LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 1 year agoThe Ukrainian Navy reports that overnight, the Russian Project 266M Natya Class Minesweeper Kovrovets was destroyed.sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down14
arrow-up1155arrow-down1imageThe Ukrainian Navy reports that overnight, the Russian Project 266M Natya Class Minesweeper Kovrovets was destroyed.sopuli.xyzLaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 1 year agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoMaybe this is a dumb question, but why would Ukraine target a minesweeper?
minus-squareVirtualOdour@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up27·1 year agoBecause their navy won’t risk going into unswept water so it’ll reduce their active range, plus if they do its possible they’ll hit a mine.
minus-squareHarry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoSo the mines are not so easily detected….?
minus-squaredownpunxx@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agomines go boom, mine sweeper go boom first, more mines and russia boats go boom later
minus-squarepetrescatraian@libranet.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago@ArbitraryValue Strategically? I don’t know. But they’re doing us Romanians a great service by destroying a source for all the mines being swept to our shores, lol. @LaFinlandia
Maybe this is a dumb question, but why would Ukraine target a minesweeper?
Because their navy won’t risk going into unswept water so it’ll reduce their active range, plus if they do its possible they’ll hit a mine.
So the mines are not so easily detected….?
mines go boom, mine sweeper go boom first, more mines and russia boats go boom later
@ArbitraryValue Strategically? I don’t know. But they’re doing us Romanians a great service by destroying a source for all the mines being swept to our shores, lol.
@LaFinlandia