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wilhelm

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It's caused by lack of funds. Countries like US, China or Japan could bang such ships in series in the tempo of tenfold every year. Those warships are intended to scare off countries where navies consist of 3-5 main warships (mainly through firepower) but they wouldn't stand much opposition to Arleigh Burke class destroyer (for example) which can not only defend itself and inland targets but can also strike at the same moment. Having something is always better than not having anything. That's the main idea behind this concept. Big navies don't need them to get their main startegic objectives covered.

This doesn't make much sense.
Why mention the Arleigh Burke class?

The Buyan class is basically the replacement for such vessels as the Nanuchka and Tarantul class small missile boats.
This, as well as the fact that they were designed to be moved via internal river/canal/waterways determined their size.
The use of those internal waterways means they do not have to pay heed to the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
It also means they can be deployed internally.
It also means they can be built in places like Zelenodolsk....deep within Russia, which as a brief consultation with a map shows, is approaching a journey distance of 2000km from any major sea or ocean.

It was this that determined their size, not unrelated things like the Arleigh Burkes.
As it is, they are probably the smallest aurface vessels carrying the longest, hardest hitting punch in the world today.
This alone makes them an interesting and intriguing class.
 
Nov 4, 2017
reportedly Russians have been bombing
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(marked in the map below)
for four days now, during their race against the US-Kurds down the Euphrates from Deir-ezz-Zor, Syria:
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pushing ISIL out (while the Iraqis recently have made it to
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:
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)
kinda update, the Kremlin in action: posted claims of

"The US-led Coalition Air Force entered the 15-km zone around Abu Kamal to interrupt operation of the Russian aircraft. ..." etc. etc.
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and to prove the claims, some video game footage
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saved by a major Russian news-server
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and even by Stalinists
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I guess by now the KGB removed it, but where are their forgers, did they all go to Sputnik? LOL!
 

Gloire_bb

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That's the main idea behind this concept. Big navies don't need them to get their main startegic objectives covered.
Main idea is to partially compensate for prohibition of land-based lsnd attack cruise missiles.
Among "big" navies you mentioned, PLAN is only now getting such a missile(but China, unlike Russia, has no limitations on deploying land-based launchers), and JMSDF is a traditional cripple without this offensive capability.

Only USA can do it the way you speak, and only because lots of its roles are relegated to friendly navies and militaries.
 
Sep 11, 2017
Russian blogger noticed (
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)
a guy from Algeria (I noticed he's pro-Russian, just like that quoting sputnik.fr :) and stuff) said in Facebook:
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added
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Acquired 4 Iskander-E Systems Acc2
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Sep-2017 Volume N°131


is it true? LOL I mean if it's true Algeria purchased Iskanders
now РИА headline says is like
Russia Delivered The Iskander To One Of North African Countries
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