Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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A layered design for rebuilding the Russian Black Sea Fleet

The proposed rebuilding sequence starts with corvettes and diesel-electric submarines, then adds destroyers and amphibious ships once the local sea-control force is credible.

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Question

What ships should be commissioned to rebuild the Russian Black Sea Fleet?

Short answer

Start with capable corvettes and diesel-electric submarines, then add destroyers and LHDs once the fleet has enough smaller combatants to control its immediate theatre.

Notes

The panel begins with diesel-powered corvettes and SSKs because the Black Sea mission needs numerous local combatants before prestige ships. Those vessels would contest Ukrainian operations and create the base from which larger units could work. Destroyer-sized surface combatants and LHDs would follow as command, air-defence, and amphibious centrepieces. Nuclear propulsion might solve Russia's turbine-supply problem for a destroyer, but it adds questions about cost, utility in a confined theatre, and passage through the Turkish straits.