I’ll be sure to have a good laugh when some Brits die in Afghanistan then too, you’d like that wouldn’t you? Seriously. . .
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The Russian Navy isn’t meant to fight wars near South America, it’s meant as a short to medium range deterrent force. . .
What deployable assets does the RN have that can’t be matched by the Norhern Fleet? It’s air arm is pitiful, Kuznetsov by itself could handle the 2 carriers that the RN could deploy in terms of air cover!
Now what is the RN going to deploy?
The Type 45 is about the only “armed” surface vessel in the entire fleet!
Let’s see:
Some Harrier carrying CVs, a single quality destroyer, some Victor III level SSNs, and a whole load of ships armed with a handful of harpoons!
Against about 2 regiments worth of Backfires, Tu-142 recon aircraft, the Kuznetsov, a Kirov and a Slava cruiser, a mix of Udaloy and Sovremenny destroyers, a whole load of Victor III/Akula/Sierra II and Oscar II subs, not to mention a whole load of Kilo SSKs, plus whatever light attack corvettes they can muster.
The sheer number of SSNs and SSKs give the RN no chance, coupled with the amount of Granits in the force, good luck to the RN Jonesy!
yes but which ships do you have that would trouble the RN????
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