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Originally Posted by Catfish
Why are they not attacked when being rearmed in Sevastopol?
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Like Kertch bridge: range. They cannot reach the place currently. Might become possible if they manage to retake their southern coast. In a straight line, Odessa is 300+ km from Sevastopol. The Harpoons they got from Denmark and that get launched from 4x launchers on trucks cannot cover that distance, most versions of the AGM-84 are in the range of 150-220km range. I dont think Denmark got the most recent ones either.
Sonobuys from helicopter needs platforms in the vicinity that can make use of their pings and data. NATO helcioters dping that would mean that NATO enters the war. If the Ukrianioans learn to conduct such ASW operations, they would expose their helicopters to Russian air defence fire.
The only way for NATO would be to run a hunter killer sub in the region, sink the Kilos (if possible, that is...) and then officially denying that one has a sub in the region. Russia does such denial tactics all the time, but it would not buy them if they are being used against it, of course. So again there would be a high risk that a formal war between NATO and Russia becomes the consequence. The Turks would be ropyally pissed, since the straights are closed for military traffic of EVERY nationality currently, not just Russians. At least that is how I understood the treaty to work. We should not worry for that treaty maybe, but the Turks will. If only to stage another of their drama stunts again that brag with how indispensable they think they are.
Our treaties with Russia in general I do not care for anymore. They have all become obsolete, as far as I'm concerned.
Whether I would take the risk of a UK or US (nobody else would will to even just consider that) sub operation in the Black Sea or not, does not matter. We all know that no government politician in the West would take that risk, and that is what forms the official policy.