A "fright" piece to tell us how badly we are doing.
In this new world order of military burden sharing between America and Europe it's not clear the British Royal Navy is up to the task
responsiblestatecraft.org
Since 2011, Russia has taken delivery of 27 submarines, 6 frigates, 9 corvettes, 16 small missile ships, and other logistic support vessels. Many more are under construction and will arrive by the end of this decade. As the Russians say, “quantity has a quality all of its own.”
2025-2011 = 14 years
27 Submarines - 2/yr
6 Frigates - 1/2yr
9 Corvettes -3/4 yr
16 Small Missile Ships - 1/yr
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These seem to be the same vessels that Russia is employing in the Black Sea.
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Ukrainian kills (M and K) since 2022
5 Raptor patrol boats
1 Alligator LST (Saratov)
1 Slava Cruiser (Moskva)
1 Assault Boat (BK-16)
1 Landing Craft (Serna)
1 Corvette (Buyan-M Veliky Ustyug)
1 Rescue Tug (Vasily Bekh)
1 Minesweeper (Ivan Golubets - damaged)
1 Frigate (Admiral Makarov - damaged)
1 Intelligence Ship (Ivan Khurs - damaged)
1 Ropucha Landing Ship (Olenegorsky Gornyak - damaged)
1 Kilo Submarine (Rostov-on-Don - damaged)
1 Ropucha Landing Ship (Minsk - damaged)
1 Tunets patrol boat
1 22160 patrol ship (Sergey Kotov)
1 Karakurt corvette (Askold - damaged)
1 Landing Ship (Novocherkassk - destroyed)
1 Tarantul corvette (Ivanovets - sunk)
1 Ropucha Landing Ship (Tsezar Kunikov - sunk)
1 Mangust patrol boat (status unknown)
1 Tugboat (Saturn - sunk)
The damage was a result of USVs, UAVs and Cruise Missiles (UAVs by another name)
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I know the Black Sea is not blue water but...
What does a frigate/corvette look like when operated with submarines, motherships, USVs, UUVs and UAVs with intercontinental range and persistent offboard sensors?