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[–] homesweethomeMrL 48 points 3 days ago (16 children)

He [Putin] also said that the fleet is being replenished with new ships, equipped with modern weapons, and that domestic shipbuilders will hand over more than 40 vessels to the Defense Ministry this year.

Sure, do that.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No way they're replacing the bigger ones, like the Moskva. That one was built in a yard that's now in Ukraine, and Russia hasn't gotten that part back. Even if they did, Ukraine hadn't really maintained it.

It was also launched in 1979, and they haven't built anything that size since the USSR fell.

They'd have to rebuild the infrastructure needed to build the ship. These losses are irreplaceable.

[–] Maggoty 1 points 2 days ago

iirc they did build one for Admiral Kuznetsov. It also left that dry dock not that long ago so it's open now. They're having trouble funding anything larger than the Adm. Gorshkov class though. Which is about 50 meters shorter. So even if they did decide to throw down a 180M long guided missile cruiser they wouldn't be able to fund it. In fact they've been trying to get something called the Lidar class going and the Russian Navy is just like, "Nyet."

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