Ukraine, through the Telegram Post Wednesday night, claimed to have ruined very damaging the superior Russian sea fleet ‘Moskva’ offshore Odessa through a missile attack on the ship.
Ukraine, through the Telegram Post Wednesday night, claimed to have ruined very damaging the superior Russian sea fleet ‘Moskva’ offshore Odessa through a missile attack on the ship.
Russia claimed that the onboard ammunition shot caused an explosion on the ship, while Ukraine stated that it was a planned attack using Neptune’s anti-ship cruise missile. We see what the anti-ship neptune cruise missile and how they attack the target.
Ukraine claimed that Moskva was hit by two anti-ship shipping missiles named Neptunus. Ironically, this missile design is based on the Russian Cruise KH-35 missile used with the name NATO from the US-20 kayak.
The Neptune missile system was appointed in Ukrainian defense forces in March 2021 after being in development for around six years. Cruise’s missile was developed in a hurry by the military as a Russian threat to the coastal area of Ukraine grow rapidly since the Crimean occupation in 2014. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Neptune was a coastal anti-ship cruise missile which was able to damage the naval ship in the range of 300 km.
