"The Russian Navy is on the verge of collapse"

Oberon · 01-19-15, 10:26 PM

It did strike me that the article was a tad...shall we say OTT when it comes to its viewpoint on Russian vessels. The Kuznetsov is not a young man, but I doubt he is ready to 'sink' as it claims that he is.

In regards to the effects on the upgrade program that the current troubles the Russian economy is having will have, I agree with ikalugin, I can't see much of the groundwork being too badly affected, in some instances the employment producing new warships could, in fact, be a bonus and provide much needed work. However, it's a case of infrastructure restructuring from the Pact days where some critical industries were outside of Russia itself, such as in the Ukraine or in the space agencies case, in Kazakhstan. But Russia has got a lot of land, so getting the industries on hand shouldn't be a problem, it's just a matter of time really.

It's a bit like the PRC, despite the 'red scare' that occasionally pops up in the US, the Peoples Liberation Army Navy is in no fit shape to take on the USN, even if their DF-21Ds are as accurate as they claim (which I have my doubts). They need to build up a trifectre of anti-ship weaponry (SSGNs, air launched ASMs and the ASICBMs) so that they can overwhelm the US anti-missile defences, AND have the carriers in order to back up any action they have planned outside of Chinas current borders (aka Taiwan), so we're probably looking at the USN being fairly undisputed naval masters until into the early 2020s.

That's when things will get interesting...hopefully by then Britain might even have a navy too!

ikalugin · 01-20-15, 03:26 AM

Kuznetsov does suffer from powerplant problems (which limit the top speed), but those come from the fact that it did not complete even a single repair/docking cycle.

Oberon · 01-20-15, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ikalugin

Kuznetsov does suffer from powerplant problems (which limit the top speed), but those come from the fact that it did not complete even a single repair/docking cycle.

Exactly, even the best ship is going to have problems if he's not had the right amount of time in dock. Still, hopefully that'll be fixed soon.

ikalugin · 01-20-15, 10:36 PM

At least it is not as bad as with the pr.956 destroyers - their power plant is not known to age well, especially if poorly maintained, and this essentially immobilised most of those ships.

On the contrary - pr.1155 ships are fairly reliable and available for missions. Hence probably why there is some speculation about the pr.1155 refit rather than pr.956 refit (having better sonar and helicopter hangar does help).

ikalugin · 01-21-15, 12:19 AM

I wish though that Russia had 1 naval theatre instead of 4, this would allow us to have a decent naval grouping in it (2-3 nuclear powered heavy cruisers, carrier, 3 cruisers, 10 destroyers, 8 frigates plus other stuff).

Jimbuna · 01-21-15, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ikalugin

I wish though that Russia had 1 naval theatre instead of 4, this would allow us to have a decent naval grouping in it (2-3 nuclear powered heavy cruisers, carrier, 3 cruisers, 10 destroyers, 8 frigates plus other stuff).

Aye, spread too thin....the UK learned that lesson long ago.

ikalugin · 01-21-15, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Aye, spread too thin....the UK learned that lesson long ago.

Sadly we can't do anything about this at the moment, baring something weird happening - for example a decrease in average temperatures in the Arctic and the death of Gulf stream.

01-19-15, 10:26 PM	#1
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	It did strike me that the article was a tad...shall we say OTT when it comes to its viewpoint on Russian vessels. The Kuznetsov is not a young man, but I doubt he is ready to 'sink' as it claims that he is. In regards to the effects on the upgrade program that the current troubles the Russian economy is having will have, I agree with ikalugin, I can't see much of the groundwork being too badly affected, in some instances the employment producing new warships could, in fact, be a bonus and provide much needed work. However, it's a case of infrastructure restructuring from the Pact days where some critical industries were outside of Russia itself, such as in the Ukraine or in the space agencies case, in Kazakhstan. But Russia has got a lot of land, so getting the industries on hand shouldn't be a problem, it's just a matter of time really. It's a bit like the PRC, despite the 'red scare' that occasionally pops up in the US, the Peoples Liberation Army Navy is in no fit shape to take on the USN, even if their DF-21Ds are as accurate as they claim (which I have my doubts). They need to build up a trifectre of anti-ship weaponry (SSGNs, air launched ASMs and the ASICBMs) so that they can overwhelm the US anti-missile defences, AND have the carriers in order to back up any action they have planned outside of Chinas current borders (aka Taiwan), so we're probably looking at the USN being fairly undisputed naval masters until into the early 2020s. That's when things will get interesting...hopefully by then Britain might even have a navy too!

01-20-15, 03:26 AM	#2
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Kuznetsov does suffer from powerplant problems (which limit the top speed), but those come from the fact that it did not complete even a single repair/docking cycle.

01-20-15, 10:36 PM	#4
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	At least it is not as bad as with the pr.956 destroyers - their power plant is not known to age well, especially if poorly maintained, and this essentially immobilised most of those ships. On the contrary - pr.1155 ships are fairly reliable and available for missions. Hence probably why there is some speculation about the pr.1155 refit rather than pr.956 refit (having better sonar and helicopter hangar does help).

01-21-15, 12:19 AM	#5
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I wish though that Russia had 1 naval theatre instead of 4, this would allow us to have a decent naval grouping in it (2-3 nuclear powered heavy cruisers, carrier, 3 cruisers, 10 destroyers, 8 frigates plus other stuff).