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According to an article in the ''Strategic Culture Foundation'' a source in [[Brussels]] told independent journalist [[Pepe Escobar]],<ref>https://archive.ph/pNNKf</ref> | According to an article in the ''Strategic Culture Foundation'' a source in [[Brussels]] told independent journalist [[Pepe Escobar]],<ref>https://archive.ph/pNNKf</ref> | ||
[[File:Moskva.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|The ''Moskva'' was disabled and sunk on April 13, 2022, reportedly with NATO assistance.<ref>https://www.wionews.com/world/watch-russian-state-tv-says-moscow-has-entered-world-war-3-against-nato-471291</ref>]] | [[File:Moskva.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|The ''Moskva'' was disabled and sunk on April 13, 2022, reportedly with NATO assistance.<ref>https://www.wionews.com/world/watch-russian-state-tv-says-moscow-has-entered-world-war-3-against-nato-471291</ref>]] | ||
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Pepe Escobar is an independent geopolitical analyst. He writes for TomDispatch, and is a frequent contributor to websites and radio and TV shows ranging from the US to East Asia. He is the former roving correspondent for Asia Times Online. Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, he's been a foreign correspondent since 1985, and has reported from London, Paris, Milan, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Bangkok, Hong Kong and Moscow. Before 9/11 he specialized in covering from the Middle East to Central and East Asia, with an emphasis on Big Power geopolitics and energy wars. He is the author of Globalistan (2007), Red Zone Blues (2007), Obama does Globalistan (2009), Empire of Chaos (2014), 2030, all published by Nimble Books.
NATO war in Ukraine
According to an article in the Strategic Culture Foundation a source in Brussels told independent journalist Pepe Escobar,[1]
| "The Moskva was on combat duty 100-120 km away from Odessa – controlling the airspace within a radius of 250-300 km. So in fact it was ensuring the overlap of the southern half of Moldova, the space from Izmail to Odessa and part of Romania (including the port of Constanta). Its positioning could not be more strategic. Moskva was interfering with NATO's covert transfer of military aircraft (helicopters and fighter jets) from Romania to Ukraine. It was being watched 24/7. NATO air reconnaissance was totally on it.
As the Moskva “killer”, NATO may have not chosen the Neptune, as spread by Ukrainian propaganda; the source points to the fifth-generation NSM PKR (Naval Strike Missile, with a range of 185 km, developed by Norway and the Americans.) He describes the NSM as “able to reach the target along a programmed route thanks to the GPS-adjusted INS, independently find the target by flying up to it at an altitude of 3-5 meters. When reaching the target, the NSM maneuvers and deploys electronic interference. A highly sensitive thermal imager is used as a homing system, which independently determines the most vulnerable places of the target ship.” As a direct consequence of hitting the Moskva, NATO managed to reopen an air corridor for the transfer of aircraft to the airfields of Chernivtsi, Transcarpathian and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. |