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[Catfish]

Yep, that's why
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...postcount=3834

Kilos could be transported on swimming platforms to the black sea, they did that before. For all bigger subs .. not sure but unlikely.

Regarding bridges it depends on the river, there is one of the two that has high cliffs on one side while being flat on the other, i take it most ships would be able to navigate there, choosing the side of the undercut bank and the bridges being high enough on that side.


Do you think there is any possibility to find a Kilo in the black sea. Not Ukraine.. how about Bulgaria, Turkey?
Are drones suited for this task?
I guess a Bayraktar TB x would not be able unless the sub would be surfaced, and it cannot carry enough ordnance to destroy it. I am not informed of the capabilities of a "global hawk" though.

[Kapitan]

Originally Posted by Catfish

Yep, that's why
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...postcount=3834

Kilos could be transported on swimming platforms to the black sea, they did that before. For all bigger subs .. not sure but unlikely.

Regarding bridges it depends on the river, there is one of the two that has high cliffs on one side while being flat on the other, i take it most ships would be able to navigate there, choosing the side of the undercut bank and the bridges being high enough on that side.


Do you think there is any possibility to find a Kilo in the black sea. Not Ukraine.. how about Bulgaria, Turkey?
Are drones suited for this task?
I guess a Bayraktar TB x would not be able unless the sub would be surfaced, and it cannot carry enough ordnance to destroy it. I am not informed of the capabilities of a "global hawk" though.

Many years ago I was in Nizhniy Novgorod and there was some bridges along the river near the ship yard and having seen the pictures of a Tango being floated on a barge down river I stopped and wondered how they got it past that lot but they managed it.

As for finding a kilo in the Black sea yes its very likely we could in fact the black sea is enclosed enough that you could drop sonobuoys from Batumi to Burgas and walk between the two without getting your feet wet.
This would require non black sea participation namely the UK USA and France with their MPA fleet and using the Romanian Turkish and Bulgarian forces as chasers.

As for Global Hawk and its UCAV derivative its unlikely to be able to do much in the way of ASW, I do know it is being worked on and in the near future would likely be there but right now the capability is limited.