I think I haven't explained it too well, I was meaning projected over a period of time I understand the building designing and testing would take many years and you can't just scrap them over night I was meaning more in a decade time.
As for an aircraft carrier I think it's a lost cause Russia's campaign in Syria is done by land based aircraft kuznetsov is no where to be seen while not detracting that she isn't a valuable indeed she is her role would be some what limited.
If you look at the UK France United States they have a network of support world wide so they are never far from a friendly port should the need arise, unfortunately Russia does not have such a world wide support network thus it would hinder future operations globally for them.
This is probably why we have not seen a deployment of kuznetsov to areas like the Pacific region I can't even recall a trip beyond the med I'm aware she has indeed been mid Atlantic but probably no further then Venezuela.
Russia has the 3rd largest defence budget in the world yet they spend more and more maintaining older and older equipment they need to invest in building more shipyards and a new destroyer programme
Ukraine has the facilities to build carriers and indeed they did build kuznetsov there but Russia atm lacks the facilities to build such a vessel
The above numbers I've proposed is a idealist fleet size naturally won't happen over night the bulk of the numbers would go to the northern and Pacific fleet the old equipment is draining funds more and more each year
Out of the budget the navy probably gets just under one third of that figure as you have to also include Air Force army and border force plus the intelligence services so maybe only around $20bn goes to the navy
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