I think westerners under estimate the Russians on a very big level, project 855M is very capable and very quiet and is defiantly a lot quieter than a 688i heck even the akula project 971 is know to be quieter !
the worst thing we can do is under estimate our opponent and the USN portrays Russia as a backward Bankrupt nation who's ships rust at the pier break down and can never be deployed.
Well here in is the fact, despite the break up of the USSR Russia in terms of tonnage maintains the 2nd largest navy on earth it is blue water capable and it is still a big threat but like iklugin said they do need to invest more in the surface units !
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