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TerraN_EmpirE said:

And where do you build it? Where do you home port it? Where are the dry docks? The labor? The Budget?

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I am not sure it is even a serious questions. back in the day when Russia was working on Indian aircraft carrier for paltry sum of $1.5b it was also working on both Olympic and FIFA bids. to get both of them in quick succession from Eurocrates need boat load of money and manpower to prove that Europa will benefit from it. they needed to integrate Germanic engineering into there economic system. as interdependency and primacy of Germanic engineering all Germany needed. look at Russia railways.
if Carrier is required for Russia doctrine they will built 4 dry docks for it. North/South/East/West because Russia does not have allies like US. so it need access as close to mainland for real operational effectiveness. It is not effective for Carrier in Atlantic to have a dock in North Pacific. 4 docks of this scale mean creating entire cities for both soldiers and build/maintain cycle. now those need to be connected by efficient road/rail/Oil pipeline network to industrial cities/refineries to support a real battle group. now they are spending $250b over next 5 years to create that road infrastructure that will support large naval battle groups.

its seems they are adding long range stand off weopons to turbo prop drones. but than it means there will be some other drones or AWACS that provide this targeting date.

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The combat effectiveness of the Bayraktar Akinchi drone is determined not by the technical parameters of the drone itself, but by the payload that it is capable of carrying, Borisov noted. We are talking about an anti-ship missile with a range of 300 km, Russia has such aircraft weapons, the Deputy Prime Minister specified. “They need to be married to unmanned vehicles. In terms of their carrying capacity, their capabilities, the modern Inohodets and Altius unmanned aerial vehicles make it possible to take such a payload and work,” Borisov explained, noting that these drones “are at the final stage, are being put into mass production.” “With a slight lag, we, of course, will close this gap,” the Deputy Prime Minister concluded.

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As part of military exercises, the Algerian Air Force showed the work of Su-30MKA fighters. The pilots used Russian Kh-31P anti-radar missiles at targets simulating enemy radars. Algeria is a country that actively purchases Russian weapons, second only to India in this. Since 2007, the Algerian Air Force has received 58 Russian Su-30 fighters. The Kh-31P is an anti-radar version of the Soviet/Russian medium-range Kh-31 air-to-surface guided missile. Initially, the missile was created for the Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters of Russia. The main operators are Russia, China and India.




The crew of the Russian project 20380 Soobrazitelny corvette, as part of the exercise of the Baltic Fleet, launched a missile attack on a sea target imitating a mock enemy warship. Rocket firing was carried out using the main strike weapon of the corvette of the Uran anti-ship missile system, the rocket was without a warhead. The Uran small-sized anti-ship missile system was developed in 1995 and is equipped with Kh-35 missiles. The missile at a low flight altitude of about 10 meters flies to the target, and in the zone of action of anti-aircraft self-defense systems of ships, it drops to a height of 3-5 meters. The maximum missile firing range is 260 km, the minimum is 5 km. the missile warhead weighs 145 kg.

I don't know Russian, so I don't know where to find the original Russian news.

The article shows a strong interest in 056, 054A and 052d.But the obvious thing is that it is difficult for Russia to make this decision if it wants to buy warships from the original import users.

According to the passage, this can quickly build an ocean fleet.From a practical point of view, it is really difficult for Russia to rebuild its navy on its own in the short term.

pmc said:

they may came to conclusion that aircraft carrier is not effective where they are going to see combat.
how exactly Aircraft carrier is measured of power?. Russia does not have aircraft carrier for Middleast and Africa but it has oversize influence there and it is reflected in prices. There is no need Aircraft carrier for Arctic. from North every region of world is basically on missile strike distance. Future UCAVs will further reduce need of carrier. i am not even counting missile enhancements to Tu-160M/Tu-95MSM. They will be airborne carriers of missiles like 24/7 on station.

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Russia is in different league in terms of combat effectiveness and engineering depth. thats why you can see Russian firing thousands of cruise/ballistic missiles while Soviets could hardly do any. Soviets never managed to complete its space constellation.
what Russia control now Syria/Africa and Ukraine on map is effectively occupied while Soviet when occupied in Afghanistan was limited to garrisons and outside was still not safe. there was no effectiveness in combat to properly defeat.
As Turkey importance grows for Europe. there are counter balancing forces that will keep spending money.

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Well, if Germanic engineers never ever managed to build an aircraft carrier, then it must be useless. Russia is simply learning almighty Germanic engineering here, right?

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I don't know Russian, so I don't know where to find the original Russian news.

The article shows a strong interest in 056, 054A and 052d.But the obvious thing is that it is difficult for Russia to make this decision if it wants to buy warships from the original import users.

According to the passage, this can quickly build an ocean fleet.From a practical point of view, it is really difficult for Russia to rebuild its navy on its own in the short term.

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If true, it could facilitate interoperability, though. And the US and Japan will probably freak out.

what's the difference between the s-350 and buk3m?

pakje said:

what's the difference between the s-350 and buk3m?

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Many. Like Buk is for army, S-350 is for PVO/VKS. The missiles are different, BukM3 use 9M317M or MA for active radar homing variant. While S-350 use 9M96 and 9M96D family, their role are different too as Buk are to escort and provide low-medium range cover for armored battalion while S-350 is to protect civil centers/cities or airbases.

Radars are also different. Each Buk launcher have 9S36 engagement radar and there is mast mounted 9S36 too. Buk used 9S18 "kupol" or "snowdrift" early warning radar while S-350 use single 50R6 engagement radar per battery, while for early warning S-350 used combination of "Active" 96L6TsP and "Passive"-ESM 96L6VP.

sheogorath said:

If true, it could facilitate interoperability, though. And the US and Japan will probably freak out.

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The problem for the Russians is that they think too highly of themselves, but they are too defensive and despise their only reliable "ally".

The relationship between China and Russia is not a superior subordinate relationship between the United States and its "allies".So there must be a conflict of interest.To be honest, I don't know how much these Russians know about the "Khitans" in their eyes.In the Galwan River conflict, Russia even dreamed of acting as a mediator.

The Russians wrote an article a few years ago, and they are very fond of 054A.Because most weapons and equipment, such as anti-aircraft missiles, radars and naval guns, are derived from Russian technology, and this is a warship with very successful design in all aspects.Russia can carry out further modification based on its own needs.

But we should understand that China's naval technology sharing is not generous.Providing a large number of 052d ocean going warships is enough to affect the Navy's power balance. It is difficult for NATO navies other than the United States to confront this ocean going fleet (4-6 052D, 6-8 054A/AP).Japan and South Korea also face great pressure.

I don't know how much money, resources and political interests the Russians can give in exchange for such a new fleet.

zhangjim said:

The problem for the Russians is that they think too highly of themselves, but they are too defensive and despise their only reliable "ally".

The relationship between China and Russia is not a superior subordinate relationship between the United States and its "allies".So there must be a conflict of interest.To be honest, I don't know how much these Russians know about the "Khitans" in their eyes.In the Galwan River conflict, Russia even dreamed of acting as a mediator.

The Russians wrote an article a few years ago, and they are very fond of 054A.Because most weapons and equipment, such as anti-aircraft missiles, radars and naval guns, are derived from Russian technology, and this is a warship with very successful design in all aspects.Russia can carry out further modification based on its own needs.

But we should understand that China's naval technology sharing is not generous.Providing a large number of 052d ocean going warships is enough to affect the Navy's power balance. It is difficult for NATO navies other than the United States to confront this ocean going fleet (4-6 052D, 6-8 054A/AP).Japan and South Korea also face great pressure.

I don't know how much money, resources and political interests the Russians can give in exchange for such a new fleet.

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I would say, that Russia really aren't likely to have enough money to procure actual numbers of say 052Ds (a few possible, not many).

Although possible, that they might buy 1 to take home and study.

With that said, I think it would be an actual positive for the russian navy to get their hands on at least the 056 and 054A.