A Ukrainian missile truck carrying four Neptune anti-ship missiles participates in a military parade in August 2021. Ukraine has used the long-range missile to great effect against targets inside Russia. (Shutterstock/BSG_1974)

Ukraine Just Destroyed Four Russian Aircraft … with Anti-Ship Missiles?

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Having already destroyed most available targets in Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, Ukraine’s Neptune anti-ship missile has now been adapted for use against other targets.

On April 13, 2022, two Ukrainian R-360 Neptune anti-ship missiles struck the Moskva, the flagship of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet flagship, and sank it. The Moskva was the largest warship sunk in combat since the Falkland Islands War, nearly 40 years earlier, and its sinking was an early indication that Ukraine’s defenses were far more formidable than the Russians had anticipated. 

This week, the Ukrainian Navy scored another hit, using the coastal missile system to strike the Borisoglebsk military airfield in Russia’s southwestern Voronezh region more than 100 miles behind the front lines, destroying or damaging several Russian aircraft. According to Ukrainian media, Kyiv hit as many as six Russian Su-34M Fullback fighter-bombers during the attack, with four destroyed and two others damaged. Ukraine’s strike damaged or disabled technical and maintenance equipment supporting Russian air operations, and further caused fires and secondary detonations.

“These very warplanes were ready to launch new attacks on Ukraine and were........

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