What Moskva's loss may reveal — Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions at 2:35:13

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The immediate lessons are straightforward: ships need reliable all-round sensing and crews able to contain fire and flooding. Public evidence did not yet establish whether a Ukrainian missile or failure aboard the ship started the blaze. The survival figures and parade imagery also looked incomplete because a crew fighting a fatal shipboard fire would normally show injury, smoke exposure and psychological strain. The Slava class lacked a centralized fire-alarm system, making the casualty a warning about readiness and internal control as well as the initiating weapon.

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Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions

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17 Apr 2022

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2:35:13-2:46:38

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2:35:13-2:38:06The immediate lessons are straightforward: ships need reliable all-round sensing and crews able to contain fire and flooding. The Slava class lacked a centralized fire-alarm system, making the casualty a warning about readiness and internal control as well as the initiating weapon.
2:44:08-2:46:38Public evidence did not yet establish whether a Ukrainian missile or failure aboard the ship started the blaze. The survival figures and parade imagery also looked incomplete because a crew fighting a fatal shipboard fire would normally show injury, smoke exposure and psychological strain. The Slava class lacked a centralized fire-alarm system, making the casualty a warning about readiness and internal control as well as the initiating weapon.