If Cold War did not end, what would US and Soviet navies look like today?
And what would the other major navies around the world be like today?
My guess would be:
US Navy:
12 to 15 supercarriers in service by keeping the older ones in service.
Seawolf-class SSN built in large numbers.
Zumwalt-class DDG starts to enter service with many more planned.
More advanced carrier aircrafts, something like navy version of F-22.
Soviet navy:
4 Kiev-class, 2 Kuznetsov-class, 1 to 3 Ulyanovsk-class in service
New SSN and SSBN (something like Borei-class and Graney-class) built in large numbers
Large surface combatants (Sovremenny, Slava, Kirov) built in large numbers.
Advanced carrier aircrafts, something like navy version of MiG 1.44.
Chinese navy:
Number of surface combatants (destroyers, frigates) would be roughly the same as it is nowdays.
Instead of buying Sovremennys, PLAN would acquire more 052Cs and maybe buy western frigates/destroyers.
More Type-022 fast missile boat would be built. The Number of Type-022s might be in the 3-digit range.
More nuclear submarines and more JH-7 aircrafts would be built.
The first light helicopter carrier under construction.
European navies:
UK would continue to built light carriers for anti-submarine operations.
Instead of building the full-size Queen Elizabeth-class, UK would build more modern versions of the Invincible.
France would accelerate its program for the second full-size carrier to supplement Charles De Gaulle.
Got any opinions or guesses, post them here please.
And what would the other major navies around the world be like today?
My guess would be:
US Navy:
12 to 15 supercarriers in service by keeping the older ones in service.
Seawolf-class SSN built in large numbers.
Zumwalt-class DDG starts to enter service with many more planned.
More advanced carrier aircrafts, something like navy version of F-22.
Soviet navy:
4 Kiev-class, 2 Kuznetsov-class, 1 to 3 Ulyanovsk-class in service
New SSN and SSBN (something like Borei-class and Graney-class) built in large numbers
Large surface combatants (Sovremenny, Slava, Kirov) built in large numbers.
Advanced carrier aircrafts, something like navy version of MiG 1.44.
Chinese navy:
Number of surface combatants (destroyers, frigates) would be roughly the same as it is nowdays.
Instead of buying Sovremennys, PLAN would acquire more 052Cs and maybe buy western frigates/destroyers.
More Type-022 fast missile boat would be built. The Number of Type-022s might be in the 3-digit range.
More nuclear submarines and more JH-7 aircrafts would be built.
The first light helicopter carrier under construction.
European navies:
UK would continue to built light carriers for anti-submarine operations.
Instead of building the full-size Queen Elizabeth-class, UK would build more modern versions of the Invincible.
France would accelerate its program for the second full-size carrier to supplement Charles De Gaulle.
Got any opinions or guesses, post them here please.
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