Q&A · 10:26-12:24

Rebuilding the Russian Navy from training upward

The proposed rebuild begins with honest maintenance and training before expanding successful frigate and submarine lines and restoring visible surface flagships.

Question

How should Russia rebuild its navy if the current war ends without further ship losses?

Short answer

Start with training and real maintenance, then expand sound frigate and submarine designs and develop credible air-defense ships and flagships.

Notes

Russia must first make its existing ships genuinely serviceable and its crews effective instead of treating readiness as a paper claim. New construction could build on viable frigate and submarine programs. The incoming landing helicopter docks do not remove the need for a surface combatant able to provide fleet air defense. Worn older cruisers also leave the Northern, Pacific, and Black Sea fleets without enough credible visible flagships. Training and honest maintenance come before an ambitious building list, followed by new hulls that fill the remaining capability gaps.