How the Russian Navy Lost to a Country Without Any Boats

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[@argentandrold5732]

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[@benjamin6883]

hi real life lore

[@hansolowe19]

Forking clickbait thumbnail and title. I am just here to downvote and leave a bad comment, I will not watch a second of this trash.

[@JoahTheron]

Fan of Ground News for years now. Can recommend, ones you get used to their AI'ish approach.

[@max-cs9ko]

You should make video about Ghost of kyiv, thats your standard

[@knifekitty_ls]

turns out kamikaze bombs are OP once you learn how to recycle 100% of pilot

[@daisystabs5502]

Wouldn be surprised of in the future we would thousands of cheap drones attacking a target

[@AZM777]

scary but...yeah@@daisystabs5502

[@user-hu8hv2cg4p]

1st the word your looking for is Banzai not Kamikaze Banzai is the suicide charge where you die killing as many of them as possible Kamikaze is what Japan called their pilots that would banzai and the word means "divine wind" and these pilots would banzai charge the ships slamming their plains into them to do as much damage as possible 2nd drone attacks with ships have existed for thousands of years with the first form being fire ships a fire ship is a ship packed full of explosive material and flammable material a fire would be started on the ship and the crew(everyone but the slaves rowing the ship) would jump into the water and swim back to their fleet once the fire spread to the flammable material it would spread to the explosive material and blow up the ship and spread the flammable material across the enemy fleet as the slaves chained to the ship would still be rowing the ship at the enemy ships the explosion would then spread the flames and flammable material to the other ships burning the people on the decks and causing fires to brake out on these ships at this point the fleet that launched the fire ship would engage the now burning fleet of ships and wipe them out during all the chaos of explosion and burning ships turns out if your an idiot is doesn't matter so long as your country is one of the few victories ones as history is writing by the victorious not the defeated

[@IanSumallo]

​@@user-hu8hv2cg4p "kamikaze. noun. suicide bombing tactic used by the Empire of Japan during World War II, in which a pilot would deliberately crash an explosives-laden plane into an enemy warship. naval." - National Geographic

[@hgill257]

@@user-hu8hv2cg4p kamikaze has kinda taken a secondary meaning of its own. You knew what he meant via context and yet you “mansplained” (for lack of a better term) the Japanese roots and wartime history of the words when no one really cared and it wasn’t important. No I wouldn’t say “they banzaied their boats” I would say they; “…kamikazed their boats into other boats”

[@uniquehandle1234]

Imagine losing a boat war against someone with no boats.

[@spanishroyalty1254]

Imagine believing the propaganda

[@nicklindberg90]

​@@spanishroyalty1254imagine shilling for the Kremlin. Enjoy the wrong side of history comrade! ;)

[@MrDintub]

​​@@spanishroyalty1254 Where is the Russian Black Sea Flagship "Moskva"?

[@randomuser5443]

@@spanishroyalty1254imagine thinking it’s propaganda

[@columbien10]

​@@spanishroyalty1254 imagine retreating your whole navy from a place you supposedly control

[@wootenbasset8631]

Can I just say, having an inset map for wider context on the Sevastopol Bay map at 4:27 was quite nice. Well done.

[@gregmiller8284]

Large blue water navies are completely different than those of the Mediterranean and other shallow waters. Drones have potential, but the Atlantic and Pacific are huge. Drones do not have the range, speed, or durability to go after enemies in the deep blue.

[@arthas640]

People also tend to forget that the ships that have been sunk by drones were mostly in port: ie unmoving targets. They'd also been sitting there for a lomg time so it wasn't hard to know exactly where it would be and when, ans when it came under attack the ships couldn't go anywhere, and even then the Ukrainians got really lucky since the Russians had a bunch of their defenses deactivated and those defenses are, well, Russian, so you can imagine the quality

[@2006gtobob]

....yet.

[@arthas640]

@@2006gtobob They'll probably get there eventually but there are issues with long range drones that Ukraine is already dealing with. The signals can get jammed the closer they get to electronic warfare stations and jammers so they either need some way of operating without a signal, effectively turning them into guided missiles but without a missiles speed, or you give them some way of picking their targets with a targeting system but that also essentially turns them into a guided missile. This isnt a huge issue on land since there's tons of things like terrain that makes it harder to spot and target drones, so you can send the drone in close to the target before having to worry about a lot of that, especially since on land the targets are much more spread out. At sea though there's nowhere to hide, nothing to really obscure the drones positions, and the targets are pretty concentrated and since they're so concentrated it means you have to send those drones past more and better radar/electronic warfare stations in the form of screening ships and picket ships. For drones to be really useful on the open ocean they either need to be sent in swarms to overwhelm the enemy, something that we're already figure out ways to protect against, they need to be powerful enough to still maintain a connection which massively increases their cost, or the drones need to be smart enough to operate similar to how they would if they were controlled by a pilot and that's the tough part. Even if we plug ChatGPT into a kamikaze drone there's another issue in that all that technology will likely up the cost which reduces some of the benefits of a drone which means we also need to bring down costs on smart drones once they are developed. Similarly we could make the drones capable of overcoming the jamming but that's going to be expensive and unreliable since it could lead to an arms race of stronger jammers and since it's easier to fit a bigger jammer on a capitol ship then counter measures on a cheap drone that's less a less viable solution.

[@lyndontaman4944]

@@arthas640 Russian quality??? Seems to me the 'Russian quality' is mopping the floor with the best the west can supply. It's quite funny when Russia starting using pen & paper to calculate strike zones people laughed at how 'old tech / stupid' stupid the Russians are... until it proved be far more effective than the electronic targeting systems.

[@AlexGrom]

Pack it up with batteries or solar power, add AI targeting mechanism and it would reach it's target. They don't need to go fast, and the advantage of the drone is that it cannot sink. (Edit: due to rough weather, I mean. There are plenty videos of drone ships flipping themselves back)

[@bramvandenheuvel4049]

Turkey, "We are closing the Bosporus for all warships." Russia, "To protect Ukraine?" Turkey, "No, to protect you."

[@lucasokeefe7935]

"From yourself."

[@quilmesdave]

Hahahaha!!🤣🤣🤣

[@Raivo_K]

Russia: "Haha Ukraine. Now your are stuck with our fleet in the Black Sea." Ukraine: "No. You are stuck here with us and our drones." Russia: "shivers"

[@bramvandenheuvel4049]

@@Raivo_K Oh, yes, perfect for a Rorschach quote: "You don't seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you; YOU ARE LOCKED IN HERE WITH ME!"

[@thegurw1994]

More realistically, it's, "No, to protect Turkey." Turkey only does things to benefit Turkey. It's all their leaders care about.

[@MichaelJCaboose013]

The Russian Navy is not being defeated in the Black Sea, their sailors are simply engaging in a special crab feeding operation.

[@hamzamahmood9565]

How generous of Putin. He truly cares about marine life 🥹

[@An-American]

Lol

[@KingLazy93]

Arg arg arg arg

[@HoshouNeko]

Poor crabs, have to eat this toxic food (

[@levitabacug3377]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@FrancoDFernando]

16:19 Just a quick correction. I don't believe it's "Necessity is the mother of all inventions. I believe it's "Necessity is the mother of invention."

[@ChrisBrengel]

That's what I thought, too. They pretty-much mean the same thing, though

[@Thobeian]

Thanks for the clarification. VERY helpful.

[@thecolorjune]

True, people occasionally invent things purely on accident, or without need lol

[@RichardDuinmayer]

Great docu, thanks for making

[@mackysplace]

A funny thing, and also a scientific fact: Due to the very low oxygen levels found at the seabed of the Black Sea, organic materials have a very low rate of decay. Meaning that we can see wooden ships from the Hellenic period, 400BC. Because of that, the flag on the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet should be flying for a few decades.

[@taxirob2248]

so they've annexed the bottom of the sea?

[@eliasvonbrille]

That's extremely interesting. Thanks!

[@vassifaliev8120]

Actually that's half true. The lack of oxygen gives rise to bacteria that feed on iron amd not organic material. Thus an iron ship would not last anywhere near as long as a wooden ship would

[@EdeYOlorDSZs]

@@taxirob2248Another win for the Kremlin lol

[@Harm10412]

well, "flag submarine", that is...

[@Chuck_Hooks]

Taiwan needs to accelerate making lots of sea-baby-type drones.

[@TheTimurdempire]

Taiwan should probably take notes from the Russo-Ukrainian war

[@zakapholiac9377]

They’re a wealthy nation, I’d imagine they are already stockpiling

[@thatguyoverthere9634]

​@@TheTimurdempire it's almost a 1-1 comparison. A small, relatively weak nation going up against one of the largest militaries in the world. Tiwan needs to be taking notes on how to wage a war like this as well as recognize how China is also watching and anticipating Tiwan to do this.

[@TheTimurdempire]

@@thatguyoverthere9634 k

[@js70371]

Taiwanese citizens are full on rejecting their status as a CIA proxy state and are renouncing the American shill Kuomintang politicians in their government - the people aren’t stupid. They are fully aware of what is happening to Ukraine and U.S. complicity in what lead up to the war. And thankfully they are decidedly against become Ukraine 2.0

[@SiliciumCorp]

Thank you for all of this high quality content you produce on your channel sir !

[@saffer4774]

The fact that when speaking about Snake Island "Russian warship go fuck yourself" wasn't mentioned is unacceptable.

[@paul.1337]

You know the Ghost of Kiev and 40 Beheaded Babies were war propaganda, too, right? The 13 border guards, and a bunch of other random people stationed on Snake Island, surrendered, without a fight, to the Russians. "Guy talked tough on the radio, once. Immediately (wisely) surrendered." Super inspiring.

[@Bethos1247-Arne]

@@paul.1337 sounds like you presenting a myth. Because some things reported by some media turned out to be invented, does not mean everything is.

[@TainDK]

@@paul.1337 never seen beheaded babies - maybe reverse war propaganda from the Kremlin to satisfy their people? 2nd - Ukrainians seem to be made of some tough stuff much like the Finns - So my guess is, they did say what we heard them say, Russia however seems to be unable to grasp such an answer without harsh retaliation - its like they can't take it when people talk back to them in appropriate fashion - Putine surely has influenced the lot in that regard (i spelled it right, for once i'm just using the French to explain better =)

[@paul.1337]

@@Bethos1247-Arne You could stop blindly believing people who are at best wrong all the time. A broken clock is right twice a day.

[@Bethos1247-Arne]

@@paul.1337 you could stop to believe every fringe media. While the report of the deatih with the russian warship arrival was inaccurate, the "russian warship go fuck yourself" sentence seems to be real.

[@Braindeaddefault]

The most terrifying thing you can hear at sea. A 9 volt rc boat .

[@lyricofwise6894]

I just learned my hobby is a dangerous weapon of WAR

[@user-zq8pp3ul2c]

😂 yep this is western propaganda at its finest. There is no way The Russians are this stupid

[@Tigerman1138]

Amazing what happens with evolution of weapons.

[@alexanderf8451]

The idea that because something can be destroyed means it is now obsolete keeps coming up in relation to the war in Ukraine. But that's not really how things become obsolete. Warships offer extremely useful capabilities and unless something else can do those jobs better they're not going anywhere. Instead navies will have to invest in protecting those assets.

[@benjaminrichey278]

It would be obsolete if you can overcome its point defenses with waves of drone attack that cost a few thousand each.

[@mannyjoseph5329]

Not really naval kamikaze drone can't patrol gobal oceans nor can make inland strike deep within enemy territory nor theses drones cant use do air defense either. ​@@benjaminrichey278

[@mr.politics1388]

You are right generally, however this case may be the odd one out. The main advantage of warships is power projection, Russias Black Sea Fleet can’t do that. In this case, it has actually become kind of obsolete. On that note, big ships are also by nature big targets, I think they could also be obsolete generally in merely a couple of decades. Automated drone ships should become the obvious choice.

[@vanadlehyde3600]

"invest in protecting" how? navies are already insanely expensive to make and maintain lmao have you ever heard the phrase throwing good money after bad?

[@PeterMuskrat6968]

Exactly. Just hyperbolic morons who don’t understand the seesaw that is the “_____ vs Anti-_____” race that has existed since the Dawn of time. Countering drones is easy relatively speaking… it’s just expensive. Electronic warfare suites, more guns and so on. Russia can’t afford to add that shit to their ships, because they can barely afford to even keep the ships they have, maintained. It’s just going to require R&D to come up with the most efficient and cost efficient ways of countering drones. This should have been done half a decade ago… but unfortunately a lot of morons have been riding the stupid “Peace Dividend” for so long that they don’t understand the need to put MORE FUNDING towards R&D. This ain’t the late 90’s anymore fuckers, this is the 1950’s.

[@davidrobinson7112]

Excellent coverage

[@RurouniKalainGaming]

Nearly 600k views when I saw it only a day out and wow. I learned more watching this than I have in years of news coverage. Love the graphics, reminds me of War I go shows of old with red and blue arrows cept... It's now. Wow. Thanks for it.

[@forsakenquery]

A lot of what he says is quite biased or even false.

[@Ramonatho]

​@forsakenquery Russian propaganda get you again buddy?

[@bordershader]

​@@forsakenquery Love it when people say "that's wrong" then fail to explain why. Just makes you sound like a butthurt crybaby.

[@Michael_MW]

Never usually get to hear terms like "cheap $250,000 drones"

[@toastyrules8221]

If you factor in that a warship costs are in millions and go up to billions, ammunition and the cost for the crew not included that is indeed cheap.

[@sjoormen1]

@@toastyrules8221 and missed opurtinities of the damage those ships could do

[@CiabanItReal]

It's really cheap when you aren't even the one paying for it.

[@ridwan552]

@@CiabanItRealThe drones are locally made with their own money.

[@TheTurtlebot]

Military industrial complex things

[@FloozieOne]

A very interesting and comprehensive report. Thank you for posting it.

[@_mistergas_5206]

0:05 "Since the russian invasion of Ukraine began more than 2 years ago.." Yeah, 10 years ago, to be precise

[@frankd9945]

My favorite drinking game... Drink every time he says vast

[@dnannery]

unPRECedented

[@robertrodehorst2848]

MAAAASSive

[@literallynull]

THEN, ...

[@sarysa]

If everyone plays this drinking game next video would have zero views.

[@Beatleman91]

CATASTROPHICALLY

[@deim3]

russia: We withdraw from the grain deal! Consider all our ships to be a danger for you! Ukraine: Ok.

[@aeriumsoft]

i just want to eat pizza without burning my wallet 😭

[@janakumer]

​@@aeriumsoft Mother robins may start incubating their eggs during the evening after the second egg is laid, or after all the eggs are laid.

[@monx94]

Ніхуя собі, Деймос

[@Dyinchugnan969]

@@janakumerwhen elephants are done mating the female elephant will often kick out the male elephant. The male elephant will then find male elephants in the same predicament and form a bachelor herd

[@danweyant4909]

Meanwhile MAGA wants to hamstring Ukraine for some reason.

[@user-mk7qq8rz1m]

I have been retired for several years now and during the time of the Russian Attack of Ukraine I got every inch of it that I could on KZbin and other news About this subject but it never has been brought home to roost As you have explained it thank you so very much You are awesome at what you do you have filled in so many areas that I have missed during this time and questions that I have had you have answered So thank you If I was rich I would set you up for life That is how impressed that I have been with this KZbin video I have just watched thank you for everything I am subscribing and will be looking out for more From you To explain history And/or relevant Points in history

[@user-mk7qq8rz1m]

Here is hoping that you are writing a movie script Based on what I have just read or listen to rather from you

[@Venompatrick]

Nice editing which ai or software do you use to animate them??

[@IsfetSolaris]

This is my favorite story because the title isn't propaganda; it's not a hyperbole or overstatement or anything like that. This is legitimately a nation with NO NAVAL FORCE AT ALL, defeating what was supposedly one of the greatest navies in the world. Edit: does anyone know how to turn off notifications for this comment, I'm tired of russian/vatnik spammers filling up my feed.

[@max-cs9ko]

So they defeated Russia but still Russia owning whole eastern Ukraine, thats not how winning look like

[@nl6942]

It definitely is a W for Ukraine and really impressive. But speaking plainly ,I don’t think Ukraine is winning this war considering the dependence on US aid and the current U.S national sentiment of stopping the aid. If Trump gets elected you can definitely forget about Ukraine’s aid. Russia also is doing phenomenally well considering all the sanctions the U.S imposed on them and the new trade diplomacy they’ve developed out of it. It just seems like the longer this war goes, the more likely it is for Russia to win.

[@callumsaunderson1089]

@max-cs9ko Day 755 of Putins 3 day special operation… ‘that’s not how winning look like’ 😂😂

[@breckenjensen8227]

@@max-cs9koyour reading skills aren’t that good mate. He never said Ukraine defeated Russia he’s saying they’re destroying their navy without having one of their own. That’s Vastly different from saying Ukraine has defeated Russian as a whole

[@noodlelynoodle.]

​@@max-cs9kothey never said they defeated Russia just their navy

[@darkseid5615]

Humiliating for Russia to lose naval war against a country without a navy 💀

[@mr.x817]

Given that their supplies come from America & Europe, it’s not embarrassing at all. Without western involvement Russia would’ve won the war. They should’ve done this during a republican presidency. Also if Texas leaves America I hope Russia helps them out. You know just to return the favor to the USA.

[@DemonZest]

Ukrainian used their own custom made naval drones ;) Russia's drone and artillery supplies comes from Iran and North Korea, very embarrassing.@@mr.x817

[@SavageJunky]

@@mr.x817 The difference is that NO ONE want to be part of Ruzzia lol. Every single country who was in the soviet union choose the western lifestyle 🤣 If Texas leave US, there is 0 chance that they will accept Ruzzian help 🤣🤡🤡

[@augl2702]

They're building the "Sea Baby" drones in Ukraine. We're not supplying them those specific drones. We're supplying them intelligence thanks to the Globalhawks that are constantly flying the Black Sea. Our ISR is unmatched.

[@j100j]

Not the first time. In the Battle of Lake Baikal, Russia did not only lose a naval battle to a country with no navy but that country was also landlocked and thus couldn't have a navy even if it wanted to.

[@LesBrock]

Great summary. Thanks!

[@boozolini4465]

very very interesting and very well done, bravo!

[@GregStonham]

Aircraft carriers are banned, which may be why the Russian's classified their flat-top "Admiral Kuznetsov" is as a "heavy cruiser".

[@johnSmith-bh8ub]

I mean, classifying it as anything other than something that barely floats would be a stretch.

[@milosilic23]

Banned? By who ?

[@11th_defender51]

@@milosilic23 I assume he means banned from entering the black sea.

[@AlexGrom]

​@@milosilic23 by the country that holds the canal to the black sea, Turkey.

[@AlexGrom]

I believe it was heavy helicopter-carrying cruiser. Aircraft carriers were banned, heavy cruisers with helicopters - not, quite a loophole

[@olafsigursons]

Russians troll assure you loosing 25% of your fleet is not important as long as you capture a village.

[@hadinapokalix7329]

Soros implanted those numbers in your head

[@endorsedbryce]

*a pile of rubble that used to be a village.

[@hamzamahmood9565]

​@endorsedbryce Oh, you mean the strategically important trillion dollar NATO megacity called Bakhmut?

[@MrDintub]

@@hamzamahmood9565 have fun rebuilding the rubble

[@hamzamahmood9565]

​@@MrDintub With Russia's frozen assets, sure

[@taari1]

If you just want the short answer to the tItle: Kamikaze Drone Boats and Missiles. The full video gives a lot of context and valuable information though, so I recommend a full watch.

[@Castle_Bravo.]

Never bring a knife to a gun fight Ukraine: hold my beer

[@Mr.Nin10do.]

Lesson learned: Never give up your nukes

[@charlesyang8146]

Yup.

[@larryalvares1369]

Jesus Christ, you guys don’t learn, do you? Or are you just deaf?

[@annoyingcommentator1582]

Never really there nukes to begin with, but yes, deterrence is key.

[@larryalvares1369]

Are you guys deaf or something?

[@elli6220]

Ukraine didn't give up their nukes. They were nukes manned by loyal Russians that just happened to be located in Ukraine.

[@Korra228]

Moskva didn't sink!!! It went on a special submarine operation

[@bacho336]

It tactically relocated down

[@boycottnok1466]

Ok illiterate

[@simpli_histori]

Converted to submarine for strategic purposes

[@Alastair_Adana]

“Russia doesn’t have any boats” literally shows footage of a Ukrainian boat attacking Russian ship.

[@simpli_histori]

@@Alastair_Adana ukraine had a pre war fleet (ie before 2014) but not a large vessel surface fleet or submarine fleet

[@dustysrandom5079]

Love love love the channel….. but please get an audio engineer that’s equivalent to the rest of the quality of the production.

[@vongchusiri]

I love all your videos I have watched so far… you’re not wrong to have a chess piece on the cover as many thinking of the war as some sort of games. I simply think about the atrocity tragedy and the loss stupid loss really… Peace is always beautiful

[@ngeteengetee7589]

For the Russo Japanese War, the ships Russia sent from Europe to the Asian theater were so insanely under trained it was a miracle they managed to get to Japan alive, such as believing there was a Japanese armada... near now the UK... ended up being some fishing boats that caused diplomatic tension between Britain and Russia lol

[@emuoverlord1635]

Gotta be the wildest naval story from the the time period lmao

[@TheEDFLegacy]

Did someone say torpedo boats?

[@emuoverlord1635]

@@TheEDFLegacy the perfect summary of this

[@butala1776]

That made them sail around the cape of good hope instead of the canal 8ncreasing thee voyage bike 8 months

[@JamesTobiasStewart]

I mean it didn't help that they were burdened with having the Kamchatka on their side.

[@Simplepad]

This goes to show that cheap explosive Kamikaze weapons are great for almost any military target.

[@lyricofwise6894]

Rc hobby OP

[@doujinflip]

That's basically what all guided bombs and missiles are, hence why everyone who can afford them makes and uses them.

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

Excellent and Outstanding!!!!

[@Aroncare]

Rela life, I asume you have some inside guy who gives you direct info of what happens in the front line, because you speak with such confidence.

[@amaarqureshi8645]

One interesting point you forgot to mention at 13:00 is that Russia is actually capable of reinforcing their Black Sea navy with their Caspian Sea navy via the Volga-Don canal during the spring and summer months when the canal is not frozen. Ships from Russia’s Caspian Flotilla have played a direct role in supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine since 2022, and Russia has already invested over $1 billion in improving the waterway.

[@LiguTheBest]

There is also a system of inland waterways in Russia, called UDWS, linking the White Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Volga River, Moscow, the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea.

[@classifiedad1]

That is true, but there are certain capabilities in the Black Sea Fleet which can be described as irreplaceable, which have been lost. Namely, the cruiser Moskva and her air defense systems. In addition, it cannot replace potential losses in larger ships such as the Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates, and I don’t believe the Gepards and Buyans have any serious air defense capabilities beyond self-defense. They’d be useful Kalibir lobbers, but not much more.

[@TheBlaise91]

Fair point, but Caspian Sea is just a lake

[@TAP7a]

They have navy assets worth talking about in the Caspian?

[@Streety420]

One interesting point is you sound like you are pro-Russia, pro Putin with your comment.

[@joewilson3393]

My dad is an Air Force pilot, and I remember him telling me all the way back in the Gulf War that ship combat was over. He said, you can just fire a missle from over the horizon and sink a ship. Going to have to re evaluate how much he knew, lol.

[@andrewrogers3067]

Back then he was right

[@Smooth_Bandit0]

This channel is so good. Thanks for all the visual aides

[@KungeNelson]

Love your content, have been a long time fan and im always happy to see when you post something. Also, could you make a video about whats happening in the congo? Im always hearing "genocide" or "free the congo" but ive never been able to find a good video explaining whats acctually happening so id appriciate if you could?

[@Bigdog5400]

Blue Jay has a great video on the Russian Navy during the Russo-Japanese War outlining Russia’s military ineptitude at the time.

[@osagallo]

Thanks for suggestion😊

[@ivansteklov4274]

In 1945 Japan were given lucrative change. Still coughing.))

[@LeonardTavast]

Every time I'm reminded of it I laugh. The Russian attrition was atrocious and they basically didn't have anything left when they finally arrived in the far east.

[@Dread_2137]

​@@LeonardTavastthat's just average russia, in most wars against singular country they could won only with help of other country.

[@Korra228]

Russia's military ineptitude always*

[@Olebull93]

Judging from the leaked Moscowa repair report, the Russian fleet is more a symbolic power then a real naval power.

[@thecoolone777]

It will never cease to amaze me how utterly incompetent and corrupt the Russian military is. For the past decade Russia has been portrayed as this unstoppable force with an experienced army that doesn’t need to rely on super technology like the west. Russian propaganda on the internet is nothing like I’ve ever seen before.

[@longestvideoever]

Corruption!

[@janakumer]

@@longestvideoever Cheesecake!

[@boycottnok1466]

More humiliating is believing in fake ass propaganda video without any basis.

[@kacangajaib1563]

Even Russian Power as a whole is merely symbolic, they cant do sh1t without their nukes or just spamming soldiers to frontline...must be thinking they have population like China☠️

[@Tenebris_Sint]

I’m not a naval expert, but I do have 2 decades in U.S. SOF and Intelligence in Tier 1&2 Units… and I know that naval assets are nearly irrelevant in tank-based land warfare on the West-Asian/East-European steppe where all important battlefields are well inland from any coastline. Russia is steamrolling Ukraine, this won’t change even if every Russian naval vessel is destroyed.

[@smthcrazy]

Quick question - have you ever considered making a 5-10 minute summary of the awesome videos you make? I only ask because I'm super interested in the topics and your presentation is so great that I get bummed a bit when I realize I don't have 40 minutes uninterrupted to focus on it (I'm sure you could do a lot longer also!) so I just move on and do other things, accepting that I'll miss out on figuring out, in this example, "how the Russian Navy Lost to a Country Without Any Boats."

[@zackman1156]

It's wild how strategic and precise all of those strikes were. 250k is incredibly cheap for any missle type weapon. Hope no civilians were killed.

[@eyesack6845]

Unfortunately many civilains were cilled. Ucrane is evil. Source: Me.

[@Certago]

Agreed and In terms of loss of life, this is probably quite humane since the sunk ships are not out on the open sea, and sink slowly after having been hit once or twice. This gives the crew more time to orderly evacuate the sinking ship. Not quite the same as if 2 war ships or fleets actually engage in open sea combat.

[@GospodMajoneza]

Remember the collective panicky unease we all felt two years ago? I frightens me how easily global focus dissipates...

[@mmdirtyworkz]

What collective panicky?

[@TinyLordCthulhu]

Wtf it's been two years!?! I thought this happened last year

[@JG-MV]

M.A.D doesn’t benefit anyone

[@GospodMajoneza]

@@mmdirtyworkz we in Europe certainly did...

[@FalkonNightsdale]

​@@mmdirtyworkzOver 30 years ago, soviet slave-counties broke free and kicked ruSSian occupants from their countries. However, Putin still sees them as the colonies that "rightfully belong to RuSSia", thus invading 1# on the list caused widespread panic… However once it was found out how incompetent ruSSian military leaders are and how corrupt their army is, panic subsided and was replaced by calm and grim determination… Baltic states are hastily building fortifications, all central Europe states are arming up, and everyone in Europe is trying to send weapons to Ukraine - both on national level and on citizen level - there are droves of international volunteers, backed by fellow citizens - be it special rifle parts, national snacks, holiday cards, etc. Except Robert Fico, and Victor Orbán, no-one wish to end up as a soviet slave again…

[@abissuminvocat]

In 2 years, with all NATO’s assistance in terms of reconnaissance, target designation, Starlink communications, the provision of drones themselves and other equipment, no more than 5-10% of the fleet’s ships were disabled. Mostly outdated and lacking protection from drones. In most cases, the ship's crew survived, that is, the ship fulfilled its last role as a combat unit. Or the ship was completely docked and had no protection. At the same time, missile ships and submarines of the fleet regularly destroy the fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with cruise missiles. As a result, thanks to its “successes”, Ukraine will be left without any access to the sea.

[@ChrisBrengel]

Awesome video! Keep up the good work! 1:01 exporting more Goods to the global market than it was before the war

[@Code-wu2jn]

Naval drone warfare won't make large ships obsolete, materiel in warfare has been dictated by their role. This just necessitates large surface vessels to be accompanied by large groups of destroyer vessels with the capability to handle target saturated environments which were so named for their capability to sink torpedo boats swarms.

[@meteorknight999]

That sounds copium like adding one more lane will fix the traffic or adding one extra gun will make battleships useful

[@robertdouglas7460]

Yea im not sure ur right here dude. The amount spent on these suicide drones in comparison is miniscule. Until theres an anti drone system thats near perfect no country can flex naval muscle in any useful way. Look at the trouble a few grubby mountain men with rockets are causing atm . Big naval power may be in its last legs. Who wants billions worth at the bottom of the sea caused by a radio controlled boat with a bimb on board

[@Aesoporific]

@@meteorknight999 Human warriors have been "obsolete" since the sword and bow. You can easily destroy a person that it takes hundreds of thousands of dollars and decades to produce with a cheap bullet. The problem is that you need a human warrior to take and hold territory so we still field warriors despite how commonly they are destroyed. If you want to deny enemy ships from an area away from your coast you'll need a ship on station to keep eyes and act as a drone/missile platform. That ship being vulnerable to attack is immaterial because you can't do it cheaper some other way. Big Guns were less effective than planes, so the battleship was replaced by aircraft carriers. A carrier could do everything the battleship did and more. But can a kamikaze drone do what a destroyer does? Or will we just have to accept that some ships will be sunk so they'll have to build more, smaller ships for redundancy?

[@ebehdzikraa3855]

​@@Aesoporificif small RC boat can do on what destroyer supposed to do (sinking a ship), so what the purpose of spending 2000x more resource to produce it?

[@Aesoporific]

@@ebehdzikraa3855 Ah, but is that really the job of a destroyer? Destroyers usually scout for enemy ships. They screen larger ships, defending them from attack. They often are used in diplomacy to physically visit other countries. A RC boat might do the same job as a naval missile or a gun on a destroyer, but it doesn't do all the jobs of a destroyer.

[@masta839]

Japan: we annihilated Russian fleet in Russo-Japanese war with our warships. Ukraine: we have no warships, but hold my beer.

[@backpain100]

you mean "hold my wheats"

[@lucasokeefe7935]

I read that as "hold my bear"

[@Erzsebet19545]

ukraine has ships idk where that myth comes from

[@kristsdabolins2642]

Do you mean a bunch of coastal patrol boats?@@Erzsebet19545

[@garciagonzalvez5509]

Lol Ukraine has lost the war and their soliders are fleeing. 🤣 Now zelensky forcing mentally ill to join the army. 🤣

[@VinicioReinaLuther7]

Excellent 👌 Documentary

[@epelly3]

The real story here is that Neptune missile, what an invention and before the war started. Also I remember when the Crimean bridge first got blown up no one knew how they did it! Makes sense that it was a kamikaze sea drone

[@vladimirnikolskiy]

Don't make up nonsense. The moment of the explosion was recorded by video cameras, a truck exploded.

[@epelly3]

@@vladimirnikolskiy seems to be Russia’s version of events

[@ezequiellawrence7344]

Not to be picky, but you called the Moskova a "Battlecruise" when she was in fact a "Guided Missle Cruiser". Battlecruisers are capital ships with 25,000+ tons of displacement on the low end. Moskova was much smaller in the 9,500 ton range.

[@markbecker5951]

Are you saying this channel has no clue about what they are talking about and it's blatant propaganda?

[@Archeaon]

Well it is a submarine now.

[@aaronhrynyk]

@@markbecker5951real life lore has always been propaganda

[@generaalbamihap]

​@@markbecker5951cope, Moskva go brrr

[@jorenvanderark3567]

​​@@markbecker5951 I mean the Moskva being a battlecruiser was propaganda... Russian propaganda to be precise.

[@jonnelacecodog3490]

Original Title: How Ukraine Checkmated Russian Navy

[@meteorknight999]

Cant believe this channel is mad after ppl roasted him on making tldr "Russia is gonna collapse" then "Russia is too strong" lol. The owner is petty

[@theloniuspunk383]

Noticing patterns is a marker of high intelligence, congrats!

[@miguelashcatiom2435]

That was much more appropriate as a title.

[@Tervezo001]

32 county checkmate Russia not Ukraine's

[@I__am__Racist]

​@@meteorknight999The channel owner is Jewish

[@jamesmarvin1373]

Fantastic video.

[@Jhollowed25]

I think the Ground News endorsement at the end of the video is pretty ironic, since RealLifeLore never cites their sources. Please start doing this, either in the description or (preferably) in the video. There is no way for laymen viewers to know if anything you're saying is true or correct. If you cited sources, these would be really good videos.

[@pll3827]

The Houthis are also trying to pull off the same thing on the Red Sea. They haven't been as successful in targeting military vessels,, but they've succeeded in basically blocking off most shipping. It's a dangerous new world for conventional vessels.

[@halofreak1990]

The Houthis' target isn't military ships, but commercial ones, so as to cause financial damage to any country supporting Israel. If the Houthis were to actually go after military ships, I doubt the US and UK response would have been as weak as it is

[@ca_kay]

I just realized... THIS IS THE BIRTH OF MODERN AIRSHIPS!!! If you can't use water, use air!

[@fatboyRAY24]

@@ca_kay Avengers did it first. I’m surprised nobody has made a helicarrier yet

[@ca_kay]

@@fatboyRAY24 Well, actually, no. Airships are older than Avengers. And real life airships do exist, or at least air taxis do. Plus we have airplanes. But the idea behind airships is that they're supposed be more accessible and maneuverable, and be able to travel on both air and sea. We have some small planes that do that already, but we need much bigger ones.

[@AbsurdAsparagus]

@@ca_kay airships are likely bigger sitting ducks, especially since weather effects them more than water ships. aka they have to land periodically. also they would have extreeme energy requirements that would place a choke point at their refueling stations to an even greater degree than water ships.

[@user-gs6tf4nt9n]

Forgot to mention that before Storm Shadow UK supplied Harpoon missiles to Ukraine. Neptun is effectively an analogue of Harpoon. it was Boris Jonson's decision and gift

[@theeatherlash69]

The Neptune was completed before the invasion. Harpoon came after and was developed by the US, not by the UK. Development was not parallel; the Americans (through NATO) provided Ukraine the tech to make their own missile knowing the war would come by supplying some parts to appear less involved in the war, and the UK supplied Harpoon Missiles (provided to them by the U.S.) later. This is all from unclassified sources - including Wikipedia - with appropriate news references, dated articles and dated version history you can look at. (This is why Wikipedia provides you access to past versions of the articles so you can see what people edited/tried to edit and the date stamps to those old versions.) Neptune is actually better and more modern than the versions of The OLD Harpoon they were given. Russia has been fighting OLD NATO-tech most of the time - often outside of it's service-date as well - not the stuff NATO keeps for itself or uses in modern engagements.

[@dinglesworld]

Shoutout to Ground News making moves 🗣️❤️💯

[@karenrumney5210]

What I have been impressed with is Ukraines out of the box thinking in the use of both air and sea drones. The "great powers" have been over enamoured with the bigger is better vision of drones, which is why their use always seems to be accompanied by massive "colateral damage". Ukraine are effectively using just exactly the size they need. Resulting in the effective use of "amunition delivery systems" purchased from 'Toys-R-Us'!!!!

[@somejerkbag]

Love how Russia tried to deny their ships were being sunk at first. "Naw that's just scheduled maintenance" 😂😂😂

[@Laxton07]

"Only our underwater welders are available at the moment so we had to accommodate"

[@mmdirtyworkz]

It's like that in every war, were you born yesterday lol? Just like US tried to suppress the info on 6 abrams tanks destroyed so far, first one 3 days after entering the fight. It's called propaganda FYI

[@mistressofthewoods5333]

The Russians are just inspecting some under water pipes or cables or something🤷‍♀️

[@EdgardoCervantesP]

Scheduled maintanance... Underwater.

[@somejerkbag]

@@Laxton07 🤣🤣🤣

[@thatthatguy1]

The Russian navy fell victim to one of the classic blunders: they got involved in a land war in Asia.

[@jasonmansfieldsr8645]

Your intellect is dizzying.

[@JayRappa]

Wow

[@Jack1994hoo]

Inconceivable!!

[@kacangajaib1563]

they have experience since middle ages tho, getting clapped by Golden Horde

[@Erzsebet19545]

@@kacangajaib1563 they were divided also the first invasion force was defeated

[@proimsat]

There are so many hypotheticals in the ending of this video that it might as well be a question mark all together..

[@DrownedInExile]

Perhaps future large naval assets will be using interlinked "drone swarms" for both early warning and defence against missiles and enemy drones.

[@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish]

Shore bombardment capabilities are essential for amphibious landings and troop support. Having an airfield wherever you want in the world is also pretty important. I doubt this is any kind of paradigm shift.

[@TanKail]

Wow, Russia's ships converted to submarines are so stealthy we haven't seen any resurface!

[@user-je5do6jn2f]

Bring back torpedo boats, but have them launch naval drones.

[@MrShipBuff]

real

[@matthewnardin7304]

Nah, the torpedo boats would just get droned. Gotta just make a big floating swarm and have it hang out somewhere in the water. You could even make them submersible like drug traffickers' subs. Then it's just driveable sea mines. Sea warfare is going to get interesting.

[@Yora21]

The Swedish Navy is composed almost entirely of fast assault craft. 165 of them, cruising around the Baltic Sea. Standard armament is naval mines and depth charges, but they can also be equipped with hellfire missile launcher and with drone control equipment. Should probably be fairly easy for them to drop autonomous stealth torpedoes close to the target.

[@yourname4159]

Now I've started to hear from the russians that "Oh, fleet isn't effective in this war, nearly useless. So you're idiots fight our ships, while we are winning on the ground, hahahh" and such stuff. They do this everytime. Remember, when they retreated from Kyiv and it's outskirts? Well back then they've been saying, that they didn't actually want to capture Kyiv, and nobody said anything about "Kyiv for 3 days". Same for Kherson, they said that they were going to stay in the city forever and organised the "referendum" about joining with the russia. Yet, when they run from the city, they started to say, that it is the Strategy(the one that includes waves of people performing suicidal attacks on Ukraine's defences).

[@dimadimov382]

thank you

[@zamplify]

Aircraft carriers? Let's not get carried away.

[@OlesMenzer]

The only russian aircraft carrier was built by Ukrainians and was stolen by rusians. Unfortunately for the Russians, at that time the ship was unfinished. The russians never managed to make something useful out of it. But this ship still helps the motherland (Ukraine) to destroy russian planes and large floating docks.

[@blankityblankblank2321]

Imagine losing your star navy to a weaponized robotics club.

[@user-sk4kg4hr3k]

Imagine losing 2 towers, 3000ppl, 4 planes to a group of 19 Arabs in slippers? Imagine this group caused biggest shift from democracy to tyranny in the history. You can continue this ridiculous list..

[@mrmacias4217]

Well they didn't use your brain

[@HaiNguyen-ni6uu]

Thanks!

[@AcreGeneral]

Hope he notices this.

[@bulldowozer5858]

Saying that "Battleships became obsolete" is like saying that the tank has become obsolete after the introduction of the AT-missile. It will certainly pose a significant threat, but with advances in Armor and electronic warfare they may still have their uses in war.

[@Dr.Kay_R]

*Here is your Tldr:* •Turkey is given the power to block the route to Baltic sea during any conflict. •It blocked the route when Ukraine war started. •Russia can't send new ships to baltic sea. •Ukraine used Ballistic and Anti-ship missiles (Neptune) to destroy the ships. They also used ddones and guided boats later. •Russia had to move the ships out of the range of missiles. •Turkey (and russia) allowed Ukraine to export Food supplies to keep the food prices low, when UN and world forced them. •Russia can't lose any more ships (they had 13 but only 7 left), as rhey can be used to deploy troops in ukraine if Crimean bridge got damaged. (Pls like this so that the comment moves to top)

[@waxy3220]

I hate war but find drones really fascinating and game changing.

[@OlesMenzer]

Ukrainians also hate war. But want to live. We have no choice.

[@sleepyjoe7843]

@@OlesMenzer You really don't. Zelensky don't let men between 18 and 60 leave the country. It's the biggest open prison in the world.

[@paul.1337]

@@OlesMenzer That draft treaty Jens Stoltenberg, head of NATO, said Russia offered before the war had Ukraine joining the EU, not joining NATO, keeping all its territory, and making peace in the eastern part of the country where 10,000 Ukrainians were killed. That sounds like it would have worked out pretty well.

[@OlesMenzer]

@@paul.1337 1) russia attacked Moldova, Georgia and Ichkeria in 90th (and Georgia again in 2008) 2) russia was tried to attac Ukraine in 90th 3) russia was tried to attac Ukraine in 2003 (Tuzla) 4) russia attacs Ukraine in 2014 (Ukraine was neutral country). russia = war. And they was planning the full scale invasion for decades

[@michaelthomas229]

@@sleepyjoe7843found a Russian bot lol or should I say

[@starhalv2427]

Taiwan has one major disadvantage that Ukraine didn't have: they're an island nation (Or "separatist region", whichever you believe). This means that if they're succesfully blockaded, they cannot receive support from the western nations and despite having much more money on paper might lack materials to build enought kamikaze drones to break the blockade.

[@zalfir]

Technically China is the "separatist region." The government of Taiwan was the government of the whole of China before the beginnings of the CCP started pushing people around. You're also forgetting that all the nations around China are wary of them. Even Vietnam would rather side with the west than have China in a position to push their form of "communism" on Vietnam over their own local form.

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

Any possibility that you're going to upload a "What if the Spanish Empire Reunited today" video?

[@TNStuff]

Love your videos! Is there something you do with your mic to get the sound you have? Sounds distorted somehow. IDK if it's just me. It's almost like AM or FM radio, like there's some interference. IDK.

[@esvamapp]

this explains so much of the current situation in the region!

[@ricardomontoya2395]

It should be noted that these events likely show an extreme fault in russias radar and targeting faults.

[@bakarandguladze]

Georgian here. problem with what you've described about Ochamchire and Anaklia is that Georgian government is heavily pro-Russian constantly undermining any project that could move our country towards Europe and actively trying to sway the country towards Russia.

[@kloc4995]

"It's a large and well protected natural harbor" Ukraine: "Hold my beer"

[@thesefoxes2821]

🎉😂

[@thesefoxes2821]

😂🎉

[@user-ub3hd4sy4e]

Russian ships are destroyed by British special forces using British drones and missiles, relying on American intelligence and satellite communications. There is nothing Ukrainian in all this, and Russia understands this very well. Fortunately, Ukraine is not on an island and a war with Russia at sea has no prospects.

[@smalltime0]

protected doesn't mean from warships or munitions, it means from weather

[@wombatuser]

It’s talking about wind and waves 💀

[@AsianPhuc]

I believe conventional ships will still have a place however, a separate branch of naval vessels that can counter or destroy the kamikaze drone boats will be built.

[@bagel29]

That ad transition was smooth as hell

[@ChinnuWoW]

Like your brain.

[@askemervigbahnson333]

Hahaha rip

[@ComicToonProductions]

RealLifeLore videos nowadays be like... Has to be long Has to include more than 10 topics in 1 video And Has to feature a formulaic thumbnail and title

[@Code-wu2jn]

you should try KZbin shorts, that's more fitting to your attention span

[@maxcc9161]

Lol

[@Spud607]

Surface warships will never be obsolete but I can definatley see what would once have been a single large ship being sent out as a part of a task force protected by anti-drone vessels that will likely be developed from here on out.

[@Blackwing2345635]

Fun fact - corvette Kotov was precisely this (literally anti unmanned vessel was one of its roles by design). Though it was extremely poor designed and was criticized A LOT. As it has turned out - rightfully so.

[@Spud607]

@Blackwing2345635 yeah. Given the dustance the drone boats can travel aswell I wouldn't be surprised if Frigates or Destroyers are given ati drone technology. Frigates would be a good platform to launch from since their so small. Pretty inexpensive comparatively. Also their a bit more maneuverable too.

[@patwilson2546]

I know that is a bit of mockery that sounds cute, but it's not as absurd as it sounds. When the real war is on land and the boats have to come in close enough to impact that war, the advantage goes to the forces on land. It's much easier to sink a boat than is is to sink the earth. That said, Ukraine has done an amazing job dealing with the Black Sea Fleet. Rewriting the book on how to deal with a close to shore opponent. A caution to the US in its war of words over Taiwan. If we do get into it we may not have the luxury of standing offshore far enough to get out of missile and drone range.

[@chaosmirco]

I loved every second of this

[@maxmustermann4141]

there is smth wrong with the mic. still an interesting video, but its hard to listen to with the audio quality...

[@ivanzubko5224]

russia: We finish the grain deal! Consider all our ships to be a danger for you! Ukraine: Sure. Do you want to see my drones?

[@RedFail1-1]

When you keep reading the same comment over and over but they change a few words...

[@Blackwing2345635]

@@RedFail1-1 also originally it was official statements and press exchange like: - From now on we consider every Ukrainian ship as military target (official statement) - Ok, we too consider every Russian ship as a military target then (official statement) - Ha-ha, that's funny (RU politicians and press) (reply in rockets and drones instead of empty threats) Very far from "consider all our ships to be a danger", it was "WE consider all YOUR ships a danger" (like they may be transporting personnel, weapons, supplies, etc.)

[@paul.1337]

@@Blackwing2345635 Checked the news in the past 3 days? Russia is able to strike anywhere they want in Ukraine with or without a navy. The timing of these "Russia is doomed" videos is so impeccable it's like the author works at the Kremlin and loves irony.

[@SadSpaceDuck]

Is your mic peaking. Sounds like someone bumped the gain dial.

[@JLo83]

I don't think he's using compression or a hard limiter on the audio. Thus.... Volume spikes.

[@liuyifei1989]

I mean one have to look at this objectively, since theres literally a few NATO SIGNT, ElINT and AEW planes as well drones circling the black sea providing real time target data to ukraine.

[@MrDintub]

Sure, why wouldn't they? It's international water. If Russia doesn't want NATO to tell Ukraine where their ships are, the ships should stay in port

[@VampyyriSanttu]

Did Tony Khan pay for them?

[@liuyifei1989]

@@MrDintub well thats my point without help, there's no way they can achieve this on their own.

[@MrDintub]

@@liuyifei1989 so? Sucks for russia that europe cares about helping the victim

[@PhantomlyReaper]

​@@liuyifei1989 The resistance Ukraine has put up with the help of NATO is nowhere near what a country with ("similar") military strength to Russia would put up. Just the fact that Russia is having so much trouble taking Ukraine goes to show how inept their leaders are. If they would've attacked the US or any country that could be under consideration as a superpower, Russia would have had no chance. The lesson to be learned is not to wage war without just cause. If Russia was in the right, NATO would've never supported Ukraine.

[@DanielWW2]

3:20 And that epic journey was one very "special military operation" indeed. 😅

[@Redactedredacted5837]

“You think you’re so great because you have boats.” - not Napoleon

[@railgun517]

I do wonder what defenses we will develop against these drones. The role of carrier battlegroups is still one of the most important.

[@bassbich]

Don’t show this video to russians. They still think they are winning😂