Russia recognized the inability of the Navy to protect the country
Doctor of military Sciences, captain Konstantin Sivkov called the main problem of the Russian Navy, which emerged during the Syrian operation. Article expert has published “Military-industrial courier”.
Sivkov noted the understaffing of the air group of the aircraft carrier “Kuznetsov”, because, according to the expert, was “lack of trained pilots”.
“Obviously, it is a lack of training of flight and command structure was the cause of two known accidents occurred during landing on the deck of the ship that led to the loss of two fighters, that group of 14 cars very much,” — says Sivkov.
The expert noted an insufficient number of “full combat-ready ships distant sea and ocean zones” at the disposal of the Russian fleet.
The current in this area of the Ship strike group (GAC) included in the best case two or three units of core classes — cruiser, a large anti-submarine and patrol boat. It showed the world the level of readiness of the Russian Navy to large-scale marine operations are small, — says Sivkov.
Doctor of military Sciences noted that the launches of “Caliber” in the Syrian operation “was occasional, used bursts with large intervals measured in weeks and months,” which indicates the absence in Russia of sufficient stocks of these missiles.
“Our fleet has demonstrated that it is capable of solving the assigned tasks in full, but only on a very limited scale local wars and armed conflicts,” the expert concludes.