The sinking of Ivanovets — Russian mentality the origin of the disaster [ANALYSIS]

For a long time, most specialists considered the tiny rocket ships of task 1241 of the Molnia kind (according to NATO types of Tarantul) and their newer versions (including task 12411) **poorly prepared to repel an attack from the air**. The Russians themselves, moreover, did not deny this, all the more due to the fact that the task of these units was to attack enemy ships, not to defend.