우크라이나, 크림반도 페오도샤 항에 정박했던 로푸챠급 상륙함 격침

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12월 26일 우크라이나의 Su-24가 스톰 섀도우 미사일 공격을 가해 페오도샤항에 정박해 있던 로푸챠급 상륙함 노보체르카스크를 격침시켰네요. 

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/12/ukraine-strikes-russias-project-775-large-landing-ship-in-crimea/

Ukraine strikes Russia's Project 775 large landing ship in Crimea - Naval News

Feodosiya port after Ukraine's strike

Ukraine Strikes Russia’s Project 775 Large Landing Ship In Crimea

On December 26, 2023, the Ukrainian Air Force struck the Russian Black Sea Fleet's Project 775 Ropucha-class amphibious vessel with cruise missiles in Feodosiya port in Crimea.

Tayfun Ozberk  26 Dec 2023

The assault was first announced on several channels on Telegram. Russian RIA Novosti media outlet reported by citing the Russian Ministry of Defence that two Ukrainian Su-24 jets attacked Feodosiya port with missiles and damaged the Black Sea Fleet’s Project 775 Ropucha-class LPD.

The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the missiles fired by the jets were Storm Shadow/SCALP EG cruise missiles and claimed that Russian air defenses attacked and destroyed the jets. The head of the Ukrainian Air Force also announced that its warplanes had destroyed the ship.

Screenshot showing Storm Shadow missile at the attacking phase (Caught by Turkish Defence Analyst Arda Mevlutoglu)

The damaged Project 775 LPD was identified as “Novocherkassk“, as it was in port before the attack, which was confirmed with the help of satellite images.

Whatever ship is cooking off at the main pier at Feodosia is seen on Sentinel-2 L2A on December 24th (the day prior).

Large secondary blast would indicate ordinance of some kind. https://t.co/SdFkGbIQy3 pic.twitter.com/8W6Ko8s9n4

— Evergreen Intel (@vcdgf555) December 26, 2023

The LPD seemed destroyed and half-sunk after the fire was extinguished.

According to BBC World, the port’s transportation operations are functioning normally after the area was cordoned off while a fire caused by the attack was contained.

British supplied Storm Shadow, and the essentially identical French supplied SCALP-EG, is an air-launched cruise missile. Ukraine has adapted the Soviet-era Su-24 Fencer jet to carrying two missiles.

Storm Shadow uses the BROACH warhead. This stands for Bomb Royal Ordnance Augmented Charge and means a two stage delayed explosion. The missile dives into the target and the first charge creates a hole in the structure for the second warhead to pass through. The main detonation then occurs inside or below the target, depending on the fuse settings.

Novocherkassk is not the first Russian Navy ship hit by Storm Shadow missiles. The Russian Navy improved Kilo-class submarine Rostov-on-Don was hit by Storm Shadow missiles in Sevastopol on September 13, 2023. You can read H.I. Sutton’s relevant story from the link below:

Russian Submarine Hit By Missile, Rostov-on-Don, Gone

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저런 커다란 배는 냉전 때 스웨덴처럼 군함도 들어가는 기지를 만들지 않는 한 숨길 수가 없네요.

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공군은 개전 초 공군기지 공습에 대비해 긴급소개 훈련도 실시하는데 군항에 정박하거나 연안에서 항해중인 군함을 목표로 한 각종 스탠드오프 타격에 대한 방어책을 심도있게 연구해야 하는 게 아닐까 싶습니다.

https://asiatimes.com/2023/12/iran-houthis-tap-ais-tracking-tech-for-high-sea-attacks/

이 기사에 보니 미군은 평시에 군함도 AIS를 켜놓고 항해를 하더라구요.

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"A few months after the Fitzgerald accident, the US Navy decided to use AIS in high-traffic areas. Some commercial ships turn off their AIS in areas where there is either a threat of attack or hijacking. However, doing so in high-traffic areas like the Red Sea invites the chance of a serious accident and compromises insurance policies for ships and cargo.

There are a number of online, public AIS trackers that cover civilian and military ships. One of them, Cruising Earth, features a separate section to track military ships from many nations, including the United States."