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Released by Turkey, Azov Brigade commander Denis Prokopenko returned to the front with his team.
So who is this Denis Prokopenko?
Prokopenko, the leader of the Dynamo Kiev tribunes, He is originally from a Finnish family. His grandfather served in the Finnish army, and when the Soviet Union invades Finland, Prokopenko loses his entire family. He lived in the early He has a great hatred for the Soviets and Russians because of the trauma he has suffered.
He and his team are at the front with a great anger due to family and national reasons, first in the Donbas War that broke out in 2014 and then in the war that started last year.
Tl;DR: I wonder if navel ships are not incredible easy targets. Especially when being in harbors. Wouldn't it be "quite easy" to build a "stealth" torpedo / mine which moves extremely slow, passively with the current most of the time, sneaking close to a ship to explode at an unexpected time?
Obviously it not that easy, since it does not happen. By why? What are the counter measures?
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I am absolutly no wapons or war expert. So forgive my, if my question is too simple. However, seeing the images from the Ukrainian navel drones, I wonder if there are other attack modes. These drones seem to be speed boats, packed with lots of explosives, engaging there targets with high speeds, tying to hit them before any counter measures can stop them.
As far as I know there are:
There must be a lot of different objects in the water close to a ship: Drift wood, animals, other trash, etc. Are navel ships capable of detecting and monitoring all this stuff? What is the drill if one large peach of drift wood comes close to a ship?
Would it not be possible to build a "mine-pedo". Which moves almost unnoticed like a mine. For example using fins like a fish to avoid the noise of a torpedo? Engaging their targets very slowly to avoid detection? Instead of one large objects there could be dozens smaller once acting like a swarm.
Obviously it not that easy, since it does not happen (as far as I know). By why? What are the counter measures? What are the problems?
It’s claimed Niger’s toppled government has authorised France to use force to free ousted president Mohamed Bazoum. He’s been held hostage at the presidential palace since the country’s army seized power last week.
In a televised statement, one of the military chiefs behind the coup alleged Niger’s former foreign minister has authorised Paris to intervene. France has not commented on the claim, but has 1500 troops in the country and insists Bazoum is Niger’s legitimate leader.
Paris also backs ECOWAS sanctions and an ultimatum to use force to “restore constitutional order” if Bazoum is not re-instated within a week. If that happens, Mali and Burkina Faso’s leaders says they’ll step in to back Niger’s army.
Meanwhile, the French embassy in Niamey has announced plans to evacuate its nationals, fuelling speculation armed conflict could be imminent.
It follows President Macron's warning France would respond “immediately” to any violence against French interests after the embassy was targeted by demonstrators.
Tensions are rising sharply but locals are hopeful for a future free from French subjugation after Niger announced a halt of exports of gold and uranium to France.
The French are heavily dependent on the latter to power its nuclear energy plants. However, despite exploiting Niger’s resources for decades, the West African country remains the world’s second poorest nation.