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  What"s the goal here? Fire Zircons on Kyiv from out there while being safe from being fired upon? But from what route, over russia or over Europe to scare us? Or is it just there to try and scare Nato? 
  Also don't they only have a handfull of these? 
  Next NATO aid package gonna include a submarine if this keeps up.
context: Well, I can't fault the bravery of that ship captain, putting so much water under a Russian ship. >
  
  Well it’s far from Moscow windows and staircases now though. >
  
  Its only one missile away from the other Moscow though >
  
  or one "cigarette fire" away from brave new depths. >
  
  But closer to Montana. >
  
  I wonder if the XO wants to raise rabbits >
  
  And have two wives. >
  
  Oh at least two. >
  
  Sam Neill...pre-Jurrassic Park, IIRC...what a great movie (and better book) >
  
  Indeed it is! >
  
  Betting pool!
  Place your bets here!
  Which happens first:
  Catches fire
  Breaks down and has to be towed to port
  Defects to a NATO coutry
  Sinks without explanation >
  
  Can I add falls down a flight of stairs or has a heart attack? >
  
  Or more likely, towed away by Ukrainian fishing boat. >
  
  Sea tractor >
  
  That's called a tugboat. >
  
  Ukrainian Sea Tractor is the official name now. >
  
  I feel bad for the shipmen that have to row that thing. >
  
  All Tugs currently servicing Admiral Kuznetsov. >
  
  Both tugs >
  
  Give your boats a tug, shipfucker. >
  
  See you tomorrow when it sinks or burns >
  
  It might also lose an engagement against local fishermen because they think those are japanese torpedo boats >
  
  Greatest story in Russian Naval history! >
  
  The Wikipedia article contains the phrase “greater losses to both sides were prevented by ”. 
  When “greater losses to both sides” is used in a sentence where only one of those sides is armed you know you’re in for some clownshoes shit. >
  
  So what's this about? >
  
  That whole article has so much unintended sass its amazing:
  
  After navigating a non-existent minefield, the Russian fleet sailed into the North Sea. >
  
  
  Before the Dogger Bank incident, the nervous Russian fleet had fired on fishermen carrying consular dispatches from Russia to them near the Danish coast. No damage was caused because of the Russian fleet's poor gunnery. >
  
  Russian gunnery, the real hero here...  
  
  More serious losses to both sides were avoided only because of the extremely low quality of Russian gunnery, with the battleship Oryol reportedly firing more than 500 shells without hitting anything. >
  
  Probably worried the Ukrainians will sink it in port otherwise >
  
  Hope there aren't any smokers on that ship >
  
  How’s cell phone reception on that ship >
  
  Hit or miss. >
  
  3-G... you sunk my missile ship! >
  
  All 10? Bold considering there is definitely a Virginia-class attack sub shadowing it. >
  
  "Open the outer doors, firing point procedures. Now if that bastard so much as twitches, I'm going to blow him straight to Mars" >
  
  Has he made any Crazy Ivans? >
  
  Which way is he turning? >
  
  I for one enjoy all the red october jokes. >
  
  Then you would like to see... Montana... >
  
  And eat rabbit >
  
  Or a round American women. >
  
  We can drive all around in a recreational vehicle. They let you do that right? Drive between states without papers? >
  
  No papers. State to state. >
  
  The 'Gorshkov' clocks in at 5500 tons and is called a "Frigate"
  Russia has 2 of these
  The USN's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer clocks between 6500 and 8500 depending on version, and the US has over 70 and more on the way.
  I know Zircons are meant to hit carriers but i'd just like to point out we have a SHITLOAD of boats. >
  
  The US Navy makes the Russian navy look like something you'd put in a bathtub. So does Japan's. >
  
  "All right admirals, what can we do to make the Americans really really scared?"
  "We will deploy a single boat. That should do the trick. Next question?" >
  
  "The frigate sank and there's news stories coming out about the sailors opening the radio channel to beg for rescue. An american submarine surfaced immediately and picked them up. What do?" >
  
  "Not to worry. We will be able to send another one in about 15 years."
  "But first, come here and let's talk next to the window." >
  
  Oh, how sweet -- it's about to start submarine training! >
  
  XO: "Prepare for Dive!"
  Helmsman: "Sir, this is a frigate."
  XO: "Shut up, Buckman!"
  Captain: "That's it. Down Periscope is banned on this ship." >
  
  “May I remind you, Captain, that you are speaking to a superior officer!”  
  “No, merely a higher ranking one!”  
  God there’s some good lines in that movie. >
  
  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 55%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday the deployment of a frigate armed with hypersonic Zircon cruise missiles - a type of weaponry he says has "No analogues" - to the Atlantic Ocean.
  "The ship is equipped with the latest hypersonic missile system - 'Zircon' - which has no analogues," Putin said during a video conference with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Igor Krokhmal, the ship's commander, according to Reuters.
  UKRAINE HAS LIBERATED 40% OF TERRITORY OCCUPIED BY RUSSIA SINCE FEBRUARY 2022, OFFICIAL SAYS. "Today, the lead frigate of Project 22350 Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile at a sea target position in the White Sea from the Barents Sea," the defense ministry announced at the time.
  
  
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  A ship with no equal eh?
  I'm sure this single frigate will strike fear into the heart of NATO. >
  
  Putin's favourite phrase about "no analogue in the world" itself doesn't really explain anything. If it will turn out that the new Zircon missile can't actually fly faster than the school bus or just as other Russian weapons can't hit the designated target then it will still qualify as having no analogue in the world - as nobody else will have managed to produce such piece of shit compared to the funding invested in development. >
  
  no analog, only digital in this bad boy. slaps rocket. >
  
  rocket blows up >
  
  Leaves slapper standing there with blackened face, hair standing on end, and a cough >
  
  You're despicable.
  
  Captain Daffy Duck >
  
  Dethspickable >
  
  Does Putin have an Amazon Prime sub and watch Prime Video?  Because this reads like they ripped off season 3 episode 8 of Jack Ryan. >
  
  First thing I thought of as well. Sidenote, when the U.S. captain was relaying orders was a pretty cool scene, can't remember another movie where it seemed that genuine. Got a real, these guys arent actor vibes. >
  
  Spoilers:
  I thought the naval scene at the end was a large step away from Clancy. None of what happened has any truth of what a real US Cruiser is capable of. They fired a single missile at an incoming antiship missile and for some reason it blew up right outside the ship instead of miles away like in reality. They mentioned the CIWS took it out even though it never fired. And then they said the cruiser would take time to rearm. Huh? It literally has hundreds of missiles ready to fire at incoming anti ship missiles. Like if a US cruiser could only shoot down 1 antiship missile before rearming, the US Navy has big problems. 
  It's like it was written by someone who read a wiki article without actually understanding the real capabilities of a US naval warship.  Not Tom Clancy like at all. >
  
  Yeah that got me too. You're telling me we have a huge billion dollar ship and it takes 4 minutes to reload and is essentially useless from a second attack? 
  Lol okay.
  Also yeah, those interceptor missiles flew in a circle and then exploded right next to the ship. Silly. Loved the scene though. >
  
  Yeah I found that really confusing. The interceptor missile was in the air for several seconds, we see it streaking away from the ship, and then it intercepts the incoming missile like 100 yards from the ship. 
  And what good is a warship that can only shoot down one missile at a time? Russian commander: "I have brilliant plan. We shoot TWO missiles at ship." >
  
  What about the president of the Czech republic abdicating her position to go participate in some good ol fashioned underground spycraft? 
  I got real fucking lost in how any of the story made sense. It was fun, but best not to dig too deeply. >
  
  And the president of Russia personally going and getting a CIA agent out of his holding cell.
  To be honest, half of the reason I've made it through the show is because of how weird it is to see Office Jim being a badass. It has a lot of plot holes and ridiculous shit that just completely ignores how the real world works. 
  Why was nobody worried about radioactivity when the nuke went off? >
  
  Cause it was under a mountain, and we aren't really sure if the nuke went off, or the truck carrying explosives did the damage. >
  
  "I thought I heard..." "Heard what, Jonsey?" "I thought I heard singing, Sir." >
  
  Steven Segal is the cook. >
  
  And has already eaten a third of the food on board. >
  
  You know it's more than that. >
  
  This is supposed to be scary to who? >
  
  For real, I know that’s just my own perception and it’s obviously biased, but I just can’t make myself be scared of Russia anymore.
  It’s so obvious at this point that their army isn’t competent enough to threaten anyone anymore. Ukraine is the hill they’ll die on.
  Sure they have nukes and it’s very likely enough are functional to send us back to the pre-industrial ages, but it’s also obvious they are bluffing and are not suicidal. The Russian people and government are somewhat reckless, but they’re also not just one big suicide pact. Russia is a country of normal humans with a will to live.
  In the early days of the east war I remember being scared of WW3 (both nuclear or conventional). Now maybe I’m just being complacent, but every time the Russians come up with a new weapon, a new threat, I’m like "cool story bro". >
  
  They forgot the speak softly part to carrying a big stick. It’s like raising kids…don’t make threats you don’t follow through on or they will quit believing the threats. >
  
  Exactly. If they actually wanted to use their nukes and were willing to die for pride, they would have done it months ago. >
  
  Even if Putin and a few others at the top were wholly insane and suicidal and decided to do so, they couldn’t do it alone. And I have faith that Russian military leadership is not willing to obliterate the entire planet for one man’s pride and incompetence. Even if the order were given, I think it would mean a military coup in Russia. >
  
  "Awww that's so cute" - A captain of a Virginia class submarine. >
  
  Your services are no longer required Commander. That ships engines are so bad that we can follow the smoke plume with mark 1 eyeballs from the  international Space Station. >
  
  "... I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me..." >
  
  I wonder if there is any info known on the captain of that frigate. >
  
  I'm guessing the CIA and military intelligence could probably tell you the time, location, and consistency of his last shit. >
  
  You know: with Russia, who were seen as the second army in the world after the US, failing so hard I’m starting to wonder if more parts of the global military/intelligence being mostly based on bluffing and reputation.
  Or is the gap truly this big? >
  
  In the military community it’s been widely known/accepted that China passed Russia’s military capabilities more than a decade ago. While it’s true China has less armaments currently, there’s no need for them to have those yet, no one really poses a threat to them. >
  
  Is Zircon just the name or does it actually have zircon in it for whatever reason? >
  
  That’s the name >
  
  No match for the UK's tritanium tipped 'SunSlayer' torpedoes though. >
  
  Can they really slay the Sun? >
  
  When was the last time you saw the Sun in the UK? Exactly. >
  
  Every day on the tabloid stands. >
  
  It’s already being followed by multiple nation’s hunter killer attack subs. Definitely has multiple spy satellites tracking it. 
  This is a loud move from Russia though. >
  
  Part of me feels like this is so dumb that there has to be some sneaky ulterior motive. But then I’ve thought that before… >
  
  Article reads like kremlin press release. >
  
  Spot on, considering it's a Fox News article >
  
  Be a real shame if someone used their 25billion dollar satellite to keep near perfect coordinates of said ship and then relayed those in real time to Ukrainian drone operators. Damn shame. >
  
  
  When will Russia learn that no country is intimated by them anymore.
  
  "intimidated"
  Autocorrect is a harsh mistress >
  
  Incel Russia >
  
  Does he not know where Ukraine is?? >
  
  Fucking posturing somewhere else while getting demolished at the War Theater source.
  
  Is that hypersonic Zircon cruise missile guided by a Walmart discount Garmin device?
  Can they find their Frigate once it leaves port?
  Does Holiday Inn offer early check-in? Cuz I need some sleep, bruh.
  
  EDIT: One last question.... Does the Russian Missile have a "RETURN HOME" button like in this video? >
  
  Good thing russia forced Sweden’s hand in joining NATO. It’s not like Sweden doesn’t have a brand new class of submarine that could easily cause the russians problems…
  It’s not as if NATO couldn’t help Sweden bring their brand new Blekinge class submarines online faster than the scheduled 2027/2028 launch window, either… that certainly wouldn’t be one of the benefits of sharing military resources among member states…
  🙄 >
  
  As if the US didn't demonstrate more than a decade ago that even the older Gotland-class is no fun... >
  
  Soon to be a coral reef at the bottom of the ocean >
  
  Who knew Russia was so environmentally conscious? >
  
  Are they both coal powered? >
  
  It’ll be hilarious if their engines fail and they start raising sails. >
  
  Well, this kinda happens. Their air craft carrier engines regularly fail. They have to be towed everywhere. >
  
  But the Kuznetsov can't hoist sails, because they would also immediately catch fire. >
  
  Is there anything these guys have that doesn’t spontaneously catch on fire? >
  
  Ironically, only their firelighters. >
  
  Go ahead, make my day. He damn well better launch all tubes in the first volley, he won't get a second chance. I'd be surprised if we don't have half a dozen torpedoes locked on his belly since he left port. I figure the whole fight might last 90 seconds. >
  
  I bet the US submarine crew that will be shadowing it are stoked! >
  
  Will be?  They caught up with it off the Scandinavian coast if not earlier.  The US has always watched Russian ports with interest.  By now that little sneeze-and-sink ship probably has a proper escort of at least one sub, multiple submarine tracker drones and the full attention of at least one spy satellite. >
  
  At least when it sinks the sailors won't have to wait long for a rescue. >
  
  Someone needs to send them a copy of "Red October". Might give them a few good ideas  while waiting for their ship to have an accident. >
  
  I wonder how many different ways that ship will be shadowed? Aircraft?,subs?, and other surface craft? No one is going to let that ship just wander around by itself. >
  
  In before moskva-2-underwaterbogaloo >
  
  I’ll give Russia credit where it’s due, they’re taking environmental stewardship very seriously by getting their ships in a better position to become future reefs. >
  
  He might think so but what really happened to that money and what did it really buy? >
  
  Russian propaganda and fear tactics mean nothing after these last few years. They lie so often it doesn’t matter >
  
  I commend the audacity of trusting a russian ship to not sink >
  
  cant wait for that to be sunk (sank?) >
  
  Sinked? >
  
  Sunked. >
  
  Sunkenated. >
  
  Deoxygenated >
  
  un-floated, de-floated, blown up? >
  
  Ideally it would work, but built in Russia.  That means it's going to  sink itself with time. >
  
  Missile hatch opens, missile moves slowly up -+50cm. Missile stagnates, boat moves down. Sinks >
  
  *future submarine >
  
  **future artificial reef >
  
  I have some Zircon encrusted tweezers >
  
  Ship of Shame 2.0 >
  
  I’m unsure if this was some kind of scheduled tour of duty for the frigate armed with the crown jewels of their hypersonic missile fleet, or if Putin decided to get that ship out of port because of, you know, threats. >
  
  Some of the weaponry out there is starting to sound like something out of Master of Orion.
  Where my molybdenum missles?  See, I can just use stuff from the periodic table too! >
  
  If I was a betting man, I’m thinking that is going to sink and then the US will go into the wreckage to get this missiles. >
  
  It’s like that joke about fighting the Finnish. “Why is the water speaking English?” >
  
  Sounds like the plot of Gilligan's Island >
  
  So that thing is surrounded by how many Nato subs you think? Couldn't take a shit on that boat without someone knowing. >
  
  It's quiet in the atlantic.  Guessing at least 1 sub already on its tail, a destroyer flotilla moving into standoff station, a spy satellite, an AWACS unit, and multiple other subs en route to watch in shifts and avoid wearing out an individual crew.  The US does navy things *properly*
  The best part is that the Russians know there's probably a Ginny somewhere in the water near them but they sent a single unescorted frigate, not even a destroyer, so it's doubtful they have any actual idea where or any means to do anything about it.  
  Even better?  The US ships can handoff the frigate to let a crew rest but the Russians are going to be on emergency alert for the whole voyage.  Every boat in the fleet knows handoff protocol and we have no shortage of Ginnies.  This is going to be fun for everyone but the Russians. >
  
  This is what I feel like when playing Civ on immortal or deity mode, takes me 40 turns to send a single frigate out and then it’s immediately surrounded. >
  
  “And in later news, the Russian frigate carrying hypersonic Zircon cruise missiles has sank…” >
  
  Have a fatal accident fell out an open window.