Russia Sending a Submarine Salvage Ship to the Wreck of the Moskva Makes You Wonder What They Misplaced – Opinion

This was when the Russian Black Sea flagship and the guided missile cruiser MoskvaBREAKING. Russian Flagship sinks while being towed to port after it was hit with two Neptune antiship missiles. Flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Hit by Ukrainian Missiles, Dead in the Water, Crew Evacuated), one unanswered question remained: was the MoskvaDo you have nuclear weapons?

Among the weaponry on the cruiser were SS-N-12 “Sandbox” anti-ship cruise missiles capable of carrying a 350-kiloton nuclear warhead.

Ukraine raised the question of nuclear weapons. It would be negligent for them not to. Russia denied the allegations, which raised suspicion. If you’ve been following the progress of Putin’s War, you know any time Russia is accused of something egregious or criminal, they have three sequential responses a) we didn’t do it, b) you faked it to create a “provocation,” and c) you do it all the time.

Unfortunate events occurred less than a week following the sinking.

BROKEN ARROW – The Russian navy deployed a submersible deep into the sea to rescue the crew of the Russian cruiser Moskva. Reports that Moskva was equipped with nuclear weapons are supported by the unusual act of performing a rescue operation within an active war zone. pic.twitter.com/qPTm31LTPX

— Chuck Pfarrer (@ChuckPfarrer) April 22, 2022

A very interesting fact is that the oldest known active naval ship, KOMMUNA the sub-rescue/submarine vessel KOMMUNA, has been found over the sunken wreckage of the cruiser. #MOSKVAThis is probably the support for a minisub. KOMMUNA entered service in 1915 – under the last Tsar. https://t.co/Kl5igKlKF8

— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) April 22, 2022

Forbes reports:

It’s unclear what exactly the Russian salvage team might be looking for, but it might include cryptological materials—radios and keys indicating secret codes—as well as any weapons or logs that might be of interest to a foreign power.

Of course, there might still be some bodies. The Kremlin was quick to circulate video of the cruiser’s survivors, but the footage depicted at most a couple hundred of the 500 or so men who likely were aboard Moskva at the time of her sinking.

In the days following the sinking of Moskva, there was speculation that the cruiser contained nuclear warheads within her magazines. Officials at the Pentagon rebutted this rumor. “We have no indications that there were nuclear weapons on board the Moskva when it went down,” they said.

The Jerusalem Post offers more information:

There are parts that could be salvaged, including missile tubes and sensors as well as munitions. There was also an indication that a Christian relic of the “True Cross” could be aboard.

While there was a rumor that the Moskva sank with nuclear weapons, last Monday a senior US defense official said in a Pentagon press briefing that they had “no indications that there were nuclear weapons on board the Moskva when it went down.”

Hutton says that the Moskva may be too big to recover the hull.

“We’ve seen no efforts by the Russians to try to as you put it recover the Moskva,” said the US defense official. “This is a cruiser of some 600 feet. To bring the ship up to the surface would require a huge engineering effort. We’ve seen no indication that they have shown any interest in doing that.”

I think everyone could agree that the largest warship sunk since 1945 — 600-feet long and displacing 11,490 tons in 300 feet of water — isn’t going to be raised. Next, the big question: Is it worthwhile to deploy a submersible or divers to recover? Hard to imagine there could be any surviving electronic or crypto equipment that needs to be saved. It seems absurd to think that conventional weapons or missile tubes could be saved with this much effort. The Russians may be trying to salvage bodies from the wreckage, which is just as absurd. The Black Sea is a closed environment; ships entering have to pass through The Straits, and Moskva’s wreck is a very short distance from the major Russian naval base at Sebastopol. The wreck site and vessels entering the Black Sea could be monitored physically to ensure security. The risk of repeating the incident is not present Glomar ExplorerGoing after the K-129 wreck in open Pacific.

Although bureaucratic ignorance cannot be ruled out, I believe that all the facts and circumstances support the conclusion that at least one nuclear warhead is entombed within the United States. Moskva. BBC reports that the Soviets had at least two nuclear-powered submarines sink in Arctic waters. K-27 can be found in the Kara Sea. K-159 can be found in Barents Sea. Both have no sign of radioactive contamination. It is absurd to think that the Russians suddenly listened to Greta Thunberg, and were obsessed with protecting the environment. Russia might be trying avoid an embarrassing PR disaster if nuclear weapons were found at sea bottom. But the risk of this, which I have described above, seems small. A second reason that could make it easier for third parties to arm the warheads is also logical.

All this speculation is speculation, except one. A submersible-equipped marine rescue vessel is located at the location of the Moskva, and there are no logical reasons that don’t involve nuclear weapons.