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The rapid development of the Russian fleet


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Personally I'm much happier to see Russia building smaller vessels. Unlike aircraft carriers these aren't designed to project power, as a precursor to major aggression, although they can hassle shipping 

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On 8/20/2019 at 12:27 AM, SkyenAutowegCaptain said:

Personally I'm much happier to see Russia building smaller vessels. Unlike aircraft carriers these aren't designed to project power, as a precursor to major aggression, although they can hassle shipping 

They are, but not in the same way America projects hard power:

 

"The Russian fleet, on the other hand, relies on outdated shipyards that reliably can produce only small vessels. Fortunately for Moscow, smaller ships are appropriate for Russia’s strategic focus on destabilizing, and occasionally invading, rivals just a short distance away along its own periphery."

 

It's a good strategy. If these boats utilized blockchains for threat intelligence, navigation, intelligence gathering, electronic warfare, cyberwarfare, etc. then that would be a holy shit moment.

 

China's already doing this, and SPAWAR is starting to dabble in it.

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