally a high priority to get it even if you reveal some secrets you don't want them to know (like you can monitor their harbor?). also this sub was launching missles at Ukraine, the other ships were not as useful
True, but there were at least 2 other subs in the footage, so there must have been some reason why this particular submarine was targeted in favor of the others.
This sub was equipped to launch missiles. It is unlikely Ukraine would say why this one.
Could be the only had the ability get one (that is only one sub sea baby), and it was random chance. Could be they could bypass the protections on this while the others were protected by something (sea nets, sonar...) they didn't think they could get by. Those are two obvious ones I can think of (and thus assume Russia knows more than me if either is possibly true). There may be a completely different reason I can't think of though - again I would expect Ukraine not to say (of if they say it might be an incorrect misdirection)
Ukraine is chasing Russia out of the sea.
Does anyone know how they're getting this footage?