A New Navy
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| Putin on board the warship Peter the Great |
This week soon to be president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, announced massive funding for the military. Over the next ten years he plans to spend 23 trillion rubles ($775 billion US) on defense. While many are skeptical that this would actually happen, if it does it will be good news for a navy that is in dire need of new ships.
In an article that appeared on the website of the Moscow Komsomolets Putin considers that the Russian Navy should receive 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), 8 ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), 20 multi-role submarines, more than 50 surface combatants, and nearly 100 military satellites. Here is the Russian from the article.
"400 межконтинентальных баллистических ракет наземного и морского базирования, 8 ракетных подводных крейсеров стратегического назначения, 20 многоцелевых подводных лодок, более 50 боевых надводных кораблей, около 100 космических аппаратов военного назначения"
While the Russian Navy currently has more ships than those planned to be added, most of these ships are not capable of combat operations. Those ships that are added to the fleet will significantly increase the combat capabilities of the Russian Navy. Putin wants a blue water navy that is mainly concentrated in the North and Pacific fleets, and can protect Russia's interests in the Artic.
According to RIA Novosti this is the current composition of the Russian Navy:
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| Russian Navy composition |
Some other bullets of interest from the article:
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| Yuri Dolgoruki at sea |
- According to Admiral Vysotsky (Commander of the Russian Navy), the Yuri Dolgoruki (Project 955) will join the fleet in 2012, and is expected to join the Pacific Fleet. The Alexander Nevski and Vladimir Monomak will join the fleet later, and construction of the fourth ship of the class will begin in March.
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| Model of Typhoon class submaine. |
- The Typhoon class submarines (Project 941 Akula), Severstal and Arkangelsk, will remain part of the fleet and will soon be carrying missiles. While the Dmitri Donskoy will remain a test platform for the Bulava.
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| Oscar class submarine underway |
- The Belgorod, and Oscar class submarine (Project 949A) whose construction was halted some years ago, will be converted for special missions.
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| French Mistral |
- The first Mistral will be named Vladivostok and will be based with the Pacific Fleet.
For the Russian speakers here is the article:
In other news from the Russian Navy:
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