Glorious Russia !
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?
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?
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.
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
You guys are just getting nuttier.
We need to drive the price of OIL down, like Reagan did when he took office.
That is what destroyed the USSR.
1. Not possible.
2. Stop blaming the victim.
3. If Ukraine isn’t the victim, then why would you be worried about Russia builing up its Black Sea Fleet?
4. Who will the phantom fleet be aimed at, as the Crimea is already in Russian hands? Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, or Georgia? Are thy also fascists in need of taming?
5. The Black Sea is a crappy choice to position a large fleet of ships, unless that is your only coastline.
Dude, stop wetting yourself every time someone in Russia gets ideas above their station. It’s getting embarrassing.
Russia is pretty good at talking about modernizing and rebuilding their military. It’s the doing bit that lets them down. It’s been like that since the 90’s and their navy is still made up mainly of rust buckets from the 80’s.
Glorious Russia !