A public statement about another blow on the russian fleet coming, no less devastating as the destruction of the Moskva cruiser, was announced by Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov.
"We can offer them another 'surprise' on the sea, another 'cotton' (refers to an explosion – Defense Express) connected to their ships. We are just waiting for an appropriate moment to repeat this story," Reznikov said during a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine. Any further details were not disclosed due to "an agreement with the Ukrainian Navy commander Oleksii Neizhpapa thanks to whom it happened once," the minister added.
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Worth noting, such announcements can be an effective way to distract the russian army and force it to allocate resources looking for an unknown threat which may not even be real. However, on the part of Defense Express, we'd like to take a brief look at the projects that could be actually put into action and help Ukraine deter the russian fleet.
Surely, here we won't be speaking of something straightforward like deploying more Neptun missiles that were earlier used to eliminate the russian Moskva cruiser. The invaders have already adapted by holding their warships out of range when firing off cruise missiles just next to the Sevastopol bay entrance.
The firing range of the Neptun missile is 280 km which is not enough to reach the launch spots used by russian ships because the anti-ship weapon cannot be fired in a straight line – it has to go around the air defenses on the Tarkhankut Peninsula.
However, there has been an air-launched version of the Neptun missile in development for a while. Air platform would increase the firing range well enough, the only thing left to do would be to find an unpredictable direction to fire from.
Besides anti-ship missiles, russians also suffered from Ukrainian naval drone attacks. Kamikaze drones could be a promising way to destroy a warship but it would require outstanding synchronization and timely departure of the drones hours before the russian ships leave the Sevastopol bay which is protected with a boom barrier.
Finally, there is also an option to hit the russian ships while they are still at bay but it requires long-range missiles. Maybe one of those that landed in Feodosiia the other day. The effect would be multiplied if such a missile hit a russian ship at the moment when it's loaded with Kalibr missiles.
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