"The Russian Navy is on the verge of collapse"

[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.

[Oberon]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.