Posted on 09/23/2014 9:34:30 AM PDT by McGruff
Russia will increase its Black Sea fleet with more than 80 new warships by 2020 and will complete a second naval base for the fleet near the city of Novorossiysk by 2016, its commander said on Tuesday.
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Seriously? They can build that many in that time? I call b.s.
Dude. That’s even beyond pro-Kremlin spin. Are you trying to get promoted?
If you attach a pintle mount to a bass boat...
They have a lot of unfinished hulls left over from the Cold War. These need to be finished and fitted with sensors, weapons-crew compartments etc.
The nerve of Ukraine trying to exercise sovereignty over its own territory. Who will poor beleaguered Russia be forced to invade next? Turkey? Romania? Bulgaria?
Agreed that is like us putting two carriers in the Great Lakes. A little crowded.
Well, that’s rather a lot of ships. In the event of war, I’m not sure the US has the capability to deal with them, never mind whatever ships the Rus already have.
They even threatened Kazakhstan.... their ally... or maybe ex-ally
If not the Russians, who will stand up to the naval superpower that is Ukraine?
Yes, they can build that many, but most of them will be more like PT boats than destroyers.
Actually Ukraine has (or had) a navy.
Most of the 70 ships and vessels of the Ukrainian Navy remaining in Crimea are not operational because they are old, obsolete, and in poor condition, according to Russian navy sources.
http://www.janes.com/article/36695/russia-begins-returning-ukraine-naval-vessels-and-aircraft
Russia has been running a large ship-building and refurb/modernization program for over a decade now. Those ships are just starting to arrive this year, along with a large number of modern aircraft for the Air Forces.
http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20140103/186205538/Russian-Navy-to-Get-40-New-Ships-in-2014.html
The Russian Air Force will procure over 1,500 new aircraft and significantly increase the number of high-precision weapons in its arsenal by 2020, a deputy Air Force commander said on Wednesday.
“Overall, we are planning to acquire and modernize about 2,000 aircraft and helicopters by 2020...including more than 1,500 new aircraft and about 400 modernized,” Lt. Gen. Igor Sadofyev told reporters in Moscow.
According to the general, in 2011 the Air Force plans to adopt Su-27SM, Su-30M2 and Su-35S multirole fighters, Su-34 fighter-bombers and Yak-130 combat trainers as well as Ka-52 and Mi-28N attack helicopters, Mi-8 armed assault helicopters, Ka-226 and Ansat-U light multipurpose helicopters.
“The priority for the strategic aviation is the modernization of 80 percent of existing Tu-160, Tu-95MS, Tu-22M3 bombers and Il-78M aerial tankers...and the extension of their service life,” Sadofyev said.
He also said that the share of high-precision weaponry in the Russian Air Force arsenal would increase by 18 times, including the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) - by six times.
“In addition to a thorough upgrade of the aircraft fleet, the measures planned until 2020 will allow us to increase the share of high-precision weaponry to 70 percent of the total, or by 18 times,” the general said.
Sadofyev added that the number of all-weather aircraft, capable of carrying out day and night missions would increase almost five-fold, and the share of UAVs would constitute about 30 percent of the total by 2020.
http://www.russiadefence.net/t1143-russian-air-force-to-procure-1500-new-aircraft-by-2020
Getting through the Welland Canal would be a trick...
They will be able to invade a lot of sovereign neighboring countries with al the new hardware.
Evil Empire is back
Yup. “Thanks Ukraine.” You forced the Russians to build ships. LOLOL
You guys are just getting nuttier.
The thing to note is just how much cooperation there has been between the Chinese and the Russians on the electronics for these, and new stuff like the new Russian Command and Control aircraft, or the TU-160 upgrades.
The Russians design the Hardware, and the Chinese are providing the electronics.
We need to drive the price of OIL down, like Reagan did when he took office.
That is what destroyed the USSR.
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