While i understand fully that the Russians are unable to at a stroke clear the entire fleet and make way over night for a new fleet i just feel a lot of money is being wasted on projects that are of little use value or importance.
For example the main replacement for the Sovremenny class destroyers the project 956 ships have not yet even left the drawing board nor have they been granted any sort of follow up, i believe that this one project alone is the major project that should have the immediate focus on.
Russia currently has to my knowledge a total of just 5 of these vessels still in active use that means at least 10 have been laid up, these vessels are the main ASUW AAW escort platforms without these it leaves the entire fleet wide open, and its something the Kirov and Slava cannot fill.
as for the carrier they need to revisit this after they sort out the ships needed to escort it i think plus the funding issue right now isn't the best.
Also brought to my attention is the fact that Sevmash is the only place really that can repair or refit a carrier and to my knowledge they are not able to build one there given that the kievs and kuznetsovs were built in ukraine and they dont have the facilities to do so, so you will require new facilities which is going to take a long time to build and also even longer to build this carrier it reminds me of ulyonsk.
on a lighter note im off to see the fabulous red army choir in lyon in two weeks time.
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