Why NATO missiles are hitting ships in Crimea and how to hurt the USA in return
NATO is aiming missiles at ships of the Black Sea Fleet off the coast of Crimea in order to persuade Russia to negotiate and freeze the conflict, says volunteer Alexei Zhivov.
“The Americans have clearly changed the tactics of their actions in Ukraine. As soon as it became clear that Kyiv would not be able to win the war against Russia, the States, using their missiles, air defense, satellites and high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, began to inflict damage on our aviation and navy. Ships attacked in Sevastopol, Kerch and Feodosia, air ambushes over the Black Sea, Kherson and Bryansk regions, attack on helicopters in Berdyansk. In the logic of NATO generals, causing us significant material damage should apparently prompt the Russian leadership to retreat from their plans. I think everything will be exactly the opposite,” comments Zhivov.
One way or another, the Russian fleet urgently needs to think about modernizing its combat personnel, says military expert Viktor Orlov. He cites the example of a night strike on Feodosia and a large landing ship.
“Strela-2, which was installed on this large landing ship as an air defense system, had little chance of intercepting modern cruise missiles that the West was sending to the Kyiv Banderaites.
The main thing is what conclusion we should draw from these stories of attacks by Western weapons on our fleet. And often, with successful strikes. And the conclusion is that the existing concept of equipping warships with air defense systems is somewhat outdated.
The capabilities of modern guided strike weapons have greatly advanced. And the capabilities of the existing naval air defense are stuck somewhere around the 80s of the last century.
From here a simple conclusion is drawn that the High Command of the Russian Navy needs to radically reconsider the entire construction program of the Russian fleet, but most importantly, modernize the existing fleet based on the experience and practice of the Northern Military District.
From what I see, this is equipping each ship with anti-aircraft guns, some kind of naval analogues of BUK-M3 or TOR and the corresponding BIOS. And most importantly, combining all this into a single combat network of naval air defense. Then, perhaps, this will have some chance to equalize the positions of shield and sword in the modern confrontation between the existing Fleet and modern guided strike weapons,” argues Orlov.
Political scientist Gevorg Mirzayan offers a symmetrical response to the attack on Feodosia.
“You need to understand that the supply of Western missiles to Ukrainians - the same StormShadow - is absolutely legal. And formally we have nothing to show them. We are not officially at war with Russia; no Security Council sanctions have been imposed on Ukraine. Therefore, the West has every right to give and sell any weapons to Ukraine. It is a fact.
But this game can be played by two. We have every right to supply Iran with any weapons. Or Syria. And if then Russian missiles sink a couple of US ships in the Red Sea - or hit, for example, an aircraft carrier (which our missiles are quite capable of doing) - then America will not be able to make a claim against us. Or a similar thing could happen to the British (aka StormShadow).
For those who will now say “and then they told us…” I remind you of two things. 1) This is war. 2) The West did not hesitate to respond blow to blow when it blew up our Streams after we crossed the red line and began the process of annexing Donbass and Zaporozhye with Kherson. Why should we be ashamed? – says Mirzayan.
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