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[–] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

That swimming transgression against air quality is gone at least, and the Ukrainians are funnily not the cause, it was all self inflicted.

  • first, the refit was delayed for years
  • then, the largest floating drydock they had sank because of an power outage, smashing a 19m² hole into the boat with a 70 ton crane
  • while they tried to fix this damage and upgrade the systems, a large fire broke out that caused 8 times the amount of financial damage the crane caused
  • and then they took the 1500 crewmen and sent them to the frontline

There are currently no plans to reactivate this abomination

Late Edit: And this is the reason why OSHA and comparable institutions are important. This chain of events could have never happened in a country that takes workplace safety serious.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Ah I wasn't aware she'd been decommissioned, Poseidon himself has finally got fed up with the Russian Navy smoking in his house!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    She hasn't been decommissioned officially yet, but there also aren't any plans to get it working again because of the exorbitant costs for that. Add to that the problems of getting parts to bring her to a somewhat recent standard, and the only future i see for this thing is trading its scrap value for some Pepsi. Edit: which would be the second time Pepsi had a military navy - i am totally for that happening again!

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