FOr me it’s Arleigh Burke Flight IIA, dealing with the previous lack of helicopter in the original Burkes, armed with a huge amount of missiles, with a huge potential armament of VLA, SM-2, ESSM, Tomahawk. The only thing it lacks is a good VLS mounted Supersonice anti-ship missile, that would make it a really good platform to operate on its own in every environment if necessary. A very flexible platform. (yet vulnerable in the forward funnel, the only minus point I can come up with).

If I have to choose a beauty-favorite, then it would be the Udaloy class. My all time favorite in the “beauty” class. The sharp bow and nice superstructure…

For small craft, on power, it would be Nakat, the Nanuchka III class with 12 Yakhont missiles (test-ship for that missile).

Carriers, Kuzzie, although she’s in bad shape, I think she looks nice and has a very nice armament to act as a cruiser and as a carrier.

Submarines: Akula II (Gepard)(new towed array and finally got rid of the old, ugly drop-formed thing on the tail) and Delta IV for the SSBN. Although I liked Belouga most, but she is no more 🙁 🙁 🙁

Of what missile do you mean Ja? The Brahmos, there are some models at defence expos showing the Amur SSK with some VLS Brahmos (I think 3 of them in the back of the sail, like the old SSBNs of the USSR). I suppose these could be used for both land-attack and ship-attack missiles. As for Klub, the idea is to make every version sub-launchable. And since there is a VLS for Talwar, they might give it a try to fit it in a sub (with lots of modifications that is).

Hmm, no worries, your eyes don’t cheat on you. There is certainly something wrong with that name… It’s written Kareliya, is this right? That’s what’s there for sure. I don’t know if the name’s written like that, since I always saw Karelya on the net… But that’s it.

oh, your name as “aggressive member” is really right then…
Political flag waving? It is a fact that your country does have 1.2 billion people (of which too many male ones, but that aside), and too few land to maintain this.
Brand everyone? WHat do you mean? THe British, are Jonesy, which is according to you guys a buddy of mine in this discussion.
So, now I have to stick to the topic right? Haha, this entire topic isn’t “sticked” to the topic or topic title… Only if you really read it well, and I’m sure some people didn’t read it well enough to understand that, otherwise you would have gotten the point of Jonesy…

What is this one doing????

Is she testing the ballast tanks or emergency blow (on the quay :rolleyes: )?

I agree with GDL Jonesy, I admire your courage to keep going on your point. I suppose they’ll see the power of the SSNs when they come to the West in their imperial search for space.
Obviously they can’t imagine too much, like for example that they don’t know your “zones” nor how many SSNs are out there… Well you made your point to me and to GDL, so you should consider it as a succes. (I were a defender of the Chinese matter at first as you can see in my first posts, but you convinced me indeed!!!!) ALthough the British still stay a bunch of US buttkissers and deserve to be kicked out of EU. 😡

Hmm, that’s the problem Ja, I didn’t take time back then. Just beginning to model and thinking about making an entire fleet, only concerned by time, not money. Now things have turned, now it’s the money (and ordering people who)that decides what models and at what pace I build them. My latest toy is Admiral Graf Spee. ALso finishing the Pyotr Velikiy cruiser and an IL-76. And now, obliged to work on my big Sovremenny (1/200) to repair the damage done by the hurricane “Mother”. Lost a cannon, got its pennant number torn apart and a broken mast. As for other carriers, I have the USS Enterprise, the Minsk and the amphibious vessel USS Saipan.