New Wave Attacks in the Black Sea by Both Ukraine and Russia Against Commercial Shipping
Added 2026-01-13 23:47:49 +0000 UTCIn this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the new wave of attacks by both Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea against commercial shipping.
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Great name. I have read all about the Russian deception ops during WW2
Sal Mercogliano
2026-01-16 02:30:00 +0000 UTCSal, my suggested name for a Russian ship involved in the dark fleet would be Maskirovka (МАСКИРОВКА), which literally means "masking" or "disguise". It is the Russian military doctrine for deception.
Peter Cook
2026-01-14 04:09:06 +0000 UTCWhiskey Tango Foxtrot. It's more than a name.
Prentice Strong
2026-01-14 01:17:37 +0000 UTC(Hollywood's USS) RELUCTANT, of classic "Mr. Roberts" fame. I'm sure that you'll have thousands of brilliant hopefuls for this one, Sal. The sincere humor in those names now stumbles over all of us waiting for this escalation to go critical-mass... imminently. My non-seafaring, old E-8 mind is perplexed over why these many direct hits haven't yet resulted in un-contained, huge fires, or massive environmental disasters.
DANA A. NICHOLS
2026-01-14 01:11:40 +0000 UTCHard to beat Evergreen's U class MV Ever Uranus. MV Bohica sums up the industry in general for the last 6 years.
Steven Palmer
2026-01-14 00:07:36 +0000 UTC
