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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
May well have been something lurking nearby underneath the surface  |
The issue there is that the reported Kuznetsov's submerged escorts sort of outnumber the RN in that category.
To be more specific - Kuznetsov group, reportedly, was reinforced with 2 Oscar-II class SSGNs and 2 Akula class SSNs. Unless RN both 1) surged more than 2/3 of it's SSNs and 2) concentrated them totally against Kuznetsov grouping then, chances are, they were outnumbered in that respect as well.
p.s. Both Kuznetsov and Peter the Great have soft/hard kill counter torpedo system.