[Goose]

Ukraine put the Harpoons to good use.

https://twitter.com/walter_report/status...VNPBVjCVJw

BC

It seems so. Ukraine has publicized the fact they deployed the Danish launcher they received to that area. The Danes were able to take it out of storage and send it to Ukraine in a reasonable amount of time. The tweet says British Harpoons, but AFAIK while Britain said they would send Harpoons, as of yet they apparently haven't arrived. Ukraine has not indicated they have.

There is one interesting question here. The Vasily Bekh was a 1,200 ton vessel. Such a ship hit by two harpoon missiles should have been obliterated. Maybe it was, we don't really know how long it took for her to sink. However, reports indicated she burned for a while. I wouldn't have expected that. I guess it is possible both missiles hit the prominent forward superstructure, but even so I would expect she would sink quite quickly. She was not a warship and thus compartmentalization is minimal. As a tug, she is also all engines and generators. Plus a good part of what she carried probably was designed to explode.

[Goose]

Ukraine put the Harpoons to good use.

https://twitter.com/walter_report/status...VNPBVjCVJw

BC

It seems so. Ukraine has publicized the fact they deployed the Danish launcher they received to that area. The Danes were able to take it out of storage and send it to Ukraine in a reasonable amount of time. The tweet says British Harpoons, but AFAIK while Britain said they would send Harpoons, as of yet they apparently haven't arrived. Ukraine has not indicated they have.

There is one interesting question here. The Vasily Bekh was a 1,200 ton vessel. Such a ship hit by two harpoon missiles should have been obliterated. Maybe it was, we don't really know how long it took for her to sink. However, reports indicated she burned for a while. I wouldn't have expected that. I guess it is possible both missiles hit the prominent forward superstructure, but even so I would expect she would sink quite quickly. She was not a warship and thus compartmentalization is minimal. As a tug, she is also all engines and generators. Plus a good part of what she carried probably was designed to explode.