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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
Submarines, they have a new class
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The Cold War era Soviet Navy maintained naval forces able to rival those of the United States Navy, however, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the fleet experienced a severe decline due to lack of funding. In 2012, President Vladimir Putin announced an increase in spending to the Russian Navy as part of a long-term intention to recreate a blue-water navy. One analyst has mentioned that as opposed to the Cold War era and the dominance of Atlantic and North Sea operations, Russia's strategic emphasis has shifted towards the Pacific regions where a rising China and a US shift in policy from the Atlantic to the Pacific are potential threats. In January 2013 the Russian Defense ministry announced it would stage the largest naval war exercises for the Russian Navy since the collapse of the Soviet Union. They were held in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. Ships from as far away as the Russian Pacific Fleet also took part.
It's well into 2014, you still think they don't have a blue water navy?
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Very good Vendzilla... You can quote Wikipedia, which says that Russia has a "potential" blue water navy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-water_navy.
You know exactly what a blue water navy is, and that Russia does not have it. The United States has ships on deployment around the world on a continued basis, yet when Russia sends a single ship to Cuba it's front page news in the US.
They don't even have a single aircraft carrier.