[Goose]

Holy smokes, the Moskva didn’t have a central fire alarm?!?



BC

Strange indeed that she did not have such a system. That said, I strongly doubt the explosion and resulting fire from a missile strike was in any danger of not being detected. If indeed the Russians had been telling the truth and that some kind of fire started on board the ship that later spread and caused the explosions the lack of a central fire detection/alarm might have made a difference.

The design of the ship with 8 P-1000 Vulkan missiles in box launchers outboard on the deck both port and starboard (16 total) makes any missile hit in that region essentially fatal, alarm or no. Indeed a floating bomb.

The fate of the crew gets stranger and stranger. No Turkish ship report to date. Russians release video showing about 100 sailors that are supposedly the crew of the ship meeting with the head of the Navy. Russia says all the crew was saved, but they are not all in the video. One woman on twitter says her husband was on the ship and confirmed dead. The video seems to show a man who appears to be the Captain of the Moskva. Both the Ukraine and TASS had previously said he was killed. Later reports rephrased say the crew was saved, removing the word "all". Still unclear what is going on.

Interesting article. Needless to say, I think he is exactly correct.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-army-chief...08460.html

[Goose]

Holy smokes, the Moskva didn’t have a central fire alarm?!?



BC

Strange indeed that she did not have such a system. That said, I strongly doubt the explosion and resulting fire from a missile strike was in any danger of not being detected. If indeed the Russians had been telling the truth and that some kind of fire started on board the ship that later spread and caused the explosions the lack of a central fire detection/alarm might have made a difference.

The design of the ship with 8 P-1000 Vulkan missiles in box launchers outboard on the deck both port and starboard (16 total) makes any missile hit in that region essentially fatal, alarm or no. Indeed a floating bomb.

The fate of the crew gets stranger and stranger. No Turkish ship report to date. Russians release video showing about 100 sailors that are supposedly the crew of the ship meeting with the head of the Navy. Russia says all the crew was saved, but they are not all in the video. One woman on twitter says her husband was on the ship and confirmed dead. The video seems to show a man who appears to be the Captain of the Moskva. Both the Ukraine and TASS had previously said he was killed. Later reports rephrased say the crew was saved, removing the word "all". Still unclear what is going on.

Interesting article. Needless to say, I think he is exactly correct.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-army-chief...08460.html