Exactly. I mean, it's great that Russia has ambitions, but looking at the speed of building of several projects, especially projects regarding ships, hasn't been implemented according to what Russia was projecting a few years back.
Everything else such as this new destroyer, brings too much uncertainty. The economy has slowed down due to sanctions, and I don't know where they will find funding for this as Russia is spending 4,2% of its GDP on weapons already.
This is exactly the point i have been trying to make, Russia is still tryingto relive its soviet days, not knowing that time is longgg gone, and they wont be a super power again anytime soon(many other developing countries like India. Brazil, Mexico etc are growing much faster than them and still have much more potential/room for growth than Russia). So in the coming decades Russia stand/influence in the world will only decrease relative to other developing countries.
Morever as you pointed out, Russia still tend to overspend on its military(same mistake it made during its soviet days), neglecting other more crucial areas of its economy like manufacturing,electronics etc. since Russia still relies alot on its Oil/Gas and defence industries for growth, all of which are volatile to market/external conditions and can damge the russian economy if when prices change/countries decide not to go for their weapons etc.
Russia spending 4.2% of its gdp on defence is huge, even Japan with an economy almost 3 times Russia's still spends way less than Russia on its defence i.e 1.2% of its GDP, India also spends less than Russia militarily i.e just 2.5% of its GDP , and even China with an economy over 5(soon 6) times that of Russia still spends way less than Russia on its military just 2.1% of its GDP. The U.S spends much more , but its can afford to, since its the worlds sole super power and global policeman, with allies/military bases around the globe and the most robust/advance technological industries/companies in the world on which it relies for its global dominance/hegemony.So the U.S has an economy/industry/companies to back this with, but this is not the case with Russia, so this is rather unsustainable for such a country. Lets see how things play out in the coming decades anyway. Hopefully it wont be U.S.S.R 2.0
I wonder if their budget can support such an expansion with a declining economy? Not only are new ships costly, but over the long-term nuclear powered ships are very, very expensive, especially during mid-life reactor maintenance. Cost, and a shift towards alternative fuels, was the reason the USN has not built a nuclear cruiser since the Long Beach Class. I support a return of the nuclear ship to the high seas, but only if done right and the Russians have a problem with this caveat.
Well said bro. lets leave the Russian to it, and see how they will handle all these with their economy/industry. Lets just wait and watch.