Consider w.r.t Moskva (esp last point consequence):
- Most powerful warship sunk in action since 1945 in contemporary relative terms and by absolute terms by a long margin.
- Very recently modernized and SLEPed, and was one of Russia’s most functional warships
- Their go-to ship for lots of big tasks in the last six years, including the first Crimea, Syrian and Mediterranean operations.
- It was the most capable AAW combatant that the Black Sea Fleet had by far.
- Their remaining vessels should now be far more vulnerable to missile attack.
@MisterLike @Anmdt et al.
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This just recently in TIFWIW:
Only 14 out of 500+ mariners from the sunken cruiser "Moscow" have been brought on a cutter to Sevastopol.
The fate of the remaining 496 is unknown - Roman Tsymbaliuk, UNIAN correspondent
+For a country that puts a lot of emphasis on symbolism, having a ship named after your capital to sink is a humiliation beyond belief.
+Russia will likely having a hard time to build ship this size anymore. Their recent modernization are focused on ships with tonnage between 2000-5000 tons. The Moskva is at 12000.
+Russia is flanked by naval powers from all side, Japan to the East, Europe to the West, Turkey to the South and the US (which is everywhere). Losing seagoing ships like this and in this manner really crush the perception of Russia as a major naval power.
This is another major blow to Putins attempt to restore Russia as a world military power, with the Kuznetsov in repairs, the Admiral Nakhimov still in modernization process and most of their large surface ship are cold war leftovers with varying degrees of readiness. I find it hard the Russian surface navy will have any significant role in Putin's grand plan to restore Russia to their previous Soviet glory.
I'd say before the war, from the world's top major power Russia has the least capable navy behind that of US, China, Japan, UK, France, Italy and SK. Now battlefield losses such as the Moskva will exacerbate that even more.