Kh-22 유도탄 공격을 받은 터키의 곡물 수송선

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터키가 운영하는 벨리즈 소유 세인트키츠네비스 선적의 화물선 MV Aya가 흑해에서 항해 중 9월 11일 23시 5분경 스네이크 섬에서 남쪽 75km 상의 해역에서 Tu-22 백파이어가 발사한 Kh-22 대함미사일을 맞았네요. 

속도 M 4.6, 탄두중량 1톤짜리 대함미사일에 맞았는데도 침몰되지도 않았고, 선원 23명 중 사망자도 없다고 합니다. 원래는 이집트가 목적지였습니다만, 루마니아 콘스탄차로 항로를 변경했다고 하네요. 

MV Aya를 찾아보니 IMO  9331397, IMO 9516557 두 배가 검색이 되네요. 후자인 듯 한데, VesselFinder의 자료로는 파나마 선적이라고 나옵니다. ( AYA, General Cargo Ship - Details and current position - IMO 9516557 - VesselFinder )

Civilian Grain Ship Hit By Russian Kh-22 Missile In Black Sea - Naval News

The MV Aya was hit by a Russian Kh-22 (AS-4 Kitchen) missile.

Civilian Grain Ship Hit By Russian Kh-22 Missile In Black Sea

A Turkish operated merchant vessel, the MV Aya, has been hit by a supersonic anti-ship missile in the Black Sea. The Kh-22 missile was launched from a Russian Tu-22M Backfire bomber. The ship was carrying 26,550 tons of grain for Egypt.

H I Sutton  12 Sep 2024

A Turkish operated merchant vessel, the MV Aya, has been hit by a Russian Kh-22 missile launched by a Tu-22M Backfire bomber. The Belize-owned, St. Kitts & Nevis flagged ship was sailing from the port of Chornomorsk, carrying 26,550 tons of grain for Egypt.

According to people familiar with the incident, the ship was hit by the missile at around 23:05 on September 11, 75km (46 miles) south of Snake Island. This places it in Romanian EEZ.

Powerful Anti-Ship Missile

The Kh-22 missile, known by the NATO reporting name AS-4 Kitchen, is a very large anti-ship missile. It flies at Mach 4.6 (5,600 km/h; 3,500 mph) and carries a 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) warhead. This makes it much larger, and harder hitting, than Harpoon or Exocet class missiles. The missile was launched from a Russian Tu-22M Backfire bomber. Only Russia operates this aircraft or missile.

The missile was developed during the Cold War to attack aircraft carriers and other high-value targets. While old, it remains formidable. Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine Russia has employed it against ground targets, including Snake Island.

Modern merchant ships have proven very resilient to missiles, although the risk to the vessel and crew remains high. Context is everything. This is demonstrated by the Houthi Movement who have struck a number of vessels with ballistic missiles in the Red Sea, resulting in broadly similar damage.

Escalation

Attacking a civilian ship may be seen as an escalation on Russia’s part. Possibly the incident was an accident, but the ship’s distance from any military targets suggests that this is less likely. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement:

“Russian missile against a wheat cargo bound for Egypt. Tonight, Russia launched a strike on an ordinary civilian vessel in the Black Sea right after it left Ukrainian territorial waters. Fortunately, there were no casualties, according to preliminary reports.”

Russia has systematically attacked Ukrainian grain export infrastructure, but has previously stopped short of attacking merchant ships since the expiry of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Civilian vessels are protected under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). This allows freedom of navigation and the use of the high seas for peaceful purposes. There are also a number of norms of international humanitarian law.

After receiving damage, the vessel changed course to the seaport of Constanta. At the moment, the ship is in the territorial waters of Romania on the traverse of the port of Constanta. According to available information, there are no victims among the ship’s 23 crew.

Tags Black Sea Russia Ukraine

스네이크섬 남쪽 75km의 피격 위치

[Minowski(김유철)]

터키선적이면 보내줄 법도 한데 관계악화 무릅쓰고 곡물거래 막아버리고, 흑해함대가 반신불수되서 우크라이나가 활용하는 것을 어떻게든 막으려고 하나 보네요.

[백선호]

진짜 상선의 생존성이 군함보다 낫다는 생각이 들 정도네요.

[위종민]

화물이 곡물이라 Kh-22 탄두의 폭발력을 흡수했나 싶기도 하고, 승조원이 적고 전자장비나 무장도 군함에 비하면 없는 거나 다름없으니 피해를 덜 입어서 그런건가 싶기도 하고요.

물구멍을 내기 어려운 대함미사일이나 탄도미사일 류에 대한 생존성은 상선이 더 나은 것 같기도 합니다. 미군이 퀵싱크로 저가치 표적을 어떻게 해보려고 하는 이유가 있다 싶네요.

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워쉽에 나오는 과관통?!

[위종민]

폭발력은 큰데 물구멍을 못 낸 것 같습니다. 브리지나 기관실을 타격하지 못했으면 인명피해를 내지도 못했을 것 같고..

[ssn688]

상선은 넓은 화물창이 피해를 흡수하는 속성이 있고, 브릿지나 연돌이 선체 거의 뒤에 있다보니 피격 당하지 않을 확률이 높아서 유리하다고 합니다.
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