Russian spyship sinks after hitting a roach

>spy
>an official and public black sea russian fleet ship.

that is not how spy ships works anon.

>>33779530
It's a recon ship, know colloquially as a spy ship, because it's spying on radio transmissions and whatnot.

However, you are right. Ships work by floating and this one did not.

>>33779530
>all intelligence units and spies are spoopy 007 agents
C'mon anon, you're better than this.

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>>33779515
The other ship was not turkish, it was coming from Romania and flying under a Togo flag.
Also, it was carrying ...8000 sheep
>future of naval warfare looks wooly

>>33779554
It was a turk ship on a return voyage.

Ships fly different flags for jewy reasons.

>intelligence ship somehow gets snuck up on by a civilian tanker

Really gives the noggin a joggin

>>33779568
Like what?To pay less taxes or some shit?

>>33779681
Exactly.

hahhahhahahahahajajajajahahahaha

>>33779515
How do Russians always manage to embarrass themselves in such a consistent way ?

>>33779515
No worse than Chinese fighter crashing after hitting an American spy plane.

>>33780037
Much worse. It's a fucking ship.

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the thing looks like it was built from a retired fishing boat

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>mfw

>>33780080
A good strategy when collecting intel is to look as inconspicuous as possible.
Same reason surveillance fans look mundane. Same reason Iranians field a fleet of intel dhows (granted, they usually have huge antenna sticking out everywhere, but it's the thought that counts).

>>33779515
Pride of russiam navy sunk by bydlo ship

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>>33779515

Russians confirmed for most JUST nation

>>33780080
It probably was.

>>33779515
>chock full of the best Russian elint equipment they can buy
2 sober dudes with binoculars and a crystal radio?

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why is russia's navy such shit?

>>33780080
Wouldn't be the first one. There is nothing wrong with simple rugged ships that can blend in the traffic if you don't look too close. Not being able to notice a freight ship just as large in the middle of the day and steer clear of it, however...

>>33780838
Still can btfo american navy without leaving the harbor

>>33780949

sure thing ivan

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>>33779515
>>33780780
>>33780774
To be fair, Russia has always had problems with the ocean. Someone around here doubtlessly has the screenshot reguarding Anon explaining Imperial Russia's woes sending their expeditionary fleet around the horn of Africa to attack Japan.

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>>33780975
Ask, and thou shall receive, anon.

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>>33779515
you will never deliver your cargo in a hydrofoil duck.

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>>33779515
It's a big roach.

Does it mean we are unlikely to hear about muh supasonic rokitz sinking a carrier battle group?

Tbqh I am doubtful.

>>33781125
So how could Russians miss it? Was the spyship an export, monkey model.

>>33779980
Vodka's a hell of a drug

>>33781153
Beats me, either the crew was so drunk they couldn't see a cattle carrier even with all that spy equipment or the other ship deliberately rammed them. Or both.
A Russian news agency reports that the vessel sunk in shallow waters no deeper than a hundred meters, so everyone in the intelligence branches of the military must be flipping their shit thinking of the possibilities.

tragic boating accident. c'mon Ivan, you're gonna have to step your your blue water game if you want to play with the big boys

>>33779515

>Small intel vessel collides with huge freighter
>"hurr durr russian weak"

>Chinese submarine surfaces as close as 300 meters to USN carrier group
>"derp derp we were just playing along"

Its funny how McDonald`s employees can be so patriotic and delusional

>>33781217
Not sure why anyone else wants a bunch of state-of-the-art russian spy gear. Who use VHS and 8-tracks these days anyway?

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>>33780727
>>33780948
>>33780949
>>33781275

>>33781125
for you.

>>33781294
kek

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Russian planes are known to fly with their transponders off so wouldn't be if their navy travels all dark too. Military spots them but little different for civilians sharing the air or water space.

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>>33781862
>transponders off
it just increases the chance of antisheep missiles hitting them

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>>33779681
I'm literally doing an exam about ship registration tomorrow, and it's a really complicated thing.

Most ships are flagged to another country, for various reasons. Crew cost, avoiding bureaucracy, etc.

Some flag in their own nation, but this isn't really sensible in most countries. The only reasons you would are tradition or if you're exclusively trading there.

>>33781217
The Turkish and Russian navies have mutual "accidental collision" tradition in straits. Tradition so old that predates even Liman ( and she is twice as older than assholes trying to joke about her). I wonder why no one is joking about Carl Winson's plane crash however. Or terrorists win if anyone does it?

>>33781275
Funny you should compare those two.

So, the carrier group episode gives two possibilities:
1: The US showed incompetence and let a sub to close without discovering it. Saving face by making excuse.
2: They actually had control on it, and let it play along to give Xi-Li PingPong a false confidence in his sub.

If we transfer this to the Russian spy-boat, this means that they either
1: showed such incompetence that they managed to get rammed in half by a shit the size of...well a ship

or 2: They somehow allowed them self to get rammed, and it was all a part of some epic plan.

Now, i dont take to making fun of russians all that much, but this is just too easy

Russian noobs are trying to recover precious "intelligence" equipment from the foundered warship. A salvage operation is going on.

https://twitter.com/YorukIsik/status/857701612378361858 (embed)

https://twitter.com/timurakhmetoff/status/857697259693236224 (embed)

Meanwhile Turkey possess 78 Russian sailors.

>>33782510
>So, the carrier group episode gives two possibilities:
>1: The US showed incompetence and let a sub to close without discovering it. Saving face by making excuse.
>2: They actually had control on it, and let it play along to give Xi-Li PingPong a false confidence in his sub.

Or Option 3: The US broadcasted to all surrounding countries it was doing an exercise with Shitty Kitty performing flight Ops in X location as is required for notifying sovereign nations. This was done well in advance. Chinese sub goes dead in the water and allows ocean current to carry it to the well defined and publically established exercise area. When sub enters a couple MILES from the Shitty Kitty it has to perform an emergency blow to surface and SURPRISE we got you America!!! Now politely move out of the way while we take 10 minutes to get our systems back online so we can at least move under our own power.

>>33781862
>>33781275
>>33780949
There's more damage control here than on the ship itself.

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>>33780820

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>>33780838

>>33781294
It's good to use outdated tech. Everyone else upgraded and no longer has VHS or 8-track players to look at your shit with

>>33783288
Muh monkey model.

But you lynch africans

>>33783124
>Turkey possess 78 Russian sailors.

Turkey shall put these sailors in a prison for being a safety hazard for international shipping and for being ultimate morons

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>>33783682
>30 seconds of soot when starting its diesel main engines
meanwhile the kuznetsov carries its own cloud system over it at all times

>>33783853
Turks have a tradition of raping prisoners. Those 78 russians are going to enjoy a lot of turkish meat

>>33783889

It's more likely that these Russian guys got raped during their service.time.

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>>33783889
I didn't know we had such traditions, but it's ok I take it.

>>33784399
Perfect picture for that post, if i were american i probaly would clap right now.

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>>33781125

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DELETE THIS

Drunk slavs and navigating don't combine well.

>>33783878
that's actually a pretty tiny carrier, had no idea

figured it was at least a contender given all the hype it gets as a russian navy posterboy

but he's a dirty little bitch isnt he, i bet the engine room of that thing has a half inch layer of greesey diesel soot all over it

Kremlin degenerates are non existing here
amazing

>>33780080
soviet union actually used converted fishing boats they did normal fishing and also shadowed us carrier groups

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>>33783552
>keks in 1MC

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>>33783552
>There's more damage control here than on the ship itself.

Literally the funniest post on /k/ today

>>33781510
For ewe.

>>33781153
>So how could Russians miss it? Was the spyship an export, monkey model.
1 AM, very foggy. ELINT equipment OL so radars are off most likely.

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>>33783552
>There's more damage control here than on the ship itself.

>>33780080
There a reason why they where called "Intel Trawlers" or "Spy Trawlers"

Soviets built huge fishing fleets, it was simple to transfer some of the hulls for fishing for intel, and they would at first look like one of the many soviet fishing boats.

>>33779681
>Like what?To pay less taxes or some shit?
Part of it, also relaxed laws, especially insurance laws.

In another thread, someone asked about mounting a blackpowder cannon on a yacht and it was pointed out that the ship's flag is the legal jurisdiction. Obviously some countries have laws much friendlier to business in different ways.

Lots of ships are flagged panama despite never going near it. Some are even flagged Best Korea of the same reason.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Convenience

>>33779681
Less taxes
freedom to hire any workers
insurance
oversight

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>>33782510
was sinking your ship part of your plan?

>>33781883
>antisheep missles

Goddamn it, I laughed way too hard at that.

>>33779545
>However, you are right. Ships work by floating and this one did not.

nice one, keked me up.

>>33779515
JOHJ