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Originally Posted by Oberon

Now, in regards to 0300Z tomorrow, if I were the Ukranian navy, and I wasn't already planning to defect, I'd be wiring everything that is explosive to detonate, because the Black Sea Marines are not to be messed with, and they will take the Ukrainian fleet. The question is just how much the Ukrainian forces will be able to destroy before its captured. I'd wager that the Russian forces will be wanting to keep destruction to a minimum because they'll be wanting to give the infrastructure and weaponry over to the newly independent Crimea.
We shall see...with this level of warning, there will be plenty of cameras trained on the area, that much is certain.

On yer six on that! I cant believe Ukraine sailors aren't scuttling their own vessels and placing small charges against some of the Russian ships just to cry "havoc" and unleash the Chihuahua de guerre. I understand (CNN) a Russian officer actually boarded a Ukrainian vessel and gave a surrender ultimatum at Sebastopol...I'd have shot the bugger for failure to ask permission to board and for not saluting the 'poop' were I the vessel's commander and then sunk my ship in the worst location possible port-wise!