What Is Russia's Navy Doing? Can They Help Defeat Ukraine?
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Eating microwave meals every day is a depressing thought
And washing dishes takes literally seconds. Not really worth the plastic waste
Sorry but the Z being poured over the chicken was interfering with my tinfoil hat .its a metaphor the poor bastards.
@@hayleyxyzthis is what you wanted to talk about? 😅
You do realize buyan m class can use the Russian cannal system?
Russians have changed their strategy, that's why there is no new large surface ships.
The scary thing for Ukraine is the submarines in the Black Sea Fleet. They can launch the Kalibr missiles, but unlike with the surface ships, Ukraine doesn't really get any prior warning as to where they will be coming from. So the fact that they took one out of commision is more than just a symbolic victory, there is a real strategic benefit to it.
I pointed that out to some Vatniks. They didn’t get it.
Amazingly obtuse bunch.
So excusing that one, how many do they have left in the fleet in the Black Sea?
@jackthorton10 I believe HI Sutton claimed 5, whereas this video claims 6. By HI Suttons numbers 4 are the Improved Kilo class capable of Kaliber launches while one was a test best old kilo called the alrosa used to test pump jet propulsors. She is likely not in use and can't fire kalbir So after the loss of 1 that leaves 3.
Yeeeaaaa....when you "improved"....are they really? And improved....... from what.....to what? (insert a million jokes of your choice here, because everyone else is)
@@Cody38Super they are actually pretty good. I am not one to shill Russian stuff, but IF they maintain their subs, they are quite quiet and capable for an SSK What use are they in the Ukraine war? Well missile platforms with the advantages people already mentioned and useful to sink shipping and have rhe deniabilty to claim it was a mine. Deployment of inflitration teams and that's about it.
So far the loss of one has been the biggest news from their preformance. In otherwords they seem to be more of a liability than an asset, currently.
This video would have benefitted from some graphics visualising the ships sizes and number. Verbally counting every fleet asset gets confusing
yeah this one was rapid fire and switched lists quickly, I really dont have a better grasp of their fleets after this sadly, other than the idea they are old, limited in modern capability, not improving
This video would have benefitted from actually answering the tittle: What Is Russia's Navy Doing? Because the video clearly doesn't answer that. It's just a list of assets. No exploration of any strategy or operations.
@@HeliosLegionmaybe don't bitch about free content?
Slava class and Kuznetsov class were built in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, so no chances they will get more of those anytime soon
They do not want them. New shipyard facilities can make even bigger ships but Russia is not eager to make them.
Totally obsolete ...
The Moskva was built in the Ukraine, Russia cannot replace it since they don't have the ability to make engines big enough for a Cruiser!
@@khiem1939 The Moskva was a museum piece. Why would you bother?
@@abrahamdozer6273They're not talking about replacing the moskva by building an exact copy of another slava class cruiser, you doofus. They're just saying the capabilities of building such size ships in the black sea does not exist in Russia, and such ships were built in Ukrainian shipyards during soviet times which Russia does not have. And even if they did have shipyards of such size elsewhere, they wouldn't be able to sail it into the black sea due to the montreaux convention.
At least Russia somewhat learned from 1905 and didnt try to take their northern and baltic fleets into the black sea before the invasion, as they'd be stuck there if they did. So the Russian Navy does learn a bit. Progress.
Even if they had tried right now, they wouldn't even have been able to get any additional naval assets into the black sea due to the montreaux convention. And before the types and size of ships you could get into the black sea before the war is still limited. Hence why the loss of the moskva is more damaging than just losing a large ship; they lost a large ship in the black sea with no shipyard capabilities in Russia's black sea territories to build a replacement with a similar size in the black sea, as all the old soviet ships of such size as the Moskva were built in Ukrainian shipyards.
Lol.
They did.
They moved half their northern and Baltic fleets before invasion. A lot of them are already gone, just to name a few «Саратов», «Всеволод Бобров», Новочеркаськ, «Оленего́рский горня́к». And half a dozen smaller ones
Kamchatka?
I understand after 1905 that the admiral of the Baltic Fleet has an automatic binocular launcher fitted to his ship in case of the sighting of torpedo boats.
@@kleinweichkleinweich Ah. Kamchatka and fleet of ghost torpedo boats. Tricky things are ghost torpedo boats.
I don’t understand why Russia even bothers with anything other then submarines. Everything on the surface is super dead in a hot war vs NATO
LoL, In a hot war with NATO, UK is a 2 rockets state, as explained on russian TV, choice is either UK wish to become a radioactive swamp or desert.
Russia has over 100k kilometers of sea border, well after 2022 a couple more.
Ships you are so confused of are vital for russian millitary doctrine and last, russia is not wasting money on aircraft cariers and generaly, loads of corruption and peacetime robbery has been cut off in russian military and MIC.
Don't worry. As time passes many surface ships will be upgraded to submarines 😇
And even their submarines are rather... more like fish to a nato shark.
Well russia submarine really are just use for mobile missle platform anyways , basically were they put their nuclear icbm, really naval ship are just used as power projection or intimidate foreign forces, with the exception of the us no one realy use their navy aside from marinetime patrols and crusie missle battery so their no point for the Russian to built one especially as they historically suck at building one, their literally horror story about the near constant bad luck they have with warships since they started building them
It is called massive corruption, the West is not immune but they have it in spades.
2:24 love how their cwis cant even keep its cover together when they fire a missile
and at 5:50 those lines on deck.
@@buryitdeep You can tell those are well run ships...
I am interested in whether this maritime war has wider implications. Ukraine lost heir token fleet in days, but since then they have been kicking the Russians by non-warship means -- floating and flying drones, shore to ship missiles etc.
It is really kind of hairy being a navy in a smaller sea where everything is in drone/missile range of enemy shores. A country like Britain needs a blue water navy. But would it make sense for e.g. Germany/Finland to stick to submarines and minesweepers in the Baltic, and leave most of the firepower on shore-based drones/missiles launched from cheap trucks instead of expensive frigates?
No. Submarines cannot do most naval tasks. As to blue water navies, there really aren’t that many, and even fewer operate in every ocean.
Currently only France, Britain, US, Canada, and Russia operate in all oceans regularly.
China, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and a couple others in theory all have more limited all ocean capabilities.
That’s going by memory, I may have forgotten someone.
@@waynesworldofsci-tech
I don't believe the question was:
"Can submarines perform all naval missions"
The question was:
"Do countries like Germany or Finland need blue-water navies"
In other words, what naval capabilities does a country need, and what vessels provide those capabilities?
IMHO there is no clear answer to that question, because what a country "needs" is subjective and debatable.
Anyway, neither Finland nor Germany has a blue-water navy, so that already somewhat answers the question.
@@a5cent
Germany’s navy is technically capable. The ships are large enough, and they have sufficient replenishment ships. Finland is Baltics and North Sea.
@@waynesworldofsci-tech Yeah. I think the real question is what the mission profile looks like for Germany's navy.
Germany's navy can operate globally, but AFAIK they aren't intended to actually fight naval battles on the other side of the world. They focus more on protecting international shipping, crisis and disaster interventions, evacuation of German citizens abroad.... that sort of thing.
Germany can't deploy a naval fleet to an area that makes a political/military statement the way the UK or France could. Nor do they want to be able to do that.
Frigates are still needed as a show of force and to participate in NATO plans for air defense, often as a part of a US carrier group.
I agree that new subs, with VLS tubes and AIP are particularly lethal in the smaller waters like the Baltic. Or South China Sea.
The Black Sea fleet has shown to be a paper tiger, not contributing much in he fight against a country that has no navy to speak of, hiding from land based rockets
No navy means no targets what's your point. clown
They've launched hundreds of cruise missiles into Ukraine... what else should they be doing?
U guys tend to Forget Ukraine had a Good Navy that was either destroyed or Taken To be Used By Russia themselves
Ukraine had a good navy lol. I heard all kinds of propaganda? But thats a new one
@@justamoroccandude2588 They scuttled a Frigate so that the Russians couldn't use it. It was a really small navy after they scrapped out the rusting hulks that they inherited from the Soviet Union. Whatever Ukrainian units Russia managed to make use of doesn't amount to much. Maybe, you could name one or two for us?
Russia’s geography has always meant it was fu*ked with regards to access to the worlds oceans.
It’s a land power, the manpower advantage they had against neighbors is slowly eroding too. The inevitability of time.
Dude, did you see a map? They literally have open access to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans while also direct access to the Black, Caspian, and Baltic seas. The myth that they dont have access to open water is just delusional.
They manpower advantage was much more significant in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union days. How many countries in Europe are willing and able to stomach as many casualties as Russia and Ukraine have sustained? Both countries have hundreds of thousands of men of the front line. I am pretty confident that Poland would stand up to Russia if invaded but I doubt countries like Germany would. @@abdiganiaden
@@lanciadr Did you ever bother to check the nearest Atlantic port with railroad to Moscow? It is 1000 km away and it was getting completely frozen during winters which was the whole reason why St Petersburg was captured and built from scratch in 18th century.
Population difference with Europe wasn't that severe but with other countries it was, for example in 1914 there were only 10 million Turks while russian empire had 164 million population. So they and Entente powers really thought they could capture straits and invade Anatolia but ofc they still couldn't..
@lanciadr they have to sail through nato water unless they go out of the Eastern ports thousands of miles away from their main infrastructure or go through north the Arctic which is not possibleall year round. The only reliable port is the Pacific which is isolated from both the heart of Russia and areas Russia has key interests.
In the context of the Ukrainian conflict, in my opinion the Russian Black Sea Fleet is not a very big element in Russia's military operation in Ukraine. Crimea plays host to shore based Bal and Bastion-P anti-ship missiles, which puts any surface vessels at risk. Also Bastion-P with their Onyx missiles have been used to strike ground targets in Ukraine. Also Russian Iskander missiles are equipped with GLCMs which can reach all of Ukraine.
@@Belgua_ZOV Correct, there is no naval engagement as the Ukranian navy is virtually non-existant. The Ukrainians are utilizing their Neptune missiles as a area denial off the coast of Odessa and Nikolayev.
It is an important element for hampering shipping to Odessa, a crucial economic lifeline. They cannot fully block it because of the threat of Ukraine's own anti-ship missiles, but it is enough to cause economic pressure and acting as a fleet in being.
All those ships, that are build by USSR, were build for a type of war that never happened. If Russia started to change the Navy from 1991, than it would be maybe now in a much better position in a war with Ukraine. Big ships for the Black Sea is a mistake in overall. But they concentrated them on a possibility to be able for a " D-Day " landing and that was an even bigger mistake.
They didn't have the money.
Putin Russia is dying he knows it's
They did kind of successfully pull off an amhibious landing, which supported their offensive to capture the land bridge to Crimea. Ukraine lost parts of its older vessels in a last ditch effort to prevent any such landings. I believe they scuttled their ships after minelaying operations.
The war started suddenly and from a situation unlikely to recur. Other, western navies should take a note about how these things can start unfolding.
Russia has rarely taken its navy seriously. Even at the height of the cold war it ended up falling behind US, French and British ships. Just like WW1 and WW2 any modernization will come too late and with too many cut corners.
Even its sub program which is given better attention then its surface fleet has only had cruise missile submarines since 2013.
Good evening. Thank you for your effort to make such analysis and I should say that we, channel followers really appreciate your work.
Hey Cabal,
Great content as always.
Just one thing to mention - the Caspian fleet is not so much a fleet, they use a river to transit from the Black Sea to Caspian.
This video doesn't even answer what the Russian navy is doing. It is just counting assets and pretty vaguely. It doesn't answer what strategy they are following. It doesn't explore if the Russian fleets is using their Black Sea fleet to attack targets inside Ukraine. It doesn't answer if they are mining the Black Sea. It doesn't answer if they are hampering Ukraine's shipping and to what extend. It doesn't answer if and how they are dealing with Ukrainian drones. It doesn't answer what naval aviation is doing. I'm actually quite disappointed with this one.
Capability aside those ships are awesome to look at.
For the algorithms thanks Covert.
Ah, yes, the glorious Russian fleets of Mighty Tugboats to pull their failing warships around
I am endlessly impressed that you can see the sea floor with commerical satellite images. ;)
no mention of the Volga-Don Canal? which Russia uses to bring in ships from the Caspian fleet?
I came to say this as well. 3 frigates, 7 corvettes, at least 4subs, numerous other patrol boats and such. The Caspian fleet is up to date and will practiced, since they've been firing Kalibr into Syria for the last decade or so. The Black Sea fleet wasn't nearly as modernized or ready.
@@jagx234 They can also make ships in the Caspian/Volga area if turkey closes the strait to Russia
To be fair... this is the state of most of the world's navies. Only the USA has a global navy.
Japan, UK, France all have solid navies. China has pretty big navy, but it has no naval history so hard to say if it isn't a paper tiger. Of course none of these compare to US navy quantitatively, but they don't need to, for their purpose.
@@justADeniAlmost all of Europe besides the Baltic states, Albania, Belgium, montenegro, Croatia, and Slovenia all have good navy's because they all have multiple warships that work.
@@justADeniwhen china invade the usa and take over will it still be considered paper tiger 😂 get ready for it coming sooner then you think don't take my word it a prophecy consider it a judgement for america
@@loli_uwu3784 cope harder lmao 🤣
@@justADeni not coping bro you have no idea
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Thank you for the update!
I knew it had gotten bad ...but within 72 hours in a open conflict with NATO...their entire navy would be gone. Insane considering seeing what they had in the 80's especially. Great video.
They still pose a huge threat though they can be out numbered but not out guned remember status 6 nuclear missle
@@icemanzwYeah if they take care of their nukes as well as they take care of their navy it's not a problem at all.
Much awaited, much appreciated looking forward to excellent insights as always from you.
i think its just not worth it for Russia to build up a stronger navy, everything they can put on a vessel (like cruise missiles) are launchable from land as well, so why build a ship if you can put the same amount of weapons on land, for the fraction of a warship's price
that's more an excuse than an answer. problem is, they can't maintain the ships they have because of corruption, inept leadership, and lack of funds and building more ships would be hard since they lost the expertise to do it at scale. They did try using their navy earlier in the war, they got curb stomped. Much like they won't use their aircraft in their intended roles because of how precious each aircraft is to Russia, they couldn't risk the attrition.
Look, at this point it's tradition for Russia to have a shitty navy
How are they gonna defend thier ports and route for them to export their food then?
Russia has wanted to be a great naval power since the 19th century, yet they have no warm water ports other than in Syria to operate one from that can't be bottled up in an instant. Vladivostok is about to become Chinese again (that ought to sink a part of the Russian Navy) and Konigsberg will return to being European pretty soon as the Russian Federation devolves in the wake of this military catastrophe.
@@abrahamdozer6273Wishfullthinking 😂
5:25 you couldn't hold that... me neither.
Ukraine used to build ships for Russia and has offered a slow process to upgrade the entire Black Sea fleet into submarines!
@@Belgua_ZOV so, why has Russia moved it’s fleet farther away exactly? Might it have something to do with Ukraine having a lot of success against Naval targets and the risk to the ships being too great?
@@Belgua_ZOV So, as of early November, eleven ships destroyed and another six damaged is fiction?
@@Belgua_ZOV more ships have joined since! Oh deary me.
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The Soviet Navy had the ability to challenge the US Navy (in the Baltic)
In the Caspian Sea only.
Has no chance these days. China can challenge the US the pacific though, especially near Chinese shores.
@@EatMyShortsAU only near Chinese shores… as far as they exert air dominance
Honestly, I can't see a time when that would be true, maybe in the late 60s or early 70s, but that is a stretch.
@@winstonchurchill5892your in for a rude awakening when you see russia take over the usa
Russian tugboats come armed with aircraft carriers that might or might not randomly catch fire sometimes to scare off would be foes.
May I hit you with a '' show, don't tell '' : basic visuals of the ships and their numbers, listed as you speak about them, would have improved the video and helps to keep the information in mind. ;)
As a side note the Caspian sea flotilla is actually active in the conflict : Ukraine is within the range of their cruise missiles.
Also the Pacific fleet went missing.
majority of Russian weapons systems and ships were made in their former colonies. So, now it is just a funny museum.
The Black Sea fleet is an absolute Joke... 😂😂😂😂
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anyone notices that at 2:22 the missle launch cases the Cwis or AK what ever covering to fly open
Tactical automatic air cooling system.
Hey Covert Cabal, Could you do a analysis on the Chinese Airborne Forces/Air Assault !?
It’s down there *points at the water*
I have a request. Can you cover electronic warfare in Ukraine war in upcoming videos?
The Krashuka 4 ew system was captured by the allies.
What Is Russia's Navy Doing?
Shrinking.
Bottom of the black sea or still fused to the drydock?
0:01 Short Answer: Nope.
*References: The entirety of the war in Ukraine*
Moskva was (probably) a one-off event of early war incompetence.
They haven't actually lost any ships to the naval drones.
The one transport hit has already been repaired.
And long-range missiles hitting ships being serviced in dry dock isn't proof the ships or the navy in question is bad.
Black Sea Fleet
4 remaining Frigates (2 Old, 2 Modern)
5 remaining Submarines
Various Corvettes and gunboats remaining
Yet they barly do anything
Hey Covert, are you planning on kicking off the Podcast again?
Thanks!
Thanks for update I question how many soviet engineering and manufacturing companies where in Eastern or Central Europe and Central Asia compared to the area that is now the russian federation. We have seen how little this federation has designed and produced since 1991, but what percent of all soviet union designs and manufacturing did the current people of the russsian federation actually create before the break up. Seems like the russian federation mainly has equipment that was designed and produced by companies outside of its territory today. Soviet designed and built does not mean russian designed and built for all things is obvious, but what should we consider as Russian instead of European or Asian and why? Who in the russian federation today actually work on the design or manufacturing of all these planes, ships, and ground vehicles they acquired and have today?
Imagine still having a ski jump on your aircraft carrier lol
I think the worst is that it relies on a tugboat due to regular major failures. You only need to sink the tugboat to disable the whole carrier.
Didn't you forget the Russian Pacific Fleet? 🤔
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Who is the narrator? It sounds like Tony East from the Locked On podcast network.
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Their baltic fleet has quite a few more ships than those you mentioned.
Baltic fleet would be useless. No way that they could do anything in that small dishwater sink where you can shoot antiship missiles even from land to cover whole sea, not to mention nato navies and airforces. If Ukraine can sink black sea fleet ships without navy even at naval bases, what could happen in Baltic.
@@ghansu I did not say they are more powerful than what the video stated, only that they have quite a few more ships than what he mentioned in the video.
The Baltic is a NATO lake.
I thought they had some serious icebreakers.
You did miss the landing craft/amphibs of Russia.
Up on blocks.
silly westoids, just you wait until Russias mighty tugboat-powered Aircraft Carrier leaves port after (checks notes) it went up in flames 4 times, a crane crashed through the deck and its dry deck sunk!!!
Don't forget the 3 or 4 jets they lost in 2018 during operations off of Syria...
The Royal Lifeboat service are alerted to the next time that the listing, belching hulk chug-chug-chugs through the Channel in a show of their awesome force projection.
There is a VALID reason why it belches SMOKE, that's for their tug boat FLEET to find them!@@abrahamdozer6273
I believe the black sea fleet is currently too busy eating paste to be of use.
Russia’s submarines are a concern. Naval aviation maybe a concern. The surface fleet has shown itself to be garbage.
Submarines are hard to maintain, especially to keep them really quiet.
@@NeuroScientician … I’m aware they are. Any ability to threaten the West in naval power in with their submarines. It’s the crown jewels. It should be where the navy prioritizes money and talent
Kind of hard for a navy to do all that much in a land war where the opponent has little to no naval power, it usually means being limited to fire support
That said, the Ukrainians have done an excellent job of driving that fire support out of range
@@Belgua_ZOV In theory, and according to the Russians. But the Russian ships are definitely out of range to interdict Ukrainian commercial shipping.
How many Russian ballistic missile submarines can actually still float? I believe several of them are in a state of perpetual modernization
The SSBN's are in a better state than most. The Borei's are quite new and should finish off replacing all of the Delta IV's by 2030ish...with 12 in service.
But...the real story is their SSGN and SSN fleet....Of the 7 x Oscar II Class SSGN only 4 are operational, and they're all getting old...the Russian's have 4 Yasen Class SSGN, and are aiming to build 12 in total by 2030ish. But SSN's? Noting new in construction or design at present....and realistically they won't be able to build any until the Yasen and Borei Class are finished in 2030, which means the 13 SSN they have left, which are a mixture of Sierra, Victor III and Akula subs will have to carry on....and most were built in the late 80's/90's...they weren't great when they were built compared to US/UK boats. The average age of their SSN's is 30 years old....with at least 10 years to start to be replaced (if it happens, and it would take 10 years to replace them all..). In comparison the UK has just 1 SSN over 30 years old, the USN has 11 Los Angeles Class that are over 30 years old (remember the Russian figure is the average age...). All of the US/UK subs have their replacements under construction at the moment...
And the subs are the best looked after part of the Russian Navy....Russian Naval Aviation is effectively dead now....no ASW aircraft under 40 years old with no replacement in the offing...same with helos...
Rust buckets try to keep on surface, engines are done, most parts of value where sold for vodka.
Camparing the gorshkov frigste to lcs is absolutely asanine. First of all the lcs are quite large. But much smaller than gorshkov by a 1000 tons. Also gorshkov is heavily armed and lcs is basically unarmed. Gorshkov is one of the best frigates in the world being the same size as a small destroyer. And most importabntly russia should focus on smaller ships like corvettes to create the most efficient surface combatants in the world
If there ships are basically just long range missile launching platforms, then really what reason does russia need a navy when they have such a massive long range bomber fleet of TU-22s,T-160s and Tu-95s ?
One of the ships attacked was Hong Kong registered. Appears the Chinese Army Navy can’t or won’t do anything despite having a base near the region. Good Navy right there.
Eh can't fault the Chinese military for that. The CCP is not going to prioritise commercial shipping off the cost of Yemen, over its territorial disputes in south east asia. Turns out if you fuck with 7 different countries at the same time it ties up your navy.
You don't think their subs would be enough to shut down shipping around Europe and North East Asia?
Why send out and expose ships to anti ship missiles to patrol against a country with no navy?
what about subs?
Video starts at 1:30
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what is the Russian Air Force doing next video plz
The bottom of the black sea
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Was i the only one who spotted our little friend at 2:04? lol
I have no knowledge on the soviet navy. Was it really that strong and capable to challenge the us navy?
I wouldn't say it was strong in the sense that the US navy is strong. The Soviet navy could never win a stand up fight with the US. It was designed to fire off a lot of big (Diagonal tubes on Slava Class) anti-ship missiles in a saturation attack on carrier battle groups and run.
Who launched thousands of missile mean the platforms for launch
Thank you for all of your hard work.
Good overview but totally disagree about the nature of the threat from Russia's fleets.
Soviet as well as Russian naval doctrine is not truly defensive in nature and these fleets were designed to pose existential threats, not to Western navies but rather to Western society, through their very credible nuclear threat as well as their well-honed ability to cut deep sea cables and disrupt global trade. The consequences would be catastrophic and they have remained well-trained, and well-practiced in these tactics, as well as having updated their submarine fleet so effectively that they rival US submarines in their capabilities and undetectability to the point were they would likely free reign.
Meanwhile, the aging ships with the exception of the Kuznestov still serve their required function while all the others have been updated roughly to give them the stand off capability they need.
The mistake people still make with Russia is to assume they are screwed or incapable due to what they have but always seem to miss that Russia's forces aren't designed for this type of war but rather to blunt and outflank a NATO onslaught. And in this regard they are still a very potent threat. For wars like this, Russia has always simply relied on simply swamping their opponent through brute force, numbers and collective punishment.
Didn't hear anything about the air force and navy in this war.
The Russian black sea fleet blockades Ukraine's coastal ports and occasionally fires cruise missiles inland. That's all they really need to do.
What were you expecting?
Did you think they could sail up the Dniper and conquer Kiev?
That is not what they do anymore. They cannot srop ukraines trade, they cannot fire missles at ukraine anymore. They basicly Traped in Port
Why didnt you talk about the canal system of russia thay they use to move ships around.
Well, seeing that the US told Russia the Black Sea fleet would be sent to the bottom of the ocean if a nuke was used, the IS is reading them like a book to determine if they decide to carry out that threat 🤷🏻
didnt russia buy some very hi-tech ships from france in 2011 or thereabout ?
Interesting. There's really no reason for Russia to continue to invest too much in its navy at the moment since most of its access points to the sea are blocked by NATO powers. This might change in the near future as Arctic routes open open and the resources there start getting exploited. This could actually be beneficial for Russia because it can become highly specialised when it comes to land warfare, anti air system, long range missiles, anti-satellite technology etc. On the other hand, China does not need to really worry about too much about land based attacks since Russia is a lose ally and I don't think India is planning ona fully invasion on China. Therefore, can really focus on its navy and projecting power in the asia pacific region.
Russia just does not have the economic muscle to do very much.
What they doink?
Since Russia left Sevestopol they have not been firing Kalibre missiles as that was reportedly the only loading facility in the Black Sea. It may take a few months before Novirossisk has that capability. Until then Black Sea fleet is only useful with their landing ships acting as ferries, but Ukraine will eventually destroy all the landing ships with their drone boats.
They launch Kalibrs every week
😂 they ran out of missiles 2 years ago 😂
Their current BSF flagship, the Makarov, returned to Sevastopol along with a few other launchers for russia's big winter missile campaign
(which is currently underway)
You Sir are the Gerald R Ford of journalists and navel commentators. Your insightful analysis is always a highlight. Thank you for your efforts and productions.
Russia's Navy and Air Force have left the chat. Mobiks are being dispatched to make up for the slack.
you are in for a rude awakening
@@paavali1896 cope harder rusobot :D
@@paavali1896 Feel free to wake us up whenever, nerd
@@paavali1896 Russia has become a joke, a shadow of it's former self. It hurts to watch to be honest, the Kusnetov is a perfect metaphor for the state of Russia today.
@@gregnacius3707 🤣😂
what navy doing?
The Russian surface vessels are working to avoid the Ukranian "special subsurface upgrade operation".
As Ukrainian war showed, all these bulky ships might be irrelevant against drone swarms, especially underwater ones.
Historically, the russian armed forces in the 20th century mostly had its development leaning towards ground combat (a heritage from the ww2). The U.S. never fought a single war on its own land except for the 19th century and dont know what being bombed is like, thats why they developed more navy and aircraft.
They ran away as soon as their flagship sank
I think the Russians knew the black sea fleet wouldn't be a huge factor. Honestly wouldn't make a difference in the war if it wasn't even there.
I don't think that the Russians considered for a second that they would be waging a war in Ukraine right now. Kviv was to fall in a few days and the Russian military is invincible ... through the vodka fog of perpetual propaganda about the awesomeness of themselves.
The intended task was to stop grain exports from Ukrainian ports. Didn’t work.
@@olli1407 the 439th guards rocket brigade in kherson, along with various volunteer formations and air defense have been the primary attackers of the Odessa port primarily using shaheds 136, S300s, and kalibrs (being air launched). Ukraine's grain exports are down by 51%. The fact it has been halved shouldn't be celebrated as a victory. You should really do more research before you comment.
@olli1407 how?? Their now going through NATO waters.
Its not like russia can speed into their waters and start grabbing/sinking ships
I thought russia converted all their ships into subs that can stay underwater forever 🤔
The russian navy is basically held together by a nice paint job. Just look at how nicely they painted all these old vessels! They look brand new on the outside... 😅
Pretty dismissive, but those Kalibr platforms have caused a lot of damage in Ukraine.
Slava Ukraine!
I can't help but laugh every time I hear "Admiral Kuznetsov."
Russia should post "No Smoking" signs on their ships and dockyards