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Makes me wonder however, where Ukraine's (edit)Neptune missiles where all this time and why Ukraine is getting Harpoon missiles from UK if they have their own.
by antattack 4y ago
Makes me wonder however, where Ukraine's (edit)Neptune missiles where all this time and why Ukraine is getting Harpoon missiles from UK if they have their own.
- lolinder 4y ago> and why Ukraine is getting Harpoon missiles from UK if they have their own. Because missiles are not a renewable resource, and the more they have the more they can fire?
- Arrath 4y agoHarpoons also carry a warhead about 50% larger than the Neptune, increasing the range of targets they can effectively hit. The Neptune is only designed for targets of 5,000 tons, compared to the Moskva being over 10,000. Whether it was a lucky hit on a/the magazine compartment(s), poor damage control, or combinations there of, good job Ukraine and the Neptune.
- dboreham 4y agoPlausible deniability.
- trhway 4y agothey have only one battery which seems to have just become really operational.
- anotherboffin 4y agoThe Economist [0] (paywalled) says the factories making the Nautilus missiles have been heavily bombarded and that the Ukrainian military doesn’t seem to have many of these missiles. I guess they were just very carefully choosing their target and the time to strike? [0] https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/04/14/ukraine-claims-to-have-sunk-a-russian-warship https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/04/14/ukraine-claims-t...
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- eneas 4y agoNeptune. Waiting for a surprise attack on a big target? They entered in service a year ago.
- simonh 4y agoIt’s called Neptune. It only entered service last year, so they probably don’t have many, and it’s possible early Russian strikes may have suppressed the batteries that were operational at the start of the war.
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