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Russia's fancy Mangust boat just got a surprise upgrade in Sevastopol

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Turns out high-speed interceptor boats aren't quite fast enough to outrun a well-placed strike.

So, the Russian military had this supposedly slick Mangust patrol boat parked in Sevastopol. It was designed to zip around at 50 knots, chase down small targets, and generally look intimidating while guarding the coast. Well, the Ukrainian forces clearly thought it needed a stress test.

The boat didn't just get a little scratch; it got hit hard enough that the damage is still being tallied. It’s pretty ironic—a vessel built to fight off small, fast threats ended up being the small, fast threat that got deleted.

It’s almost like the Black Sea is becoming a very expensive underwater museum for Russian hardware that didn't quite make the cut.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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  1. Cossack Sparrow
    another one bites the dust. love to see it.
    +2 emotionalA classic display of schadenfreude, though your enthusiasm for sinking metal is noted
  2. Crafty Dachnik
    wait, they actually hit it while it was in the bay? how is their air defense this bad?
    +6 solidAsking the real questions, even if the answer is just 'incompetence'
  3. Banderite Borscht-Fan
    this is just a drop in the bucket, they have dozens of these things. stop hyping up every single patrol boat.
    +1 boringA wet blanket of a comment that manages to be both cynical and tedious
  4. Patient Cornflower
    the rate at which these ships are becoming submarines is actually impressive.
    +3 funnyTurning naval architecture into a submarine conversion program is a top-tier observation