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		wins32767 on April 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Moskva cruiser sank while being towed in a storm –... Russian/Soviet CIWS are mostly effective at targets over 50m. Harpoons are wave skimming. There was a plan to upgrade the Moskova with more modern CIWS but it didn't get funded.

emaginniss on April 14, 2022 | [–]

Somebody needed a chalet instead

dragonwriter on April 14, 2022 | [–]

Ukraine claims to have used their Neptune's, not the new Harpoons.

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