The Black Sea will not be limited: Putin is expanding the Russian Fleet and preparing for war with NATO - isw

According to analysts, the plans of Russia to quantify the Navy in the Arctic, the Far East, the Black, Baltic and Caspian seas. Putin's interest in these areas indicates the existence of a program designed for many years. Russia is preparing for a future NATO Convention War and expanding its naval potential far beyond Ukraine and Eastern Europe to threaten, in particular, the Union countries of the Bloc in many regions. About it writes "Institute of War Study" in the summary of December 11.

The day before, Kremlin chairman Volodymyr Putin was present at the ceremony of raising the flag on two atomic submarines . The ceremony was held on December 11 at the Superfunction Plant "Sevmash" in the Severodvinsk Arkhangelsk region. According to Putin, two new submarines will join the Pacific Fleet and protect the Far Eastern borders of the Russian Federation. He also said that Russia plans to quantify its naval fleet in the Arctic, the Far East, the Black, Baltic and Caspian seas.

According to the plans, the Sevmash Plant will pass on the Russian Navy in the coming years three more submarines of the Bori-A class and five classes "Yasen-M". Construction and commissioning of new naval ships are quite expensive and time consuming. Putin's interest in expanding the fleet and areas where there are naval bases of the Russian Federation assumes that it is part of the program designed for many years.

In the long run, such efforts will be aimed at preparing the Russian Federation for the future large -scale conventional war against NATO. The Kremlin regularly states that Russia is a Pacific naval state, which seeks equal defense partnership with China, and in May this year the Russian Federation took action in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk to limit Ukraine's support from Japan.

On December 11, at a meeting on the economic development of the Russian Arctic Zone, Putin also emphasized the strategic interest of the Russian Federation in the Arctic. The Kremlin is taken into account that Finland has recently entered NATO, as well as the future introduction of Sweden.