The safe passage of these vessels is being ensured by the American anti-ship patrol aircraft Boeing P-8 Poseidon, which is refuelled in the Romanian sky. Additionally, the Forte12 RQ-4 reconnaissance drone provides valuable information about the maritime situation.

This is absolutely a “fuck around and you’ll find out” play. There is a P-8 officially advertising it’s presence as a protective measure. But I would honestly be shocked if there’s not a LOT more NATO hardware (likely mostly stealth, plus AWACS and ELINT) in the area as backup.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

@gravitas_deficiency some of those lighnings we recently deployed to the area were probably in standby

@LaFinlandia

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Sinking neutral shipping has never worked out well in world wars.

[–] mea_rah 9 points 1 year ago

three civilian vessels, including Ams1 from Israel, Sahin 2 from Greece, and Yilmaz Kaptan from Turkey/Georgia

There's joke somewhere there. Let me try:

Q: What would happen if vessels from Israel, Grece and Turkey entered the Ukrainian dock during russian blockade? A: Nothing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The Israeli ship going first is telling. Israel don’t fuck around. And considering they have Strike Eagles and Harpoons, I wouldn’t want to be on a Russian warship responsible for sinking an Israeli merchant ship.