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[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Is 40 a lot? That seems quite ambitious but I have no idea how long it takes to build one.

Edit: Russia's built ~16 of these Karakurt-class ships since 2018 lol. So no, it won't be 40 missle boats.

[–] Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Russia's built ~16 of these Karakurt-class ships since 2018 lol.

It's taken Russia over 10 years to just build a little over 10 stealth fighters. (And Ukraine has destroyed one)

Meanwhile the Netherlands alone has 24, and the U.S. has over 600.

Russia's high tech side of their military industrial complex is incredibly weak compared to the old USSR days, and even their low tech side is struggling.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Russia’s high tech side of their military industrial complex is incredibly weak compared to the old USSR days

They've been screwed since like the '60s because of the gap in microprocessor tech.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah, let's face it: the USSR collapsed for a reason, and its MIC was already failing by the time it did.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I can believe they're getting 40 vessels in the next year if they include literally everything they're getting. They certainly aren't getting 40 corvettes.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

It really depends on the kind of vessel though. China for instance has a ton of ships but less than tonnage than the US, and if you restrict that to ships that could realistically conduct long range opperations that tonnage is buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo even lower than the UK and Japan (not combined). So Russia could just be launching 40 new patrol boats next year, or maybe 2 actual ships and 38 patrol boats.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

Depends. 40 RC sail boats? No, not very impressive. 40 supercarriers? Yes, very impressive.

At this point, I wouldn't put it past Russia to claim 40 RC sail boats as "new ships in the fleet".