Three, maybe four, of the explosives-laden, satellite-guided boats struck the 490-ton Tarantul -class corvette blowing her up then sinking her just off the west coast of Crimea.
The rickety Kuznetsov has been in overhaul since 2017. The flattop may never return to front-line service, effectively stranding her twin-engine, supersonic MiGs.
The Ukrainian fleet reportedly sank the 200-ton Tarantul during a series of raids in late December. Drone boats struck the vessel in Sevastopol’s Graf Bay.
Most of the world’s leading navies are getting bigger by tonnage. But not the Russian navy. It’s struggling to grow at all, and for one main reason. The Ukrainian navy.