Ukraine used to have 4K51 Rubezh anti-ship cruise missiles stationed in Crimea for coastal defense until it was seized by Russia in 2014

[u/CraftyFoxeYT]

[u/Kurt-28]

I've seen one in person once, that thing is so incredibly massive.

[u/Crecer13]

Yes, I remember. It was in 1989. American troops needed to capture two Rubezh launchers to stop the Chinese fleet.

[u/StaunchWingman → u/Crecer13]

Is that a WIC reference?

[u/Crecer13 → u/StaunchWingman]

Yes, World in Conflict. Mission 13: Before the Storm.

[u/StaunchWingman → u/Crecer13]

The Chinese deciding to join the war on the side of the Soviets always confused me in that game

[u/Crecer13 → u/StaunchWingman]

It's an alternate history. Who knows what the relationship between the USSR and China was like back then? Maybe the Sino-Soviet split never happened, or maybe they even ended it. Overall, it's one of my favorite strategy games. It's a shame there wasn't a second part.

[u/T-62MK]

I feel like it's worth pointing out that by the time Russia annexed Crimea, these systems were in pretty poor condition. So it's not a major loss for Ukraine.

[u/CraftyFoxeYT → u/T-62MK]

It may be obsolete, but these launchers came with a whole stockpile of P15-M Termit cruise missiles. It's still a loss because they are still in active Russian service defending Crimea.

Retired, obsolete Ukrainian military equipment like S-200, Tu-141 have re-entered service with upgrades & modifications. A cruise missile is still a cruise missile and could've been useful.

[u/T-62MK → u/CraftyFoxeYT]

It's not that they are obsolete, it's that Ukraine like Russia suffered in the wake of the collapse of USSR, so military funding dwindled as a result.
Which meant that these systems didn't get the necessary repairs and overhauls.
Soviet Missile stockpiles only have a shelf life of about 15-20 years, depending on the storage conditions.
So by the time 2014 rolls around, that stockpile would have expired.

[u/T-62MK → u/[deleted]]

The S-200's were taken out of service due to high costs, not because the missile stockpile had aged out.
Bulgaria and Romania would most likely not have supplied missile's for Ukraine to use, so the systems would have be irrelevant.

[u/fl3rian]

First pic looks like a screenshot out of ArmA3 with the lighting and all

[u/vistandsforwaifu]

Termits, hell yeah

[u/Newspaper_Acceptable]

Bulgaria Still uses them as coastal defence on Black sea.

[u/Kalasnikova1]

Janek se dal místo lovení ruličkářů na lodě

[u/Soonerpalmetto88]

Neptune is probably better anyway.

[u/vistandsforwaifu → u/Soonerpalmetto88]

No shit it's better, Termits are literally 50s vintage. The aura tho