The Russian Navy

TarJak · 09-10-08, 06:50 AM

It may take some reading but when I search for Russian Navy comparison I get 395 hits:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/cgi-bi...er=r&cq=&jump=

The quoted para in the first hit, whilst more a comparison of the US navy against everyone else, says that the US Navy although smaller than previous versions, is the most powerful of any navy in the world currently by a long way.

The first section of this document says why the author thinks so and by the metrics he uses you would be hard pressed to disagree:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...&id=4866d53f13

Russia is a distant second on aggregate tonnage, looking at surface vessel over 2,000 tons Russia is an even more distant 5th with 30 to the US 101 vessels and his 3rd metis is even more telling in that the US has 1.5 times the number of vertical missle launch cells than the next 17 navies in the world. He neglects to mention the order of even the top 5 however.

You would then have to look inot state of logistics, repair, funding, readiness, manning etc. to get a fuller evaluation of the comparison, however it is clear that the US currently has a major edge over everyone else, but is also attempting to project its power into more places at once than anyone else so it would need to be that large in order to do so.

09-10-08, 06:50 AM	#3
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	It may take some reading but when I search for Russian Navy comparison I get 395 hits: http://www.globalsecurity.org/cgi-bi...er=r&cq=&jump= The quoted para in the first hit, whilst more a comparison of the US navy against everyone else, says that the US Navy although smaller than previous versions, is the most powerful of any navy in the world currently by a long way. The first section of this document says why the author thinks so and by the metrics he uses you would be hard pressed to disagree: http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...&id=4866d53f13 Russia is a distant second on aggregate tonnage, looking at surface vessel over 2,000 tons Russia is an even more distant 5th with 30 to the US 101 vessels and his 3rd metis is even more telling in that the US has 1.5 times the number of vertical missle launch cells than the next 17 navies in the world. He neglects to mention the order of even the top 5 however. You would then have to look inot state of logistics, repair, funding, readiness, manning etc. to get a fuller evaluation of the comparison, however it is clear that the US currently has a major edge over everyone else, but is also attempting to project its power into more places at once than anyone else so it would need to be that large in order to do so. Last edited by TarJak; 09-10-08 at 07:01 AM.