Russian Navy: Status & News #2

Viktor wrote:Now this is something very few info has been released but is just as important as war ships

Russian Navy will receive by 2021, 80 support vessels

China says in talks with Russia over 2015 military drills

by Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2014

China's defence ministry said Thursday that it was in talks with Russian counterparts about joint military exercises next year, after Moscow announced drills were planned for the Mediterranean Sea and Pacific Ocean.  Chinese defence ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng told reporters at a monthly briefing that China and Russia were "conducting consultation" over next year's joint military exercises.  But after Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu visited Beijing last week, Moscow's defence ministry said in a statement: "New joint naval exercises are planned next spring in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.  Joint exercises are also planned in the Pacific Ocean."  The prospect of joint exercises by the two military powers in the Mediterranean is likely to raise eyebrows in Europe given what is seen there as increased muscle-flexing by Russia after it annexed Crimea and supported rebels in eastern Ukraine.

kvs wrote:One of the "Russia stronk" members of the NATO butthurt forum proposed that Russia buy South Korean Dokdos.





Getting several of these for the price of one non-delivered Mistral seems like a much better idea.

Werewolf wrote:Or for all sakes design an own one, that terminates all problems and adds just some costs and time, but seeing that France like all EU countries and South Korea is also a bitch of the US this will be just a deal signed and later not fullfiled just to steal russia time and money which the west wants so badly.

Russia should and must design their own stuff, this is not a question if they could, because they can without problems this is just a question of time and little bit more money.
They can design it to all their needs and making no compromises in design arrangement to meet all requirements and pay their own companies and workers and support their own economy also that also is a question of proudness not to buy other countries stuff when they are having a great MIC themselfs.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that Russia will build a fleet of only themselves.
"His fleet will build themselves and only themselves," - he wrote Tuesday in his microblog on Twitter

GarryB wrote:Sounds to me like he is saying out loud what most of the military in Russia would probably be thinking... relying on some western suppliers is just too subject to political interference and in future they should just buy a licence and produce it themselves...

the potential for future collaboration is significant... imagine a joint 5th gen light fighter combining Russian and French technology, or cooperation in other areas... the French currently use 155mm laser guided artillery shells designed and made in Russia... perhaps the next generation small arms Russia is working on could be assisted by the French company that makes the FA MAS... adding production to include the French armed forces and those countries with french influence would open new markets for Russian rifles and would of course lead to France finally getting a better small arms family of weapons.

All that future potential lost because of US pressure on Hollande.