>The construction of blue and green-water warships may be postponed until 2035 because of lack of funds, according to the Shipbuilding strategy of the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry.
>"As for military shipbuilding, the time of R&D beginning and batch supplies of prospective warships is likely to be postponed to a period after 2025 because of major cuts in budget defense appropriations. The procurement of big surface ships (prospective destroyer, aircraft-carrying ship) may be cancelled altogether until 2035," it said.
>The ministry considers three development options for the economy and shipbuilding industry depending on macroeconomic indicators: conservative, innovative and target-oriented.
>"The conservative scenario means economic growth will slow down and negatively affect the shipbuilding industry. Decreasing economic competitiveness, a tough budget policy, a transition to monetary-credit policy with a positive real base rate of 2-3 percent, as well as oil price decrease to US$ 40 per barrel in constant 2017 dollars will result in GDP growth of 0.2 percent in 2018-2020, 1.8 percent in 2021-2025 with a further slowdown to 1.0 percent in 2031-2035," the document said.
Literally it said that oil needs to be 60 US Dollars or more in order to have enough money to build major surface combatants.
Well they do make use of the budget to make good looking models. That alone probably cost a few million.
Landon Martinez
Well, that happens when you get bitchslapped with sanctions. Can't afford to buy new ships, tanks, and airplanes can you now Ivan?
Jason Gonzalez
It also does not help when 50 plus percent of the Russian economy is oil based. Look what happened when oil prices shot below. It hurt Russia and tanked Venezuela.
On top of everything and their usual budget problems and decade long project delays, the US is projected to surpass oil and gas production of Russia this year, if not already has.
They are extremely willing to find a way to disrupt the Saudi-US Duopoly on oil production. They just don't want to do it OVERTLY that is.
Hunter Gomez
Smart move, this is waste of money.
Benjamin Flores
US oil production as part of the entire North American oil production is pretty advanced. Both US and Canada use advanced techniques to recover otherwise inaccessible oil. That plus US crude is of a very low sulfur and extremely high quality
Ryan Cooper
It looks like they used one of their stupid oversized military hats as a basis for designing this ship.
Jason Richardson
Vatniks BTFO ** HARD ** this week. Damn.
Of course "macro-economics" isn't the issue and literally everyone who isn't a brain-damaged vatnik knows it, the issue is that Russia is a straight up kleptocracy which operates bribes and exists for the purpose of putting Putin's crew and associated crime lords in mansions, yachts, private jets and gigantic offshore bank accounts.
Adrian Diaz
>Get influx of money because of oil prices >Immediately spend it all on everything but diversifying your economy >Then have to cancel everything you spent the money on
Russians really are snowniggers.
Asher Baker
The model probably cost more than a few million. Just look a the detail.
Ryan Evans
No because their oil production capability would be literally the first thing to be attacked in a war.
I like to imagine Russian Generals and Admirals sitting at home in, in full uniform, drunk, playing with models of all the shit they "will have" making pew pee noises
Mason Peterson
>pot bellied russian senior officers making pew pew noises with model kits and imaginary guns while empty bottles of vodka litter the floor. >outside of the building a lone russian conscript guard shivers alone as he looks out towards the dirt path >the only thing he sees is two dogs humping >such is life in russia
