It is not the hulls, or even the engines, but the whole system integration.
Same issue like with the Ford class carrier, or like Zumwalt.
Only difference is there is no 40+years ships designs filling up the production pipelines like in the USA.
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Same issue like with the Ford class carrier, or like Zumwalt.
Only difference is there is no 40+years ships designs filling up the production pipelines like in the USA.
how exactly it providing air defence that only knows shot down of drone over Sea is from another frigate. the rest of drones all reached Crimea. Moskov missiles didnot have range to intercept over land.
why you need that old missiles when Crimea land is cover by Bal/ Bation systems that cover entirely of Blacksea. i am not even counting other ships or airpower using more modern anti-shp missiles.
they practice with these missiles much more than missiles inside Moskova.
I meant to say. Russia already gained what it wanted from the French. so there is little incentive to go over the same process again.
i am sure Chinese have done various commercial projects. but it does not mean they will want to work on Russian navy requirement, time line and budgets.
this is the reason given for behind Mistral project. the fact that Ka-52K was certified soon by Russian standards give credence that Russian navy looking at helicopter carriers much faster delivery at the time.
Bottle neck was the combat management systems and engines that Russia lacked at time. The modular hull construction is solved.
Engines and systems are often confused with hulls delay. all those VLS missile lunches certainly need indepth collaboration between systems and hull. i dont think Mistral had these things at the time.
This is all due to one issue.
Corruption.
As long as Russia is rife with corruption which siphons the little income it gets. Things will never get done efficiently as long as there's corruption. Putin needs to solve this first. This is the biggest issue facing Russia.
Someone needs to screenshot the initial shot with a high-resolution version and count the sailors in that frame. And the multiple by 2, because of the other row behind the first.
I count roughly 200-250 in this shot.
Where are the other half? Wounded? Missing?
If this was the first time, then Russian Navy heads are idiots for keeping the vessel that close to the shore.
Or half crewed ?