Russia's naval priorities exposed?
Construction of the Project 636.3 Improved Kilo class diesel-electric submarines continues at a steady pace. Following the construction of a batch of six submarines for the Black Sea Fleet, Russian news outlets reported that a second batch of submarines was starting construction. At least four new submarines were mentioned by the media with the first two submarines, the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Volkhov, destined for the Russian Pacific Fleet. Type 636.3 submarine The construction of these submarines, currently the most modern in diesel-electric submarines in the Russian Navy, offers us a small albeit incomplete insight in the naval modernization plans and priorities of the Russian Navy. The current state of the Russian Navy is slowly changing from an outdated fleet in decline to a modern green water navy capable of projecting military power in the near seas. Russia's naval modernization is currently ongoing and a lot of ships are in need of replacement in order to st...