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The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has been fought for almost two years, and the Black Sea Fleet, which has been performing poorly, has suffered again, losing a missile boat under the attack of Ukrainian unmanned boats. From the night of January 31 to the early morning of February 1, the 13th special forces unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine dispatched a number of suicide unmanned boats Black Sea Fleet "Ivanovits" missile boats. There is a picture and the truth, Ukraine announced the operation for the first time, and under the saturation attack of unmanned boats (wolf pack tactics), the final outcome of the "Ivanovits" was to sink into the sea.
The unmanned boat attack on Ukraine is very powerful in terms of propaganda, although the Russian side did not directly admit it, but this time the "Ivanovitz" was sunk by the Ukrainian unmanned boat is already a fact. You can't always say that this is a movie made by **, and the American "War Zone" column also reported on this, and through analysis**, it was confirmed that the unmanned boat hit at least three times. Including the impact from the tail and the middle of the missile boat, although the AK630M close-in defense gun on the boat intercepted, it was completely ineffective in the face of high-speed and flexible unmanned boats.
After several hits by the unmanned boat, the speed of the "Ivanowits" plummeted, and its maneuverability weakened. If it can be effectively rescued at this time, it may be able to be towed back, but because the ship is equipped with P-270 "Sunburn" anti-ship missiles, this high-power missile is called the carrier killer, and it was actually killed in the unmanned boat attack. One can take out a destroyer, not to mention just a multiple-ton missile boat, and soon the "Ivanovits" sank to the bottom of the sea with its bow up, and Ukraine said that the direct losses of the Russian army exceeded 70 million US dollars.
Unmanned boat attack
Unmanned boat attack
The sinking into the sea has ** as proof of authenticity can be confirmed, although the Russian side has not further stated its position on this, but referring to the previous sinking of many ** ships are similar reactions. Therefore, it is of little significance not to respond, the main thing is that the Black Sea Fleet does not have many ships to continue bombing, and the "Ivanovits" belongs to the "Poison Spider" class with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons. In 1989, it was commissioned with a crew of 45 and a maximum speed of 41 knots, which made it unlikely to escape in the face of more agile unmanned boats at night.
The Ukrainian side dispatched the Magura V5 unmanned boat, which is about 5 miles longThe maximum range of 5 meters is about 833 kilometers, and the mother ship is launched at a suitable position for autonomous navigation. The cruising speed is 22 knots, the maximum penetration speed is 42 knots, it can carry 320 kg of warheads, and it has already destroyed a number of ships of the Black Sea Fleet in real combat with air repeaters and satellite communication via mesh radio.
Ivanovitz missile boat
Unmanned boats
Renderings of the unmanned boat attack Everyone knows that with the absolute superiority in equipment, coupled with the suddenness of the surprise attack, the Ukrainian Navy was wiped out at the beginning of the war. The Black Sea Fleet lost its frontal opponent and took on the task of transporting landing equipment and personnel, as well as carrying out air defense and fire suppression tasks, but it did not take long for Ukraine to retaliate. With the support of NATO's intelligence system, Ukraine ambushed the flagship cruiser "Moskva" with the "Neptune" anti-ship missile, and sank the "Saratoga" tank landing ship with the "Dot" U short-range ballistic missile, creating the first actual combat result in the history of human warfare with ballistic missiles against the surface.
In August last year, the Ukrainian army's suicide unmanned boat sank the tank landing ship "Olenegorsky"; In September last year, Ukraine launched cruise missiles to raid the Sevastopol shipyard in Crimea, destroying the landing ship "Minsk" and a submarine of the "Kilo" class. In December 2023, through a long-range attack by Su-24 fighter-bombers, cruise missiles were launched to sink the large landing ship "Novocherkassk". Attacks like this have not stopped, and the Black Sea Fleet has continued to suffer heavy losses, and it can no longer gain a foothold on the front line and can only retreat to the port, but it still cannot escape the targeted killings in Ukraine.
Moskva" cruiser
Kilo-class submarines that were hit
The losses of the Black Sea Fleet were a bit large, although the equipment was relatively old at the beginning of the war, but the Black Sea Fleet, which was still fully equipped, has become a thing of the past, and more than 12 capital ships have been sunk, with a total loss of more than 20%. Under the non-contact attacks of Ukrainian drones, unmanned boats, cruise missiles, etc., there is basically no very effective way to deal with it, NATO intelligence and Ukraine's long-range attack method, and the Black Sea Fleet may not last long if it continues to fight, and it may really be removed.
The large landing ship "Novocherkassk" was sunk.