Russia hardly cares about Cuba these days. If anything, they would arm Argentina to fight Britain at Falklands.
Aircraft Carriers III
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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Russia hardly cares about Cuba these days. If anything, they would arm Argentina to fight Britain at Falklands.
Navy is not all about aircraft carriers, which have limited capability due to inability to take off and land strategic AWACs, tankers, bombers.
If you think aircraft carriers scare countries into being your allies you are dead wrong on this one.
One of the not so subtle signs of America's continuing decline from its 1970s peak days.
I think Russia will eventually build two supercarriers or something close to it.
They could operate more carriers, but they are better off investing in their submarine fleet and that's what they have focused on.
I agree that their economy is larger in real terms than the UK's economy. Their economy is closer to the size of Germany or Japan in PPP terms. Their population is slighly above Japan's and nearly twice the size of any of the larger European economies like the UK, France, or Germany.
They could operate more carriers, but they are better off investing in their submarine fleet and that's what they have focused on.
I agree that their economy is larger in real terms than the UK's economy. Their economy is closer to the size of Germany or Japan in PPP terms. Their population is slighly above Japan's and nearly twice the size of any of the larger European economies like the UK, France, or Germany.
150 million people compared to 120 million is quite a bit more than slightly more people.
Their GDP PPP might be higher than the most but that's just an indicator among many others, means little on its own. Though for Russia, money isn't the only problem as their industrial base is generally weak. They can't seem to develop their existing naval yards and facilities no matter how long they plan. Just look at their naval modernization projects and see the mess they have to deal with. When it comes to shipbuilding, you can regularly read about funding problems.
Here is an annual piece on CGN Admiral Nakhimov's progress (Project 11442):
Here is an annual piece on CGN Admiral Nakhimov's progress (Project 11442):
I don't get why people think Russia will operate a carrier when Germany does not operate a carrier. Russia has no need for carrier considering Russia has no far away island.