Gorshkov describes a navy weakened by war and deficient in oceanic submarines, antisubmarine and mine-warfare ships, landing ships, and long-range naval aviation. Its coastal structure left it strategically defensive against a strong maritime opponent. He then frames postwar science, nuclear power, missiles, electronics, and specialized forces as the basis of an ocean-going fleet. The claimed transformation works both as historical explanation and as a carefully structured institutional case for continued naval investment.
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Gorshkov's case for rebuilding the postwar Soviet fleet
The postwar fleet's wartime damage and technological limits become the premise for a modern ocean-going force able to meet strategic threats.