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Re: Moskva's final readiness report leaked

Posted by Chuck Bauer on May 9, 2022, 6:27:27, in reply to "Moskva's final readiness report leaked"

Thanks for posting this Tracy, and thanks, too, to those who have added their own insightful comments so far.

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Saw this on Twitter yesterday while waiting to replace a wrecked car:
https://twitter.com/GrangerE04117/status/1522643831736332288

Copy/paste/blend summary from comments:

Overall, the ship was barely in fighting condition 14 days before the war and with its defensive systems in worse conditions. Layman's summary: the things that were supposed to work don't, and when they do they make other things not work. The Moskva was essentially a cripple, and that was their Black Sea flagship.

Another thing that was notable was interference between the MR-800 Flag primary air search radar and the SATCOM systems. Turning the radar to active scan mode (Ch. 3) would make the SATCOM system unstable and unusable.

These ships have a multi layer defence system of long and short range missiles with AK-630 Close-In Weapons System as a self defence last resort. Moskva sailing with no radar means no missiles can be used and her last (only) line of defence, the AK-630s were BROKEN, leaking hydraulic fluid, electronic sensors broken. Sailing blind and defenceless"

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[quote] Thanks for posting this Tracy, and thanks, too, to those who have added their own insightful comments so far. [quote] Saw this on Twitter yesterday while waiting to replace a wrecked car: https://twitter.com/GrangerE04117/status/1522643831736332288 Copy/paste/blend summary from comments: Overall, the ship was barely in fighting condition 14 days before the war and with its defensive systems in worse conditions. Layman's summary: the things that were supposed to work don't, and when they do they make other things not work. The Moskva was essentially a cripple, and that was their Black Sea flagship. Another thing that was notable was interference between the MR-800 Flag primary air search radar and the SATCOM systems. Turning the radar to active scan mode (Ch. 3) would make the SATCOM system unstable and unusable. These ships have a multi layer defence system of long and short range missiles with AK-630 Close-In Weapons System as a self defence last resort. Moskva sailing with no radar means no missiles can be used and her last (only) line of defence, the AK-630s were BROKEN, leaking hydraulic fluid, electronic sensors broken. Sailing blind and defenceless" [/quote] [/quote]

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