What set its own ammunition on fire is the follow-up question. Seems like the Ukrainian missile, though after what we’ve seen, nothing would surprise me.
[0]:https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/military/story/202...
Anyway, until the trial occurs, I wouldn't be so hasty to judge whether the sailor was actually responsible for deliberately setting the fire, or just the scapegoat for a multifaceted failure.
[0]: https://news.usni.org/2021/10/19/long-chain-of-failures-left...
A "Wasp-class amphibious assault ship", not a CVN. But yes, capable of launching harriers/F-35s.
Flashover is always a major concern, everything emits flammable gasses nowadays when heated to sufficient temperature, and ship fires absolutely reach sufficient temperature readily.
I highly encourage everyone to watch this video, this is not just important on this but it's really important to understand the rapidity of fire progression in general. It's worth a watch from the start but I'm going to link to the point where it gets colorful. Imagine this is all taking place in a steel blast furnace with locked bulkheads - it's literally a matter of 30 seconds between "my trash can fire is out of control" and "everything in the room is literally on fire".
Looks like Russia would rather we accept that the crew was inept than it was sun by a Ukrainian made missile
It could also be sabotage by a Russian crewmember or foreign infiltrator.
On a Russian ship, though, it's as absurd an idea as space aliens?
I don't wish to debate hypotheticals, because I generally am not certain about uncertain things.
On a meta level, though, I am very curious where other people get their certainty from. I would like to hear more about how you identify paranoid fantasies.
I don't understand what you are saying at all.
Sabotage can't happen during a war?
Or sabotage can't happen on a ship that wasn't hit by a missile?
Or sabotage can't happen on a ship that was hit by a missile?
Or sabotage can't happen to Russians at all?
Or sabotage by Russians can't happen on one of their ships?
I may have missed some info, but I think the jury is still out on that. The Ukrainians announced the sinking a day before the Russians did. At least one of them must have been incorrect, I would guess for propaganda reasons.
My money would be on the Russians lying. An Ukrainian lie would be very embarrassing if Russia subsequently invited some journalists over to look at the ship.
The Ministry of Defense didn't clarify whose ammunition it was that exploded.
More seriously that was the flagship of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea. That's gotta put the fear of god into the other ship captains.