Moskva: The Doomed Destiny of Russia's Grandest Warship
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Published 2023-08-05
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All Comments (21)
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Russia tech is so advanced, the Moskiva went from being a surface ship to a submarine
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The flagship of the Black Sea fleet being sunk by a country without a navy will never stop being funny.
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I had a chance to tour two Soviet warships in the early 1990s when they visited Mayport, Florida. One was the Slava's sister ship, Marshal Ustinov. That was when I started to realize that the big, scary Russian bear was a paper tiger. Except that's an insult to tigers. And paper.
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Telling a warship to go F themselves has to be one of the greatest responses to a threat of invasion in all of history... that com officer is a legend.
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If there's one thing i learned from brilliant comedy "The Death of Stalin" which still holds true today: Russian ships don't sink, Russian planes don't crash, Russian Tanks don't break down. Also as other people have said LazerPig's video about the Moskva is a brilliant watch. To paraphrase him; if any western ship was inspected and found in the same condition, the Captain would be court martialled and it never would be sent to war
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Moskva was not sunk. It just went on a special submerging operation.
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A favorite ship for modelers. The box art consists of a picture of the ocean and nothing else. No ship. Opening the box one finds that the box is empty. A very easy build. No assembly required. The box art can be cut out and displayed on ones' wall in their hobby room.😁😁😁😁
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Minor correction about the range of the ships guns and artillery: the 30 mm gatling guns have a maxrang of 5 km, not 24. The dual-barrel AK-130 artillery cannons have a range of 24 km, so that's probably where the misinterpretation was. Great video overall, and I'm glad the Moskva has found a new, more peaceful home at the bottom of the sea.
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As a Syrian I really appreciate mentioning the war crimes committed in Syria. Personal belief: getting away with documented war crimes in Syria, is what gave Putin the illusion that he can do it again and again.
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Someone else said it best: “In two years Russia has gone from the second most capable military in the world, to the second most advanced military in Europe, to the second most powerful military in Ukraine.”
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Love this episode! As usual, the writing is superb, and Simon's presentation style is without peers! I especially love the closing lines: "A lie told by the Kremlin to justify its colonial empire - an empire the wannabe czar Putin dreams so desperately of rebuilding. We can only hope that in the coming months his dream goes the same way as the Moskva: reduced to nothing more than a pitiful, broken wreck by Ukraine bravely standing up to its old overlord."
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Simon your telling of the saga of the Moskava was brutal! I thank you for this. Thanks for the video!!!
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LazerPig has a breakdown that goes over a service document of the Moscva from fourteen days prior to the invasion. To say it wasn't pretty is like saying the surface of the sun is a tiny bit hot
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Making the excuse that a fire made the Moskva sink makes it sound even more embarrassing than getting sunk by 2 missiles.
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The out of nowhere jojo references in these videos are why I keep coming back
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Glory and long life to the brave defenders of Ukraine! ❤🇺🇸
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"Moskva" was the first stage for Snake Island liberation. It would be impossible undertaking if was not sinked. Thanks to all people around the world supporting our fight! Thanks to all who harbours our refugees!
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Fun fact: If you steal the money you set aside for maintenance, bad things can happen to your ships
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This man dropped the big JoJo reference mid description and just moved on. 11/10
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The Moskva had a truly Soviet feat of engineering that ensured that they turned off the radar to be able to use satellite communications. The simple solution would have been replacing not only the communication system but also the radar. But they didn't and that meant that the radar system was turned off to communicate with the Russian high command. The ideal moment to hit that is why Russia keeps saying we provided the coordinates and timing.
