My latest at PJMedia VIP. In the last few years both maritime traffic and navies have been challenged in the Black Sea and Red Sea. The world waits with bated breath for a similar challenge in the South China Sea.
The Challenge of the Littoral
The Russian Black Sea Fleet may have just lost another ship to the Ukrainians. “Ukrainian intelligence says seven people have been killed and six more injured after a Russian patrol ship was hit and sunk in a sea drone attack,” the BBC is reporting. “The Sergei Kotov was allegedly hit in the early hours of Tuesday morning.” The Kotov is a Project 22160 patrol ship belonging to the Russian Navy. From Wikipedia: