GarryB wrote: Russia need to build much more Yasen and a new cheaper SSN.
That is under development.
Jokes aside, every single Russkie Antey operational value equals 2-3 Virginias.
The only missing thing is a number - they can be in one place only.
This thing is getting more and more grotesque if you dig deeper.
Soviet subs were like a Porsche compared to Chevrolet.
Every single one was faster, could dive deeper, and carried more weapons on board.
Only with the Seawolf, Muricans manage to close this gap - and that was only because of the end of the SU.
But they can't afford it, so operate a sub that is a de facto Los Angeles Mod 3. An inexpensive, compromised model made to match the numbers.
Still being 3x more costly that the equivalent
To cover the reality, they have used the regular Anglosaxon stuff - propaganda.
Pushing forward claims and delusions that could not have been objectively checked and confirmed.
How do you argue noise level, if you are not a sonar operator who dealt with it?
How do you argue the effectiveness of the Soviet sonar systems, and computers operating the signals, if you are not - again - a sonar operator?
My friends were crewmembers of 877 class submarine. Till the late 00s.
They were the kings of the Baltics and dukes of the Northern Sea.
885 subs are the kings of modern naval warfare, second to none.
Nobody in the west has anything to match it.
The fact that Russkie can produce those in such an effective way and serial is shocking.
So, more propaganda and Hollywood is needed. Maybe Aquaman 3 will deal with them, using his oversized fork.