Submarine output shows a selective industrial capacity

Russia's submarine programme demonstrates continuing capacity for complex naval construction despite the disruption that followed the Soviet Union's collapse. Sevmash builds the Borei and Yasen boats discussed here. The figures given in the video include eight completed Borei SSBNs, two under construction, and two planned. Across the submarine programmes, the comparison is fourteen completed boats, six under construction, and four in firm planning during the period without a new destroyer. Average construction time for both types is put at roughly eight years, with Yasen taking somewhat longer. Britain's and France's programmes provide a more comparable scale than the much larger American pipeline. The proposed explanation for Borei's shorter build time is its greater priority for national survival. The SSBN force is treated as the final retaliatory guarantee if other forces and national infrastructure are lost.