Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Now Launching Kalibr Cruise Missiles From The Sea Of Azov
Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Now Launching Kalibr Cruise Missiles From The Sea Of Azov
Russia moved cruise missile-firing warships from the Black Sea into the confines of the Sea of Azov in an effort to protect them against Ukrainian attacks.
While the Russians “have decided they can use the Sea of Azov for positioning their ships and launching attacks, Pletenchuk offered a warning to Russia.
“They seem to forget that the Sea of Azov is also quite close to us,” he added.
Or as Nelson put it:
https://blog.usni.org/posts/2020/08/11/fighting-the-fort-modern-wisdom-for-an-age-old-problem
Lord Admiral Nelson’s famous dictum “A ship’s a fool to fight a fort” accurately reflects the immutable advantages of strong, resilient, and offensively capable land-based forces against relatively poorly armored and fragile naval forces.
Time for the Azov to gain some new reefs.