![]() Some may argue that is in the interests of Western navies and their industrial suppliers for senior uniformed personnel to overstate the threat. ![]() The extent of this threat is difficult to fully quantify as real analysis does not involve just counting platform numbers but is a much more complex assessment of readiness, material state, weapon capability and crew training and competence. If the Russian surface fleet is predominantly obsolete and its few modern combatants are of frigate size and below, their submarine forces pose a potentially much more serious challenge. The sinking of the ancient cruiser Moskva and the poor performance of the Russian Navy (VMF) in the Black Sea would appear to indicate a much-diminished threat across the full spectrum of non-nuclear capabilities. The heavy losses of Russian Army (SV) soldiers and armour, accompanied by the mediocre performance of the Air Force (VVS) is a matter of record. The broad consensus in the West is that the war in Ukraine has proven the once much-feared Russian armed forces to be hollowed out, poorly equipped and badly led. Here we look at these boats and the wider Russian submarine threat that is equally applicable to the UK and Europe. Head of the US Northern Command recently told Senators that Russia could have its most powerful Yasen (NATO name Severodvinsk) class attack submarines on persistent patrols off either of America’s coasts within two years which will “reduce decision space for a national senior leader in a time of crisis”.
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