Russian Navy: Status and News #6

Just noticed this, that both the cruisers that were in the Mediterranean earlier have now gone home.

Podlodka77 wrote:
The list does not include icebreaking patrol ships of project 23350, small missile ships of projects 21631 and 22800, as well as patrol ships of project 22160, minesweepers of project 12700
Why are there no smaller ships ? Honestly, I don't know, because it's possible that he didn't include ships of less than 2000 tons displacement, which again raises the question why icebreaking patrol ships are not on the list because they have 8500 tons of full displacement per ship.
Anyway, according to this indicator, Russia is the third in the world after the USA (389,000) tons and the Chinese with 338,000 tons.
Almost half of the full displacement of the American number belongs to the construction of one "Gerald Ford" class aircraft carrier and the construction of one "America" ​​class amphibious assault ship.
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The list includes combat ships of navy of 1st and 2nd rank, basically oceanic ships

21631, 22800, 22160 and 12700 are 3rd rank ships

AMCXXL; That's clear to me too, even though it's pointless.
I don't know what "rank" the patrol icebreaker with a full displacement of 8,500 tons belongs to. After all, no one knows the final list of weapons on those ships.
After all, it is illogical that 21631 and 22800 projects are not on the list because they have the striking power of a large surface warship such as Chinese or American destroyers, with the exception of the VLS number - of course..
The anti-submarine, anti-aircraft and electronic equipment on those ships is already something else and it is proportional to the small displacement of those ships..
Bearing in mind how small missile ships of project 21631 have been used in cruise missile strikes from Syria to Ukroshitstan, it is clear that they have a place in that list.

For the Russians, the "1st rank" ships are only the following ships; aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, SSBN, SSN/SSGN. UDK (universal landing ship) of the project 23900 will certainly be included in that list.
On Russian military forums, there is a debate whether the project 22350 frigate with a full displacement of 5400 tons is "of the 1st or 2nd rank ship". According to the Russian classification, anything over 5000 tons is a "1st rank" ship. If we are realistic, it is still "2nd rank", primarily because of the sailing range and the fact that a difference must be made between ships such as the 1144 "Orlan" and the 1164 "Atlant", or the 1155 "Fregat", compared to the 22350 frigates.
Although the new frigate 22350 is FAR more ready for new times here after all, it is about the displacement of the ship in the first place.

Russia has a lot of tonnage in construction but it does not matter that much if it takes triple the time for them to make a ship.

Podlodka77 wrote:For the Russians, the "1st rank" ships are only the following ships; aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, SSBN, SSN/SSGN. UDK (universal landing ship) of the project 23900 will certainly be included in that list.
On Russian military forums, there is a debate whether the project 22350 frigate with a full displacement of 5400 tons is "of the 1st or 2nd rank ship". According to the Russian classification, anything over 5000 tons is a "1st rank" ship. If we are realistic, it is still "2nd rank", primarily because of the sailing range and the fact that a difference must be made between ships such as the 1144 "Orlan" and the 1164 "Atlant", or the 1155 "Fregat", compared to the 22350 frigates.
Although the new frigate 22350 is FAR more ready for new times here after all, it is about the displacement of the ship in the first place.

1st rank us a ship comamnde for a 1st rank captain, and 22350 "frigate" is a 1st rank ship, included in the 43º Division of North Fleet, with pr-956 and the cruisers
In NATO terms 22350 is a destroyer

ABout Buyan and Karakurt class , these are coastal missile boats, in fact Buyan is a river & inland waters boat, that made necesary the Karakurt witha biggest draft
22160 is a OPV, and Papanin Class Artic patrol ships are also patrol ships, despite have 8500 tons.

JohninMK wrote:Just noticed this, that both the cruisers that were in the Mediterranean earlier have now gone home.

Yes they have.
Ustinov first to North Sea.
Varyag next to Vladivostok (just arrived there)
Adm. Tributs (Udaloy class) also left to Pacific)

In their place came two corvettes (Soobrazitelny and Stoiky) from Baltic Fleet.

I guess it's clear to you by now that I follow the Russian Navy in detail.
I know what battle formation and rank it belongs to and I only wrote my opinion, because frigate 22350 cannot be of the same "rank" as cruisers of project 1144 and 1164.

Russia has a lot of tonnage in construction but it does not matter that much if it takes triple the time for them to make a ship.

It indicates the ships they are building are not just frigates and corvettes, but as most are still relatively new the boost in speed from serial production of modular designs should start to kick in to reduce construction time and sort out alternative suppliers for parts.

C'mon Garry. Chinese built 25 Type 052D destroyers in less time it took Russians to finish 3 Gorshkovs. Let's be realistic.

If we're talking about "who built how much for their navy", then let's add that since 2011, the USA has put into active service only 10 Arleigh Burke destroyers.
In addition, they also have two Zumwalt destroyers, which currently have offensive power at the level of the Russian patrol ships of project 22160.
China has also put into active service 7 Type-055, 25 Type-052D and 4 Type-052C since 2013. Dozens of Type-054A frigates, Type-056A corvettes. Not to mention landing ships, aircraft carriers, etc. China has put more ships into active service in the past 10 years than the entire West combined. And they are still being built, it is already known that the keels have been laid for the new Type-052DL destroyers.
The US retired 5 Ticonderoga-class cruisers this year, each with 122 cells in their VLS. In the next 5 years, 17 still active Ticonderogas are planned to be decommissioned; 5 in 2023, 3 in 2024, 3 in 2025, 4 in 2026 and 2 in 2027.

As for submarines, the picture is different, but I have no doubts that it will not last long, and even more, I think that the Chinese are far less transparent about the construction of submarines than for surface warships.

C'mon Garry. Chinese built 25 Type 052D destroyers in less time it took Russians to finish 3 Gorshkovs. Let's be realistic.

They also built 25 destroyers faster than the US built 17 LCS ships which are a total failure and are likely to all be scrapped and replaced with ships that look a lot like a HATO Gorshkov made in Italy... realistic enough?

US spend almost a trillion a year on their weapons and can't match China either... it is unreasonable for you to expect Russia to try to match China too... they have no reason to do so because China is not a threat like the west is.

BTW launching about 30 x MiG-31Ks each with Kinzhal missiles would deal with any 25 ships afloat today... China can certainly make them very fast but Russia can sink them faster if they want to.

The point is that Russian naval development and production is moving forward and showing solid progress.

But by all means make it a dick measuring contest...

The US kind of jumped the shark with their idea they would leapfrog everyone else with their next generation ships. The Zumwalt and the LCS. The Zumwalt platform was supposed to replace the Ticonderoga class cruisers eventually, and the LCS was supposed to replace the Oliver Hazard Perry frigates. We know how well that went.

As for submarines, the Virginia design turned out ok, but it is way less capable than the Yasen. They are trying to increase the amount of cruise missiles on later Virginias but the fact that the US cruise missiles themselves are crap relics designed in the 1970s certainly does not help.

You also have to see that like half of their attack submarines are of Los Angeles design. Most were retired when they were getting to be 40s old. That design is getting long on the tooth. And newer submarines, like nearly all the early Virginias, were built with subpar steel. So who knows how well they will last. You can also tell how behind the US is in submarine design by having twice the crew to man a submarine.

Russia is doing fine by concentrating their construction at Sevmash I think. They just need to clear out partially laid out submarines and clean the place out. Once it is running at full tilt with large block construction it should easily be able to compete against the rest. By itself it can compete with the two yards the US uses I think. Sevmash still has two Shchuka-B and two Yantey clogging up the system. Either they complete these hulls, or they scrap them, they are clogging up the production pipeline.

An important factor however is that moving forward the Russians are going to be developing Destroyers and Cruisers which will most likely be all electric drive ships with NPP for electricity generation... which means more than a few shipyards are going to have to learn to work with NPPs on ships.

This is pretty new for the Russian Navy... their only NPP powered ships were a few icebreakers and the Orlan class cruisers.

The Russians have several Icebreakers with thruster pods with electric motors in rotatable pods outside the hull of the ship... they can be rotated 360 degrees and save a lot of weight because normally props are attached to enormous heavy drive shafts directly attached to the propulsion system.

The first pods were foreign made but after 2014 that became a problem so if they are not making them for themselves now they should be in a position to do so soon.

With an all electric drive it means you can place the power generation system anywhere you please including at opposite ends of the ship so one failing wont effect the others ability to deliver power to the ship.

It could even be designed to be removed like a battery and replaced if required.

The source said about the reform in the rocket and artillery forces of the Russian Navy


In Russia, the reform of the coastal missile and artillery troops (BRAV) of the Navy has begun. One of the consequences of the reform will be the renaming of BRAV units. The current formations instead of coastal missile and artillery brigades will become coastal missile brigades, sources in the defense Ministry told Izvestia.

Now their main task, in addition to protecting the coast, will be to support troops not only in the coastal direction, but also throughout the country.

In November of this year, the commander of the Northern Fleet coastal missile formation, Colonel Hamza Rustamov, announced the renaming of one of the brigades.

Artillery armament is no longer the main one for coastal missile and artillery brigades. The current changes will consolidate the actual state of affairs, military expert Dmitry Boltenkov told Izvestia.

"Now the artillery unit remains only in one rocket and artillery brigade on the Black Sea, where there is a battery of the Bereg complex. In all other cases, the artillery component has not been present for some time. At the same time, the brigades actively receive and use the latest missile weapons — DBK "Bal" and "Bastion". They are actively used against ground targets during the SVO, " the expert recalled.

So, they are used to hit targets on land, as the Onyx and X-35 missiles are powerful weapons that are suitable for destroying important targets even behind enemy lines.

Today, coastal missile systems are designed to destroy surface ships, amphibious detachments and convoys of the enemy, cover the bases and coastal facilities of the fleet, groups of troops of their troops in coastal areas. In addition, they can be used to destroy enemy bases and ports.

https://translated.turbopages.org/proxy_u/ru-en.en.b82ea282-637f4b5e-0ae56603-74722d776562/https/iz.ru/1430435/2022-11-24/istochnik-soobshchil-o-reforme-v-raketno-artilleriiskikh-voiskakh-vmf-rossii