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Ministry of Defence investigates after shots apparently fired within 500 metres of vessel near Isle of Wight

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[–] itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Didn't the Russian Navy shoot at British fishing boats believing they were Japanese war ships at one point

Like the Russian Navy has always been a fucked up stack of floating failures

[–] YellowParenti@lemmy.wtf 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Russian navy ended up taking out other Russian warships.

here's a documentary

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Yeah iirc they engaged several fishing fleets in the Atlantic (or seas coming off the Atlantic), thinking they were Japanese torpedo boats, and at best tied because while they did sink/damage some of the fishing boats, they also damaged several of their own ships.

Thanks, I'll check it out! I also liked this guy's videos on it

https://youtu.be/Oxt1zAvFNFc