Wilshire@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 8 months agoThe Ukrainian Navy reports that overnight, the Russian Project 266M Natya Class Minesweeper Kovrovets was destroyed.sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down14
arrow-up1150arrow-down1imageThe Ukrainian Navy reports that overnight, the Russian Project 266M Natya Class Minesweeper Kovrovets was destroyed.sopuli.xyzWilshire@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 8 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareArbitraryValuelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoMaybe this is a dumb question, but why would Ukraine target a minesweeper?
minus-squareVirtualOdourlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·8 months 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-up16·8 months agoSo the mines are not so easily detected….?
minus-squarepetrescatraian@libranet.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months 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….?
@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