Ukraine He began to defend himself from the Russian invasion Without a significant fleetwhich made the domain of the first Black Sea corresponded to Russia. However, the use of naval drones and long -range missiles provided by Westlike the Storm Shadow, Atacms or Neptunehas caused important damage to the army of Putinamong which the sinking of the cruise highlights Moskva In April 2022. As a consequence of that and other successful attacks in Ukraine, Russia was seen Forced to move part of her fleet from the annexed Crimea to more remote and safe ports.
The last example of how dangerous the Black Sea for the invading country had it last Friday, when Ukraine achieved a historical mile Naval drone Armed with Air-Aire missiles AIM-9 Sidewinder.
The confrontations with the Ukrainian drones are common for the Russian forces, and now we can see very closely how one of them develops in the recording of the naval battle that took place This Tuesday, May 6, between a Russian BK-16 assault ship and a Magura V5 drone and that Army collects.
In the video, recorded from several cameras on the BK-16 and from a second boat, you can see the Russian ship soldiers Fire against the Magura V5 armed with a missile R-73being one of the two empty launch rails. The drone approaches dangerously while the soldiers make fire with the machine guns of the BK-16. A soldier even Tunto with a launcher on the shoulder that fails to impact the drone. Finally, the abundant fire from the Russian ship makes The Magura V5 ends up accusing the damage and stops. Russian soldiers continue to shoot until it jumps in pieces.
Naval Battle.
Russian BK-16 High-Speed
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The Magura V5 had already achieved another milestone of the Naval War by getting demolished Two Russian Mi-8 helicopters with R-73 missiles of Soviet manufacture last December. Initially designed as a recognition and attack drone (loaded with explosives and acting as a suicide drone), it has subsequently been adapted to use the short-range air-air missiles.
This is Russian BK-16 assault ship
In response to drone attacks, Russia has increased the deployment of rapid attack vessels such as BK-16 in the Black Sea. This is a Multipurpose shipcapable of reaching 40 knots (74 km/h) Speed, designed for operations in coastal marine areas, narrow, river and lake mouths, according to the medium.
You can transport personnel, disembark troops on unprepared coasts and provide support fire. In its transport-dembar configuration, it has Four 7.62 mm machine guns combined with a combat module, two 12.7 mm machine guns or a 40 mm mm launch. It has a crew of two people and can transport up to 19 soldiers. Its operational autonomy is one day, with a range of up to 400 nautical miles (740 km).