Mistral is not ready for battle. The story of one photo

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Mistral is not ready for battle. The story of one photo


The visit of the French ship became a real "information bomb" that blew up news space - naval experts, analysts and ordinary people agreed that the Mistral’s entry into St. Petersburg was timed to coincide with a new round of Russian-French relations. In the near future, the purchase of a French helicopter carrier for the needs of the Russian Navy is expected.

Mistral for domestic fleet? How justified is the purchase of a ship of this class? How does French technology take root in Russian conditions? In what conflict is it possible to use a universal landing helicopter carrier with a docking chamber?

Perhaps the meaning of the Mistral deal should be searched deeper? Access to modern Western technologies, which are so in need of domestic shipbuilding. The latest construction materials and unique layout solutions, modular design, unique electronics and new personnel accommodation standards. It sounds convincing ... Or, as always, the interests of the sailors were sacrificed to the goals of the Big Politics?

There is still no clear answer - story with the purchase of "Mistral" became a rich ground for controversy and speculation. Estimates vary from vulgar Russophobic jokes in the style of "Russians, wipe the dirt from their bast shoes, stepping onto the deck of a democratic French ship." What would you do without French help? You cannot build a ship of this level on your own.

According to the opposite opinion, "the admirals bought themselves" foreign cars "of a billion euros each." Completely useless ships - "pink elephants" that do not fit into the concept of the use of the Russian Navy.



The Defense Ministry adds fuel to the fire of disputes, occasionally making unexpected statements: “the domestic diesel fuel is not suitable for French diesels”, “complete with a French ship, we will have to buy French landing gear — our boats do not fit in the Mistral docking chamber.

Who would doubt that the ship created according to NATO standards is poorly compatible with the infrastructure of the Russian Navy. It will be especially interesting when the combat information and control system Zenit-9 fails at the most crucial moment. If he simply refuses! - Overseas electronics can “dump” on the satellite all the information stored in its memory: combat squadron warrant, number, type and location of ships and aircraft, data on the operation of shipborne systems, information on combat damage, plans and tasks of the squadron (all this is stored in memory BIUS).

However, I need to exaggerate in vain - sabotage “bookmarks” are extremely rare: in marine history there are hardly a few cases in which foreign equipment carried such “surprises” in itself. The French are honest and responsible guys who care about their reputation. French weapons armed with a good half of the world. However…

Thousands of publications have already been written about the situation around the Russian Mistral and it makes no sense to plot another futile dispute, but indomitable in its rage, repeat hackneyed truths and give questionable assessments. Today I would like to talk about more simple and obvious things.

The event, which will be discussed, took place directly during the visit of “Mistral” to St. Petersburg: the French ship successfully “parked” on the embankment of Lieutenant Schmidt - directly opposite the 16-17 alignment of the Vasilyevsky Island lines. Here, the Frenchman was in the company of the Soviet submarine C-189 (diesel-electric submarines Ave 613, a floating museum from the year 2010). A panorama with a moored Mistral and a submarine standing nearby hit all the photo footage of the visit of the French helicopter carrier to Russia.



Take a close look at the Mistral, now translate a glance at the C-189. Again on the "Mistral" - and the submarine. I don’t know what kind of emotions this picture will have in the reader, but every time I look at the helicopter carrier and dizeluha, the same thought comes to me: the C-189 is just a sliver against the background of the Pink Elephant. The colossal contrast of size and cost, while the submarine is not as simple as it seems at first glance.

What is Mistral? A huge low-speed “steam” with a full displacement of 21 000 tons, built according to the standards of civil shipbuilding. Strictly speaking, "smoke of sea battles" is contraindicated to "Mistral" - it has neither the proper speed, nor armament, nor armor protection. Minimal fire contact with the enemy is destructive for a huge ship. The French paratrooper dock is only a vehicle capable of delivering a battalion of marines to the other end of the world along with their equipment and light armored vehicles. Fantasies about equipping the Mistral with cruise missiles and the C-400 anti-aircraft missile system look simply ridiculous - the ship is NOT INTENDED for conducting combat operations on the sea. The main function of "Mistral" - transportation equipment and personnel of the armed forces.



What is C-189? Former Soviet diesel-electric submarine of the 613 project ("Whiskey", according to NATO classification).
What is the 613 project? The most massive series of submarines of the USSR Navy - 215 built ships + another 21 boat was assembled in China from Soviet components. Simple as a bucket, cheap, like a Chinese tape recorder and ubiquitous, like air molecules - "Whiskey" became a real "scourge" of marine expanses.

An excellent pedigree - the Soviet "Whiskey" was a deep modernization of the German project XXI "Electrobot", the most advanced submarines, which were in service with Kriegsmarine. Surface displacement ~ 1000 tons, underwater ~ 1350 tons. The speed in the surface position of 18 nodes, in the underwater position - 13 nodes. Extreme depth of immersion 200 meters. Autonomy 30 day. Crew ~ 50 people.

Boat armament: 4 fore and 2 stern torpedo tubes, 12 torpedoes (standard). Until the middle of the 50, 57 and 25 mm anti-aircraft artillery were installed on boats. From 1960, some of the boats were equipped with the P-5 anti-ship complex (four cruise missiles in external containers, a nuclear or conventional warhead weighing 1000 kg).

Look again at the Mistral and the old Soviet submarine. If necessary, a flock of such submarines will deal with the Mistral, as with a helpless calf. "Pink Elephant" completely defenseless from attacks from under the water. Subsequently, even the destruction of 10 enemy submarines does not pay for the loss of the helicopter carrier and the equipment, helicopters and hundreds of marines on board. The submarine is the most deadly and effective naval weapon (once again look at the size of the C-189).



Unlike the Mistral, which poses a threat only to itself, even the smallest and oldest submarine poses a real danger to any enemy surface ship.
"Whiskey" and C-189 - passed stage. Currently, much more formidable and sophisticated boats of similar purpose have appeared (non-nuclear submarines with a small displacement - less than 2000 tons): the promising Russian project 677 "Lada", French-Spanish boats Scorpene, the legendary German "Type 209" and "Type 212", in service with 14 countries of the world ...

If the budget allows, you can make a higher bid - the Soviet-Russian diesel-electric submarines Varshavyanka (approximately 2 times larger than Whiskey-613), Japanese Soryu submarines with an air-independent Stirling engine, etc. invisible sea killers.

As for my beloved atomic ships, everything is fairly obvious here - the nuclear underwater killer has a high cost (comparable to the cost of the “Mistral”), at the same time, it has absolutely fantastic capabilities. The nuclear submarine is ideal for waging a sea war and terrorizing enemy communications.

Extreme secrecy allows the boat to “get” any naval target and crawl to where ordinary ships do not have access. The boat is able to open fire with cruise missiles at targets in the depths of the continent, carry out covert mining of communications, secretly deliver a special forces group to the enemy’s shore, provide covert surveillance of the enemy’s coast, install spy equipment in the territorial waters of another state, conduct a bottom survey in search of objects of interest ( fragments of enemy vehicles, search for shipwrecks, oceanographic surveys in the interests of the Navy, etc.). Finally, it is the boats entrusted with the honorable “honor” of being the grave-diggers of mankind - a strategic submarine can destroy life all over the continent (an exotic and unlikely variant, however, such strategic nuclear weapons are deployed only on submarines - a fact proving the highest secrecy and military stability of submarines nuclear ships).

The nuclear submarine is capable of operating anywhere in the world's oceans, the unquenchable flame of a nuclear reactor allows it to move even under multi-meter armor of Arctic ice and provides the NPS with complete independence from weather conditions on the ocean surface.

This axiom has been repeatedly proved by history:
In conditions when the budget and industry opportunities are limited - for causing maximum damage to the enemy, it is preferable to build boats. Of particular value are atomic "pikes" with exceptional combat capabilities. The boat has no equal by the criterion of cost / damage.

Sometimes, as evidence of the powerlessness of the submarine fleet, the Battle for the Atlantic is cited as an example. 783 German submarines did not return to the base, 28 of thousands of seamen were locked up in their “steel coffins”. Awful, isn't it?
During the same time, German submarines sank 2789 ships and ships of the Allies, the total tonnage of more than 14 MILLION tons !! The loss of Allied personnel exceeded 60 Thousands of people.

The pogrom on the naval base of Scapa Flow, the overturned strike aircraft carrier Ark Royal, the exploded battleship Barham, the cruiser Edinburgh with a cargo of gold — small angry fish “bitten down” on everyone who met on their way.

And these are flimsy, imperfect "pelvis" that spent 90% of their time on the surface! With the complete domination of the Allied aviation in the air, with regular bombing of the basing places, in the presence of hundreds of anti-submarine ships and frigates thrown to neutralize the "underwater threat" and the decrypted Enigma code - even in such unfavorable conditions, the omnipresent boats continued to pack bundles of ships and ships of the Allies.

Once again about the "Pink Elephant" and submarines

Now it’s time to return to our time and take another look at the Mistral ship. As noted above, the universal amphibious assault landing ship is no more than a vehicle. Ferry. Self-propelled barge for the delivery of expeditionary forces. But what is a marine battalion? 500 man and several dozen armored personnel carriers - these forces are enough to resolve the point of "colonial" conflicts. Conducting police special operations in the third world countries, pacifying the revolts of savages in the capital of the next "Zimbabwe". Convenient, comfortable "colonial" ship. Everything. For other tasks "Mistral" is not suitable.



For serious conflicts on foreign shores (invasion of Iraq, etc.) a completely different scale of forces and means is required: hundreds of tank landing ships, rocket ships and container ships. We need advanced air bases and seaports, destroyers and submarines with thousands of tactical cruise missiles, dozens of naval tankers, thousands of armored vehicles and the army, numbering a million people (compare this with the capacity of the Mistral premises).

Those. the presence of even four (even forty) Mistrals does not give any grounds for “global dominance” and operations far from home shores - this requires a giant fleet of many hundreds of modern warships + command of maritime transport with its high-speed container ships.

It is quite obvious that in the event of an acute shortage of the ship’s personnel, an attempt to “strengthen” the fleet with the help of Mistral-type assault helicopter carriers looks like inappropriate spending. The second plausible version - the interests of the sailors were in the tenth place after any foreign policy interests of Russia.

From the point of view of the existing economic and geopolitical conditions, it is obvious that the most realistic and effective way to strengthen the domestic fleet is the development, replenishment and modernization of the submarine component of the Russian Navy.

A small photo gallery. Mistral









Steel coffin. Submarine C-189




The boat C-189 was launched in the 1954 year. She regularly went on combat patrols, took part in combat training work of the fleet and testing new types of weapons. Before 1988 year it passed a diving school thousands of sailors, sergeants and officers. After serving almost 35 years, was withdrawn from the fleet in 1990 year. In 1999, the boat sank directly at the pier of the Merchant Harbor in Kronstadt, plunging into the ground due to loss of buoyancy.


In 2005, at the expense of the businessman and former submariner Andrey Artyushin, the C-189 submarine was raised and restored. 18 March 2010, a private museum of the submarine fleet opened near the Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment in St. Petersburg, in which the role of the main exhibit is played by C-189








The interior of the submarine, in comparison with the Mistral, can cause horror and bewilderment: "Are they rotting alive in a steel coffin?" Alas, the extremely dense layout is a tribute to the combat capabilities and safety of the boat: the smaller the dimensions (and, consequently, the wetted surface area), the less noise the submarine makes when it moves. A small boat requires a less powerful (and, therefore, quieter) power plant, smaller sizes provide a reduction of the magnetic field and other unmasking factors. In the end, this is not an entertainment cruise - this ship was created for the war, where it is important to complete the task and return safely to the home base. Everything else is of little importance.
It is worth noting that the C-189 DEPT was built 60 years ago - modern submarines have a much higher level of comfort for deploying personnel.
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  1. bulgurkhan
    -17
    21 May 2013 07: 22
    And how many ships sank the 236 submarines of the 613 project?
    1. bulgurkhan
      +31
      21 May 2013 08: 03
      A few days ago, 2 large landing ships from the Pacific Fleet arrived in the Mediterranean with 450 marines on board, i.e. the same as transported by the Mistral. It is not difficult to imagine the living conditions of the children on these ships, and it is also necessary to take into account that the BDK 775 series does not have a helipad.
      Maybe the time has come for the Russian marines to have a ship with the possibility of helicopter landings, with living conditions no worse than the fleets of developed countries?
      I think the Russian marines deserve the Mistral and we need to stop demagoguery.
      1. bulgurkhan
        +2
        21 May 2013 08: 17
        Compare the interior of the BDK 775 with the interior of the Mistral. Your guys will live in these conditions for 6 months!
        1. bulgurkhan
          -2
          21 May 2013 08: 18
          Compare the interior of the BDK 775 with the interior of the Mistral. Your guys will live in these conditions for 6 months!
          1. bulgurkhan
            -7
            21 May 2013 08: 18
            Compare the interior of the BDK 775 with the interior of the Mistral. Your guys will live in these conditions for 6 months!
            1. +14
              21 May 2013 09: 36
              Do you really think that the interior of a warship should look like a hotel? Our guys on the BDK 775 feel fine on the Mistral too. But put the Amerovs' "warriors" in our BDK and that's it ... the combat readiness curve has crept down. Because there are even simulators no...))))
              1. bulgurkhan
                +13
                21 May 2013 09: 56
                And how will the Far Eastern marines feel this summer at 50 ° C on a 30 year old ship without any conditioning? Maybe treat soldiers like cattle?
                1. +13
                  21 May 2013 09: 59
                  Quote: bulgurkhan
                  And how will the Far Eastern marines feel this summer at 50 ° C on a 30 year old ship without any conditioning?

                  And how do American marines feel in Iraq and Afghanistan in the 50C heat in full ammunition, conducting operations in cities?
                  1. bulgurkhan
                    -3
                    21 May 2013 10: 29
                    They have air-conditioned tents.
                    1. Vrungel78
                      +8
                      21 May 2013 11: 29
                      Quote: bulgurkhan
                      They have air-conditioned tents.

                      Are they also fighting in tents?
                      1. bulgurkhan
                        +5
                        21 May 2013 13: 58
                        No, after a hard and hot day, they normally sleep in them.
                      2. +2
                        21 May 2013 14: 39
                        No, but have the opportunity to relax in them.
                    2. -2
                      22 May 2013 19: 18
                      Quote: bulgurkhan
                      They have air-conditioned tents.

                      And the mama to them there, in this palaika, so that they would wipe their snot, right? The nightmare that this one writes ...
                      I watched the doc film on the central heating station, so there the fighters from the MP Amer complained that during the 2th war they were in the position in the gulf !!!, in the trenches i.e. !!!, the ice cream did not have time to deliver the frozen, melted, so they were so shitty in the war there was melt ice cream, already! They are poor, miserable! Are you out of our guys the same 3,14 ... you want to do, huh !!!
                  2. +5
                    21 May 2013 14: 41
                    Sash, what does the comparison of infantry with the fleet have to do with it, can you tell me?
                    Here we are talking about the fact that ships have the opportunity to create comfortable modern conditions. As, however, with the infantry - most of the premises in Iraq and Afghanistan are equipped with air conditioning.
                    1. +5
                      21 May 2013 19: 03
                      It's useless to argue. There is a complete counterbalance of the UDC with "cattle carriers".
                    2. +11
                      21 May 2013 19: 40
                      Quote: Pimply
                      We are talking about the fact that ships have the opportunity to create comfortable modern conditions.

                      Kayatonoset?))

                      Seriously, I am only "for", modern standards of personnel accommodation, comfort and ergonomics, "human factor" ...

                      BUT NOT AT DAMAGE TO SHIP BATTLE POSSIBILITIES
                      Exchange comfort for speed, stealth, weapons - this is the peak of stupidity

                      about 775 - these old galoshes surrendered to you.
                      A large landing ship of the Norwegian project - "Ivan Gren" is under construction in Russia
                      1. +3
                        21 May 2013 19: 58
                        Do you know how much Ivan Gren is being built? How many problems are there with him? And what are its limitations? And how much does he differ from the same Mistral, at least conceptually?
                      2. +3
                        21 May 2013 20: 33
                        Quote: Pimply
                        Do you know how much Ivan Gren is being built? How many problems are there with him? And what are its limitations?

                        It takes a long time to build, but what does the Mistral have to do with it?

                        If the ships will be built in 10 years - in a couple of years the surface component of the Russian Navy will cease to exist. Only three 20380 corvettes, a rook and a pair of Mistral will remain

                        it turns out that you need to buy a dozen escort destroyers and frigates to the Mistrals? Did I understand your point correctly?
                      3. +3
                        21 May 2013 20: 42
                        Oleg, can you see what is at the moment? And yes, if necessary, it is necessary.

                        Listen, explain to me:
                        States do not reflect when buying weapons and ships abroad
                        Not reflex in tsarist Russia.
                        Stalin quite successfully purchased warships for the USSR abroad.
                        In the USSR, Czech planes, Polish ships, etc. were bought.
                        Helicopters purchased from the USA in the 60s.

                        And then all of a sudden they became so proud and self-explanatory. Yes, if necessary, you need to purchase it, if your own shipbuilders can not cope with the volume of the order, build slowly, expensively, or can not complete the entire volume.

                        A watermark made in Russia, Oleg, stands primarily on a Russian soldier or sailor. And only then on technology.
                      4. +5
                        21 May 2013 20: 58
                        Quote: Pimply
                        States do not reflect when buying weapons and ships abroad

                        3%, mostly from friends
                        Quote: Pimply
                        Not reflex in tsarist Russia.

                        A rotten through regime with a dead industry, a bad example
                        Quote: Pimply
                        Stalin quite successfully purchased warships for the USSR abroad.

                        His industry was in opera
                        Quote: Pimply
                        In the USSR, Czech planes, Polish ships, etc. were bought.

                        Purely economic and political reason, support for the allies
                        Quote: Pimply
                        And then all of a sudden they became so proud and self-explanatory. Yes, if necessary, you need to purchase it, if your own shipbuilders can not cope with the volume of the order, build slowly, expensively, or can not complete the entire volume.

                        everything needs to be done wisely and in moderation
                        as you can see, I am not opposed to the import of weapons, for objective reasons

                        But why buy a useless barge (and come up with excuses like a command center wink )? Better buy frigate "Lafayette" or German Type 212
                      5. +3
                        21 May 2013 21: 49
                        Here many are terribly afraid of bookmarks in electronics. Therefore, it is probably better to build nuclear submarines themselves and buy barges of the Mistral type than to build UDC ourselves and buy Ohio with Tridents, which will not take off at the behest "from there".
                        And the second. [quote = SWEET_SIXTEEN] Quote: Pimpled
                        Not reflex in tsarist Russia.

                        A rotten through regime with a dead industry, a bad example
                        Quote: Pimply
                        Stalin quite successfully purchased warships for the USSR abroad.

                        His industry was in opera

                        [quote = SWEET_SIXTEEN] Quote: Pimpled
                        In the USSR, Czech planes, Polish ships, etc. were bought.

                        Purely economic and political reason, support for the allies [/ quote]

                        And what is industry up to now? All such advanced, ready to do anything, quickly and efficiently, just do not give her? Let's be realistic. And the French, albeit relatively, are all the same allies. I mean they don’t get stuck.
                2. +5
                  21 May 2013 16: 43
                  In the text of the oath of the USSR it was said-to bear the burdens and deprivations of military service. And it doesn’t seem to you that forced Spartanism is only beneficial. It’s not for nothing that all the great world commanders kept their soldiers in ascetic conditions. An outraged fighter is not a fighter
                  1. +7
                    21 May 2013 17: 39
                    This is a great fairy tale myth. A fighter living under normal conditions is an excellent fighter primarily because he is a rested and healthy fighter. Based on your logic, a soldier should be kept on a chain and not fed.
                    1. poizor
                      +9
                      21 May 2013 17: 46
                      and if you still ask what were the sanitary losses (yeah, from elementary dysentery - diarrhea) of the USSR in Afghanistan, then there will generally be a gap in the pattern.
                    2. poizor
                      +8
                      21 May 2013 18: 49
                      Quote: Pimply
                      This is a great fairy tale myth.

                      well, the person does not know that "soldiers" during the Napoleonic wars ate rations better than their brothers who remained in the village. that the overwhelming majority of "peasant soldiers" tasted meat for the first time in the army, and not at home.

                      ps about life expectancy at that time in 30-40 years and in general it is better not to tell, it’s how it will tear down a tower!
                      1. +7
                        21 May 2013 19: 29
                        Exactly. The combat readiness of a fighter is primarily affected by training, caring for him and fighting spirit. From living in shit fighting spirit is not particularly strengthened.
                    3. -2
                      21 May 2013 21: 24
                      Quote: Pimply
                      Pimply

                      Do you know how service is carried on ships during a military campaign? That's right, on camp. With a daily shift is familiar for sure? Is there a lot of time for rest? Fighting for that and fighting, so that you would be ready at any second to take your place according to the schedule, in case of an alarm you’ll run straight to the BP with weights? Conditions The conditions of military service require constant combat readiness, and not coolness in luxury rooms.
                      1. +7
                        21 May 2013 21: 44
                        Does this imply not washing in the shower, for example, after a day's watch? Or not to keep fit? Lack of personal time? And combat readiness in a "luxury" room is higher than in a crowded room, where a soldier has fewer opportunities to rest. I don’t need to hang naval noodles on my ears.
                      2. 0
                        21 May 2013 22: 33
                        Quote: Pimply
                        I don’t need to hang noodles on the ears of the navy.

                        In the Navy, pasta "naval", granny's noodles.
                      3. +4
                        21 May 2013 23: 22
                        In this case, this is noodles. Navy pasta is food, noodle navy is what you hang on my ears right now.
                      4. +2
                        21 May 2013 22: 54
                        Pimply, are you really so stupid?
                        I served on the 1124 project and I won’t describe it myself. Look at the performance characteristics and dimensions. The ship had everything necessary for normal living:
                        washbasin (mine for seven people), latrine (for three), showers (three showers), dining room, galley, two cockpits, feed four times a day, daytime sleep (admiral's hour). If a person is a pig and does not want to wash, this is another question But believe me on the corbule, such people quickly accustom themselves to take care of themselves and their belongings, because no one will tolerate srach and stench in a limited space. Judging by you, you fell under the influence of Western values ​​(swimming pools, saunas, kondeis). But by the way, the guys went to the PSKR "Volga" to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Coast Guard in San Francisco and were on their Coast Guard ship there really shit in the cockpit and the captain said that he did not go down there as this is the private space of sailors. But I think that this should not be, this is a combat unit not a private bedroom.
                        And in the end, did you hear complaints from our sailors about the poor conditions on the ship? I didn’t even think about it before these opuses with the Mistrals. You can read all that I remember about the service in the commentary on the Pacific Fleet’s day today.
                      5. +3
                        21 May 2013 23: 31
                        You know, in personal conversations I heard. Cramped, hot, etc. Grandfather was kapdva.
                        Do you think that condos, pools and saunas are something bad for soldiers and sailors. Then I'm sorry, I'm not stupid. It's just that these are normal values ​​- so that a soldier or a sailor, if possible, would live in good conditions, and not in bad ones. A person gets used to bad quickly. But here is whether life in shit or in fig conditions brings something good - to me, personally, it is doubtful. You know the joke when two worms crawl out of a pile of manure.
                        - Dad, is it dark, crowded and stinks here? Maybe we should live elsewhere.
                        - How can. This is our homeland, son.
                        So, here it is not about the homeland, but a little about something else.

                        If possible, the living conditions of the fighters need to be improved. Better to feed, better to dress and so on. Because you have to take care of the fighter. He is the most expensive technique. Without it, any ship is nothing.
                    4. 0
                      1 June 2013 21: 11
                      Quote: Pimply
                      A fighter living under normal conditions is an excellent fighter primarily because he is a rested and healthy fighter.

                      Here are the Germans, while they fought in Europe, that was all. But Russian mud and frost sipped, so broke ...
                  2. +7
                    21 May 2013 18: 38
                    That's why few people want to serve in such conditions and with such an attitude towards people ...
                    1. -2
                      22 May 2013 19: 30
                      yes no, just people, recruits, rotten went, like "Bumpy".: (((So they don't want to, they are comfortable, suites, and so on!
                3. +1
                  22 May 2013 19: 13
                  normal will feel like soldiers !! if something falls into a drift and swims in the sea, it always has been so, if t water allows!
                4. 0
                  22 May 2013 21: 26
                  Well, yes, and let’s buy double-decker luxury tourist buses for the infantry, there is also a washbasin in the toilet, as much as armored personnel carriers and tilted airborne LILs can be transported, it’s uncomfortable!
                  1. poizor
                    +3
                    22 May 2013 21: 32
                    if you look at Afghanistan, then half of the soldiers lay on a hospital bed with diarrhea - which of them are fighters?
                    and at the checkpoint "suddenly" instead of a company, they were able to hold a couple of people from each platoon.
                    funny huh
                    1. 0
                      2 June 2013 17: 19
                      Quote: poizor
                      half of the soldiers lay in a hospital bed with diarrhea - which of them are fighters?

                      So half? Constantly?
              2. +3
                21 May 2013 12: 29
                Do you really think that the interior of a warship should resemble a hotel?

                Why not? 21 century in the yard, you can learn how to collect everything without the help of a hammer, this not only concerns ships, but everything else, as if they were not going to the factory, but in the garage of Uncle Vanya, while the price is the same as for abroad.
                But shove amerovskih "warriors" into our large landing craft and that's it ... the combat readiness curve crept down, because there are not even simulators there ...))))

                What are you happy about? What our government does not care about the soldiers? So I will surprise you, years through 15 already and we will have hotels to demand, because the Pepsi generation is growing up.
              3. +1
                21 May 2013 14: 38
                Do you see anything bad in this? Or should a soldier live in the worst possible conditions?
              4. Gromila78
                +10
                21 May 2013 19: 25
                You would spend a couple of months in the paratrooper's cockpit at a deck temperature of 60-70 degrees (inside the hull, even with the air conditioners operating about 40) and steadily endure all the hardships and hardships. Howl in a week. And when fresh water is supplied on a schedule. Only a shower from a fireman saves, but you can't stand under it all the time. And in general I put a minus to the article. I propose to compare an aircraft carrier and a torpedo boat or SSBNs with the "Piranha" laughing
              5. Anat1974
                +5
                21 May 2013 22: 52
                Yes, railway station full at BDK 775 in the summer in the southern latitudes. I served in the Marine Corps, but it’s true in 1992-1997, when I didn’t go to military campaigns especially (not really, but at all), for well-known reasons. But there were officers and warrant officers who were in Angola and other warm countries with developing socialism. So the hardest thing was to withstand the heat in the BDK during the transitions.
        2. +2
          21 May 2013 21: 12
          Quote: bulgurkhan
          .Your guys for 6 months will live in these conditions!

          Did they specifically post a picture with a dead flash, they say, here it is a six-month hell, and the pictures of a professional, taken, moreover, not with a "soap box" and with artificial lighting, are they a resort and a service at the same time?
        3. -1
          22 May 2013 19: 09
          MP does not live in the BDK regularly, if that, but only transported to the landing site. Very much you look like a troll from the command of the Navy, dear! :))
      2. +2
        21 May 2013 09: 38
        yeah, and she also deserved a cruise ship. That's sure it will be comfortable there. Again, the pool is present
      3. smprofi
        +15
        21 May 2013 17: 10
        Quote: bulgurkhan
        BDK 775 series do not have a helipad.

        and in this ALL grief? and is the BPC Mistral capable of landing / landing on an uninhabited coast?



        Quote: bulgurkhan
        Compare the interior of the BDK 775 with the interior of the Mistral

        so I’ll add!



        only the question is: God forbid you will have to extinguish the fire and fight for survivability (and this is still a warship!) What words will the "unfortunate sailors" recall all this "beauty" in? but it will burn even more fun than HMS Sheffield burned

        1. +12
          21 May 2013 17: 20
          When at sea the carrying out of 4h combat rotations through 8ch begins, believe me, there is no longer a gym there, if only to get to bed more quickly and get enough sleep before another shift.
          Therefore, a warship is not a cruise ship.
          1. 0
            21 May 2013 17: 41
            It was necessary to do 2-2, and 2-4, and 4-8. If you normally build a schedule, you can quite easily do everything.
            1. +4
              21 May 2013 22: 33
              Well, you’re some kind of monster (2-2,2-4), I don’t know what kind of watches you were carrying, but between the watches, no one canceled the inspection and turning of the tools, tidying and management work, and also the outfits for the service. there was also a country in your person "lost" "Peter the Great".
              1. 0
                21 May 2013 23: 36
                I'm not talking about the fleet now, dear. I'm talking about infantry, and real combat conditions. Full-time combat duty is there for a day. As well as work, studies, exercises, examinations - no one canceled. Do not assume that the ship has something super unique in this regard. With all these points, there was relaxation, sports, and personal time. So do not bend your fingers - with normal officers all these issues are resolved.
                1. +2
                  22 May 2013 00: 36
                  I explained to you what I saw with my own eyes and experienced and never equal the service of a sailor and a soldier, believe the sailors will not reciprocate for the comparison.
                  Here you have your saunas, gym and everything else:
                  http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_uri=%2F
        2. 0
          21 May 2013 18: 06
          The Mistral is capable of landing on a much higher percentage of the coast than the BDK.
          And then, remember how many ships we burned to the ground without any war
          1. smprofi
            -1
            21 May 2013 18: 43
            Quote: Tlauicol
            Mistral capable of landing on a much larger percentage of the coast

            um ... interesting and fresh wording! those. if the battalion is scattered somewhere on 10 km of shore - is this the key to the success of the landing operation?
            1. +7
              21 May 2013 18: 48
              This means that he has the opportunity to LAND this same battalion on a much larger percentage of the coast. You don’t even have an understanding of the situation.
        3. Gromila78
          +5
          21 May 2013 19: 33
          Do you think that if RCC flies into the BDK, it will burn in a different color? For reference, the 775 superstructure is dural. When landing on the coast occupied by the enemy, the chances of reaching the landing point are very small. In the case of using Mistral, the chance of losing the ship itself is reduced (losses in any case are not excluded). In terms of landing capacity, Mistral is better; there are helicopters again.
          1. +3
            21 May 2013 20: 00
            And also a hospital, which most hospitals will envy, and a coordination center capable of linking the entire shock force into one chain.
      4. 0
        22 May 2013 01: 46
        Quote: bulgurkhan
        I think the Russian marines deserve the Mistral and we need to stop demagoguery.


        It would just be necessary to step on the tongue of every such clever man who compares a submarine and a landing liner.

        A normal ship, its only cant in what the French designed it. In our place it is necessary to build a series of such landing ships, or rather hulls, but to equip them completely with our equipment. And there will be happiness for everyone, especially for the infantry with the support of helicopters.
      5. +1
        22 May 2013 19: 05
        Quote: bulgurkhan
        BDK 775 series do not have a helipad.
        Maybe the time has come for the Russian marines to have a ship with the possibility of helicopter landings, with living conditions no worse than the fleets of developed countries?
        I think the Russian marines deserve the Mistral and we need to stop demagoguery.

        Enough of the Dimagogy already, bulgurkhan! In the Navy of the USSR and Russia there were large landing craft of the Ivan Rogov project, which had the possibility of a helicopter landing, it was just necessary for the government and the command of the Navy not to bring them to a deplorable state, and others simply not to be scrapped at the age of 15 !!! If not in the subject, enlighten, read!
        Maybe for MP still buy modern cruise liners, with saunas, pools and whores to them? BDK is a warship and the level of comfort on it for the MP should be appropriate! And your attempts are akin to the cries of the beginning of the 90's that they say what cool tanks are in the West, they even have refrigerators in them, they say nothing to ours! Sorry, but write nonsense!
    2. +1
      21 May 2013 20: 58
      Quote: bulgurkhan
      And how many ships sank the 236 submarines of the 613 project?

      And how many helicopter carriers of the Mistral have sunk surface ships and who is even afraid of these ships ????
  2. +7
    21 May 2013 07: 24
    About Mistral, everything has been said and chewed for a long time, and then again ... For info and a photo about the submarine plus.
  3. Captain Vrungel
    +21
    21 May 2013 08: 22
    On "Mistrals" it is necessary to put a point and a bold one. Sitting in their places unsinkable (with big stars), "armchair" naval commanders, ases "strategy and tactics" of sea battles on a desk table with a panorama of the water element in the window. With such an iconostasis on his chest that Nakhimov and Ushakov are resting. Here we have to seriously ask them what place they thought and for how much, when they fainted at the sight of imported trinkets, which can be easily replaced, as at all times, by a transport vessel of the merchant fleet. Even the richest America with the most powerful fleet attracted civilian ships during Operation Desert Storm. We had the honor to take out a repair battalion from Iraq to Spain in RO-RO under the flag of sale.
    When finally "all these" will understand that stylish furniture in spacious offices, in prestigious areas, their trousers and shoulder straps are paid for by the common people, who do not serve them, but whom they MUST serve. But in life the opposite is true. What creates a mess, not order.
    1. 0
      22 May 2013 19: 43
      Quote: Captain Vrungel

      Sitting in their places unsinkable (with big stars), "armchair" naval commanders, ases "strategy and tactics" of sea battles on a desk table with a panorama of the water element in the window. With such an iconostasis on his chest that Nakhimov and Ushakov are resting.

      When finally "all these" will understand that stylish furniture in spacious offices, in prestigious areas, their trousers and shoulder straps are paid for by the common people, who do not serve them, but whom they MUST serve. But in life the opposite is true. What creates a mess, not order.


      Comment "+" and more "+" !! I haven't read this here for a long time!
  4. +4
    21 May 2013 08: 23
    The article is no use, what is the use of comparing POPU with the FINGER ???? Different ships, different tasks)
    1. +26
      21 May 2013 09: 47
      The author does not compare the ships, he tries to explain that the Mistral in wartime conditions is unlikely to deliver anything anywhere. Because there is always some kind of submarine. Think about the shipping and convoys during WWII. The article is about that. That is, this floating dock ship needs decent escort, which is unlikely to be.
      1. +3
        21 May 2013 11: 36
        Quote: Max Otto
        The author does not compare ships ...

        The interior of the submarine, compared с "Mistlem" can cause horror and bewilderment: "Are they rotting in a steel coffin here?"

        You won’t throw words out of a song.
        By the way, yes, C-189 is not so close when there is something to compare .. :)
      2. 0
        21 May 2013 12: 37
        In the conditions of what wartime and what kind of conflict ??? If the war is 08.08.08., Then the mistral would be very useful.
        1. +11
          21 May 2013 15: 17
          Not "Mistral" but "Rhino" 1174, that's who would come in handy, but no, vrazhina and salesman Serdyuk, wrote off all BDK 1174, "Ivan Rogov", Alexander Nikolaev "Mitrofan Yenko", and then let's rage at 2-4 mistral, worth 1-4 billion euros, what would it be. If only they would solder years like this ... to him as an enemy of the people, and then to the entire leadership of the Ministry of Defensesoldier
        2. +5
          21 May 2013 19: 28
          Here the author writes - that it is suitable for wars with a weak, undeveloped adversary, i.e. for colonial wars. How did you read? I don’t remember something, and I never heard that Russia waged colonial wars, Russia only defended itself to victory, but then full-scale hostilities are taking place.
          1. +1
            21 May 2013 20: 01
            I can recall not one or two. I advise you to look into the history textbook.
        3. 0
          22 May 2013 19: 51
          Quote: Clever man
          In the conditions of what wartime and what kind of conflict ??? If the war is 08.08.08., Then the mistral would be very useful.

          well, why the heck there and at that time this galosh, I'm embarrassed to ask ???? With the size of the Black Sea, the old BDK did an excellent job there, it takes 12 hours, and then, depending on where to go! If you beat the show-off, then a UA like "Nimitz" could be put up there, and then shake then, as if it weren't ...
      3. Gromila78
        +4
        21 May 2013 19: 38
        In wartime conditions, without air cover and long-range and near air defense and anti-aircraft defense, the chances of any paratrooper are the same. Or do you think that the BDK of project 775 is able to independently repel an air raid (anti-submarine weapons are absent as a class) laughing By the way, about civilian origin: 1171 the project is also redone from a timber truck, Ivan Gren has similar roots.
      4. 0
        22 May 2013 19: 46
        and also the author, as I understand it, tried to explain with examples and fingers that there is such a thing as efficiency, not only in production and economics, but also in military weapons! And that’s not a trace for us, with our current economy, to try to copy copy of the Navy of Amer or even of France! it would be simpler for us, but more efficiently, as after the Second World War, because Joseph Vissarionovich was a fool! :))
  5. Dima190579
    +3
    21 May 2013 08: 35
    And the fleet also needs a helicopter carrier, well, maybe not so expensive. I don’t know why Medvedev liked the French ship so much, maybe with nostalgia for his childhood and a film about phantom. Who knows.
    1. +10
      21 May 2013 09: 23
      and who said that Dima liked the boat? in my opinion, he doesn’t give a damn about the object of the transaction, he and his jump gop stop team cares $ the result on their accounts after the transaction is completed
  6. vitas
    +8
    21 May 2013 08: 36
    Throughout history, Russia has always defended itself (well, in most cases), I don't think that anything will change in the near future. The Soviet fleet was designed to conduct military operations near its shores and our ships were stuffed with all kinds of weapons. Maybe now we also need to build ships stuffed with weapons, and not buy mistrals from the "blue" state!

    Z.Y. And yet, on the topic of all kinds of sea landings, I don’t think that in today's conditions it is possible to carry out successful landings from the sea, now is not the year 1944 (although they screwed up there). Today, all this landing can be extinguished without straining, so it’s better to attack on land, although if you can fight with monkeys you can also land from the sea.
    1. +14
      21 May 2013 10: 47
      Here the main question is, who are we going to capture with the forces of the landing man in 500?
    2. +6
      21 May 2013 11: 22
      Quote: vitas
      on the topic of all kinds of sea landings there, I don’t think that in today's conditions it is possible to carry out successful landings from the sea, now is not 1944 year

      There were no "classic" amphibious operations for 50 years.
      They land either on a completely cleaned shore (after weeks of bombardment) or in neighboring states - six months of preparation and an army of a million people will flood across the border.
      Quote: vitas
      although if you can fight with monkeys, you can also land from the sea.

      What for? Too complicated and expensive way.
      It is easier and more efficient to seize the capital's airport than to get out on the coast covered with bumps - a standard scenario for all modern "colonial" wars (Hungary-56, Czechoslovakia-68, Afghan-79, Afghan-2001, Bosnia-95, Mali-2013, Samali- 93 ..)
      1. +1
        21 May 2013 15: 50
        The question is that the airport is a very vulnerable place. The problem is also working at remote borders. Besides, who says that you need to act in only one direction, Oleg?
        1. +3
          21 May 2013 19: 49
          Quote: Pimply
          The question is that the airport is a very vulnerable place.

          if the enemy is Papuans, then not very
          if the enemy is Iraq arr. 1991, one can not dream of any "landing at the airport": it took a million-strong army to storm Iraq

          Chronicle of the war in Afghanistan: Millions of "frog" mines scattered from Soviet helicopters were seeded in the vicinity of the Shindad airfield
          + patrols
          + radio electronic perimeter control systems, the spirits called them "the eyes of the shaitan" (these are not video cameras, this is a lattice around the entire perimeter, measuring the earth's magnetic field, there is a deviation - a signal to detonate the installed mine traps in this sector)

          For 9 years - isolated cases of attacks. Norm.
          Quote: Pimply
          The problem is also working at remote borders

          Is there an airfield? Yes
          Is there a transport aircraft? YES
          Enough to supply 500 French legionnaires
          Quote: Pimply
          then you need to act from only one direction, Oleg?

          What do you want to say, Zhenya?
          1. +2
            21 May 2013 20: 09
            I want to say that instead of a conceptual consideration of the issue, you take a convenient thesis and build facts under it.
            Undoubtedly, some of your calculations are correct. But those that are uncomfortable - you just drop. For example, that in the war in Libya, in Yugoslavia, in Iraq, NATO used both aircraft carriers and stationary airfields. This allowed the coalition troops, if they wanted to, to sharply increase the group, move it, and transfer them - if such a need arose. You question the very existence of several classes of ships, in fact, excluding them from the equation - and in their place you are going to buy something that is generally not appropriate, and not able to perform the same tasks.

            Will your boat be a command center, a hospital, anything else?
            Are you aware that there are peacekeeping operations, support operations, reinforcements?
            1. +1
              21 May 2013 20: 43
              Quote: Pimply
              I want to say that instead of a conceptual consideration of the issue, you take a convenient thesis and build facts under it.

              Concept - brazen capture of the airport in third world countries
              Only suitable for a weak opponent - I gave you examples

              Don't you like the facts?
              Quote: Pimply
              For example, that in the war in Libya, in Yugoslavia, in Iraq, NATO used both aircraft carriers and stationary airfields.

              Look at the situation on combat sorties and you will understand that aircraft carriers (Yugoslavia - 1 from 10, amers did not use them at all in Libya) turned out to be superfluous there - 10% of sorties, the air forces could do without their help
              In 1999, Roosevelt was driven to the Adriatic only because he is and must be used at least somewhere
              Quote: Pimply
              This allowed the coalition forces, if you want to dramatically increase the grouping, move it, transfer it - if the need arises

              Yeah, where there.
              70 Roosevelt Aircraft vs 1000 Air Force Machines
              Aren't you funny yourself, Eugene?
              Quote: Pimply
              You question the very existence of several classes of ships, in fact, excluding them from the equation

              what is this about?
              if they are not effective, wasteful and in fact useless?
              Quote: Pimply
              Will your boat be a command center, a hospital, anything else?

              Command Center - A Good Example of USS Mount Whitney
              Hospital - a hospital ship under the protectorate of the Red Cross. Hundreds of wounded are preferably not kept on a warship
              1. +3
                21 May 2013 22: 00
                Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN

                Concept - brazen capture of the airport in third world countries
                Only suitable for a weak opponent - I gave you examples

                Don't you like the facts?


                Oleg, I love the facts. Until they are customized to fit the idea.

                The Russian army now has no special opportunities to fight with a really strong enemy. 680 thousand people in America with a declared million.
                And yes, most interests are in third countries. Do you recall where the Soviet military advisers fought, or where the USSR itself or Russia belonged? It is in such countries or in such territories.
                And this is normal. Because the war between a strong country and a strong country is already something else. This is the level to which the army must be returned step by step.
                Here are the facts. Do not like?

                In Libya, Americans actively used UAVs. And, if you didn’t notice, the Americans did not play the first or even the second violin there. Italy and France - that’s who came off completely in the air, and on the earth - the Arabs. And can you remember not only the numerical ratio, but also the number of sorties? A dispute with you about this went back during the last article, right?


                Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN
                70 Roosevelt Aircraft vs 1000 Air Force Machines
                Aren't you funny yourself, Eugene?

                No, Oleg, not funny. Because 70 airplanes are the air forces of a medium-sized country.
                1. +2
                  22 May 2013 12: 14
                  Quote: Pimply
                  Remind you where the Soviet military advisers fought

                  The USSR was a superpower. One BDK was 150 pieces + a huge dual-purpose civilian fleet

                  Modern Russia has none of this except Mistral
                  Quote: Pimply
                  And, if you didn’t notice, the Americans did not play the first or even the second violin there. Italy and France - that's who came off completely in the air,

                  No, Zhenya, here you are definitely wrong

                  Italian Air Force allocated 8 combat aircraft
                  US Air Force allocated 30 + support vehicles (EW, AWACS, RT reconnaissance)

                  Impact capabilities of "Raphael" and B-1B will not be compared))
                  Quote: Pimply
                  And can you remember not only the numerical ratio, but also the number of sorties?

                  there was a complete star. Andrew, barely saw the numbers, leaked the topic

                  In total, NATO aircraft carried out 26156 sorties. France share - 4500 sorties or 17,2% of the total
                  Quote: Pimply
                  No, Oleg, not funny. Because 70 airplanes are the air forces of a medium-sized country.

                  Eugene, do not try to twist. Here we are talking about something else:
                  Quote: Pimply
                  This allowed the coalition forces, if desired, to sharply increase the group, move it, transfer

                  70 carrier-based aircraft - a complete insignificance against the backdrop of NATO
    3. -3
      21 May 2013 15: 49
      Read the story. There was a minimum of purely defensive wars in Russia. Take at least the 20 century.
      1. +3
        21 May 2013 19: 51
        Quote: Pimply
        Read the story. There was a minimum of purely defensive wars in Russia. Take at least the 20 century.

        Marine landings on foreign shores often landed?

        (now there is no need to give an example of landings in Linnahamari, fighting over the Tunturi Bridge, crossing the Dnieper and Malaya Zemlya) - these are operations in the immediate vicinity of their shores, where Mistral and Tarav are not required)
        1. -2
          21 May 2013 20: 17
          Will we remember? Take the same Pacific Ocean, the war for the islands. Take the Norman operation. Take Haiti after the earthquake (ships do not only perform military functions). Various missions in Africa. The fight against the pirates.
          1. 0
            21 May 2013 20: 46
            Quote: Pimply
            Will we remember? Take the same Pacific Ocean, the war for the islands. Take the Norman operation.

            Quote: Pimply
            There was a minimum of purely defensive wars in Russia. Take at least the 20 century.

            )))

            Quote: Pimply
            Take Haiti after the earthquake

            IL-76 MES
            Quote: Pimply
            The fight against the pirates.

            Private Militarized Security Moran Security Group
            1. +4
              21 May 2013 21: 34
              Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN
              There was a minimum of purely defensive wars in Russia. Take at least the 20 century.


              Let's separate the flies from the cutlets. This is your mistake - you are trying to mix things that are essentially different. For some reason, you mix airborne operations with the notion of what kind of war Russia or the USSR waged.

              Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN
              Private Militarized Security Moran Security Group


              Private militarized security. Sometimes you need her, sometimes you need to show your presence in a particular region. You exclude the fact that the fleet is also an instrument of politics and diplomacy.
              1. 0
                22 May 2013 12: 04
                Quote: Pimply
                For some reason, you mix airborne operations with the notion of what kind of war Russia or the USSR waged.

                Naturally, this is Russia going to buy Mistral
                For a long time SSS / RF landed amphibious assault forces on the other side of the world?
                Quote: Pimply
                Sometimes you need her, sometimes you need to show your presence in a particular region.

                Stop, stop, you talked about fighting piracy
                The Only Right Way - Private Security
                Neither the BOD, nor Mistral, nor the frigate Undaunted - they are all equally useless
                Quote: Pimply
                You exclude the fact that the fleet is also an instrument of politics and diplomacy.

                Where did I say that?
  7. +16
    21 May 2013 08: 37
    Landing ships are not the main ones. The noise was raised due to the size of the amounts allocated to auxiliary equipment, moreover, going abroad.
    Kings in coffins are turned over from anger, and submariners in strong cases lick their lips in anticipation. Well come home and say - today I drowned a billion dollars.
    Did I understand the meaning of the article correctly?
    1. 0
      21 May 2013 18: 48
      Part of the ship’s hull is manufactured in Russia, part of the amount for any is returned to us.
  8. +3
    21 May 2013 09: 11
    It’s interesting, when did the French fleet win any victory after Trafalgar? Why buy ships from naval outsiders? Then let us buy tanks from the Poles and planes from the Poles.
    1. 0
      21 May 2013 15: 51
      And why do you think their ships are outsiders?
  9. not good
    +7
    21 May 2013 09: 23
    What is bought, something bought, will not be returned. But two misrals will not solve the problem of troop transfer, but it’s a shame that Rogovs who are still alive will not be modernized, although even an amateur can understand that three ships, albeit smaller ones, will deliver troops from 3 a multiple guarantee in comparison with one large and beautiful ferry. Well, something, and landing ships during modernization require much less investment during repairs than any destroyer or BDK. Apparently, the MO has a lot of money, it’s not its own money, but government money, why count them.
    1. 0
      21 May 2013 15: 52
      The Mistral is not only and not so much a landing ship.
      1. Borodko
        +1
        21 May 2013 16: 38
        Keep it simple
      2. +1
        21 May 2013 19: 52
        Quote: Pimply
        The Mistral is not only and not so much a landing ship.

        But what is it?

        Strategic missile cruiser?
        1. -3
          21 May 2013 20: 18
          First of all, this is the coordination command center, Oleg. What you diligently miss. And the hospital, which the regional hospital can envy.
          1. +3
            21 May 2013 20: 50
            Quote: Pimply
            First of all, this is the coordination command center, Oleg.

            Zhenya is advertising booklets and boltology. There is no sense behind a beautiful phrase
            Quote: Pimply
            And the hospital, which the regional hospital can envy.

            For this, a hospital ship is preferable, rather than a warship. Hospitals have an important advantage - increased security and the protectorate of the Red Cross (white color, three red crosses)
            1. 0
              21 May 2013 23: 43
              "Protectorate of the Red Cross (white color, three red crosses)" During the First World War and the Second World War, many hospital ships went to the bottom - there are no rules in war.
              1. +2
                22 May 2013 03: 24
                Quote: Blackgrifon
                Red Cross protectorate (white color, three red crosses) "During the First World War and World War II, many hospital ships went to the bottom - there are no rules in war.

                Did I talk about complete safety?
                Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN
                Hospitals have an important advantage - increased security and the protectorate of the Red Cross (white color, three red crosses)

                Only a few times less likely to be hit
                Hundreds of wounded have nothing to do on a warship.
        2. +1
          21 May 2013 23: 41
          Pupyrchaty is right - UDC is at least a mobile base for special forces - who do not believe, read the information about the latest operations of the French special forces in Somalia.
          Arguments are often heard that the Mistral UDCs do not carry significant weapons, etc.
          UDC is not intended for linear combat; its weapons are a landing group and a helicopter wing. And believe me - on Earth there are few objects that can stop our Ka-52 with proper use.
          1. 0
            22 May 2013 03: 25
            Quote: Blackgrifon
            UDC is not intended for linear combat; its weapons are a landing group and a helicopter wing

            Who is the opponent?
            Quote: Blackgrifon
            And believe me - on Earth there are few objects that can stop our Ka-52 with proper use.

            All clear. Another dreamer
            1. 0
              25 May 2013 23: 59
              Another dreamer is a good argument. :) Kindly compare the performance characteristics of the Cobra of the latest modifications (the main helicopter of the KMP), the Tiger (the main helicopter on the UDC of France) and the Ka-52 and only then start throwing phrases.

              Now about "who is the enemy?" - But in general, what do you think the landing ships are for? (Judging by your commentary, the Russian Navy does not need landing ships and transports at all).
    2. +1
      21 May 2013 17: 36
      Quote: Negoro
      landing ships during modernization require much less investment during repairs than any ... BDK

      laughing
      And on the topic: repairs are not always cheaper than building a new one, sometimes repairs are more expensive.
      1. not good
        +2
        21 May 2013 18: 30
        I apologize, the black-eyed BOD ran into the text. request
  10. +5
    21 May 2013 09: 26
    Article "about nothing".
    No one doubted the abilities and the need for submarines.
    But a helicopter carrier is also needed. Remember the same Georgia. Such a ship at the Black Sea Fleet, and it would be better if two would be useful.
    In addition, the Mistral is not so defenseless as the author describes it here:
    1. The Mistral is escorted. It is most important.
    2. The Mistral is still a helicopter carrier, and therefore it can have reconnaissance helicopters and helicopters carrying bombs (not many, but still).
    1. avt
      +5
      21 May 2013 10: 17
      Quote: gallville
      Article "about nothing".
      How about anything !? request Everything big with a deck capable of receiving aircraft should be destroyed and banned for production. laughing
      Quote: shark
      You can’t compare these two types of warships. Well, you can’t do that. They have very different purposes.

      This is not for you, but the only purpose is death for aircraft carriers and their minions UDC! laughing
    2. +6
      21 May 2013 11: 28
      Quote: gallville
      But a helicopter carrier is also needed. Remember the same Georgia.

      To carry troops to Georgia on the Mistral?
      But this is a very difficult route, much easier by air from Murmansk via Brazil
      1. 0
        21 May 2013 15: 57
        Mistral is not only a landing ship, Oleg. In each article, you miss several directions at once to please the main idea of ​​the article. Is that bad. Because a ship like Mistral is operational flexibility.
        The main unannounced question is the escort group. What and who will enter it. And the combat qualities of the ship and its operational flexibility are quite sufficient
        1. smprofi
          +3
          21 May 2013 17: 15
          Quote: Pimply
          Mistral type ship - it's operational flexibility

          I would like to see this thesis in expanded form
          1. 0
            21 May 2013 17: 43
            Chewing more than once or twice. Sori, tired of it. A command post, a hospital of the highest level, helicopter support, an effective landing ship - are you not enough? Need a beautiful little label?
            1. smprofi
              +1
              21 May 2013 18: 01
              Quote: Pimply
              Helicopter support, effective landing craft

              hmm ... 8 GP - super power? very doubt I doubt it
              according to the second "thesis" - without the ability to "work" directly on a ship (without boats) on an unequipped coast effective goes away. in addition, the BPC Mistral itself is simply unable to provide fire support to the landing. for there is nothing.
              Quote: Pimply
              Command post, top level hospital

              Well, what do you mean then landing ship - wunderwaffle?
              1. +1
                21 May 2013 18: 10
                The Soviet concept assumed essentially hedgehog ships. Crammed with weapons to the limit. You can’t realize that a ship doesn’t have to be a prodigy armed to the teeth? 16 helicopters - not capable? The battle group going with him is not capable? What nonsense. If this ship was developed in Russia, there would be waving flags and beating against the walls with the chest for how this ship megacrew. Stop talking nonsense.
                1. Larus
                  +6
                  21 May 2013 18: 18
                  The Soviet concept involves the protection of landing and equipment, and unlike Western-style barges, it meets the real requirements of the war, rather than sail, calmly unload and scare the Papuans.
                  1. -1
                    21 May 2013 18: 22
                    Are you laughing? It simply assumes greater autonomy. But you are not aware that such autonomy has a number of serious drawbacks?
                    1. Larus
                      0
                      21 May 2013 19: 27
                      No one expects our ships to be sent alone to explore the expanses of the ocean floor, but he is able to defend himself.
                      1. +1
                        21 May 2013 23: 52
                        Protect from whom? Being in the middle of an order of full-fledged warships, nothing threatens him, and if the order is destroyed, then, believe me, nothing will help the landing ship (regardless of class and tap).
                  2. +1
                    21 May 2013 23: 50
                    And what kind of protection?
                    The landing ship is not able to independently and effectively support landing forces. If you don’t agree, I’ll ask you to justify your position and cite historical facts as arguments.
                2. smprofi
                  +1
                  21 May 2013 19: 02
                  Quote: Pimply
                  16 helicopters - not capable?

                  16 GPs on DVDKD type "Vladivostok" - will not. this is the general contractor DCNS [Direction Technique des Constructions Navales] announced.
                  there will be a total of 16 helicopters. if you load 16 GPs, then how do I land? 2 boats?
                  and on Ka-29, on their weapons, I would not particularly trust: it is unlikely that he will be able to take a lot of weapons if there is a landing in it.
                  1. -4
                    21 May 2013 19: 33
                    From 8 to 16, let's say this.
                    1. +5
                      21 May 2013 19: 54
                      Quote: Pimply
                      From 8 to 16, let's say this.

                      Falklands 82

                      The operation involved 130 British rotorcraft
                      1. -1
                        21 May 2013 20: 48
                        So what? And remember aviation. Are you going to fight Argentina? Four Mistral will allow to bring the total number of helicopters only on the Mistral to 64. Is that not enough for you?
                      2. +1
                        21 May 2013 21: 02
                        Quote: Pimply
                        Are you going to fight Argentina? Four Mistral will allow to bring the total number of helicopters only on the Mistral to 64. Is that not enough for you?

                        Of course not enough
                        Only half the amount needed

                        And this is for a small mess with a beggar Argentina !!!
                      3. +1
                        21 May 2013 23: 55
                        Compare the fleet of Argentina and Britain in 1982. The forces were almost equal.
                      4. +2
                        21 May 2013 23: 54
                        During the Falkland conflict, the British used container ships as the UDC.
                  2. 0
                    21 May 2013 23: 53
                    As the air group in the sources indicated - Ka-52.
              2. +1
                21 May 2013 23: 48
                How can it not - and helicopters for what?
                In addition, you are missing out on the fact that None of the landing craft will operate alone.
            2. +2
              21 May 2013 20: 02
              Quote: Pimply
              Command post,

              command post can be placed on any destroyer or CER
              in the end, the FKP can successfully be located in an underground bunker near Moscow - or the Russian Navy has refused satellite communications and do you need to semaphore the flags ??
              Quote: Pimply
              the highest level hospital

              for this there are hospital ships with three red crosses on board

              much simpler, safer and more effective than mistral hospital
              Quote: Pimply
              helicopter support

              16 cars are nothing
              In a real operation, their score usually goes to hundreds
              Quote: Pimply
              effective landing ship

              This is Zhenya, your fantasies
              Quote: Pimply
              Need a beautiful little label?

              No, you need an 2-3 item (to choose) from this list:
              - built-in self-defense systems
              - speed up to 30 nodes
              - nose ramp for unloading heavy armored vehicles
              - the ability to take on board at least the MBT battalion
              1. +2
                21 May 2013 21: 13
                Yeah. And here we continue to increase the grouping. This is about hospital ships.

                16 cars is nothing. This is a serious firepower. Most countries on the planet do not have such air forces at all. Most countries have several helicopters as the Air Force.
                1. +2
                  22 May 2013 11: 59
                  Quote: Pimply
                  Yeah. And here we continue to increase the grouping. This is about hospital ships.

                  And you thought I came with a beak to click?

                  I have a material expenditure per fighter of about 100 kg per day. Required tonnage per paratrooper: if during World War II it amounted to 5 - 7 gross, then in the Anglo-Argentine conflict - more than 50 gross. Are you kidding?

                  There, besides Mistral, there will be 5 container ships, a group of naval tankers, KSS, an ocean tug (rescue complex "Fotiy Krylov"), and an escort - surface / submarine forces. Surely you will need minesweepers and a lighter carrier with armored vehicles
                  Quote: Pimply
                  16 cars are nothing. This is serious firepower.

                  this is Zhenya your fantasies
              2. +1
                22 May 2013 00: 01
                1. "there are hospital ships for this with three red crosses on board

                much easier, safer and more effective than the mistral hospital "

                Hospital ships do not live long in any of the violent conflicts.

                2. "16 cars are nothing
                In a real transaction, their account is usually in the hundreds "
                I agree - 16 vehicles are few, but in a full-scale landing operation one UDC should not be used - at least 2-3. In addition, we now do not have a single helicopter carrier.
                And lastly, UDC is an excellent mobile base for special forces.

                3. "No, you need 2-3 items (optional) from this list:
                - built-in self-defense systems
                - speed up to 30 nodes
                - nose ramp for unloading heavy armored vehicles
                - the ability to take on board at least an MBT battalion "

                The nasal ramp impairs the strength of the structure. Cases when a large DC is able to use the nasal ramp are rare.
                The ability to take on board the MBT battalion is an excellent ability, but only transport vessels now possess it.
                1. +1
                  22 May 2013 03: 28
                  Quote: Blackgrifon
                  Hospital ships do not live long in any of the violent conflicts.

                  Does Mistral live longer?
                  Quote: Blackgrifon
                  I agree - 16 vehicles are few, but in a full-scale landing operation, one UDC should not be used - at least 2-3.

                  Sense? 30-40 turntables

                  Britts needed 130 !!! And there were large SiKings and heavy military transport "Chinooks"
            3. -1
              21 May 2013 21: 41
              Quote: Pimply
              The main unannounced question is the escort group.

              Mistral doesn’t even have a big move, which means that all those who will accompany him and provide him lose their mobility, what’s wrong?
          2. +1
            21 May 2013 23: 46
            Learn the latest French operations in Somalia - UDC was used there as a special forces base.
            Now take a "normal" DK and tell me which is better - a vessel that can operate only in littoral waters or a ship capable of launching a large landing force on small boats and supporting it with a flock of very evil attack helicopters?
    3. +5
      21 May 2013 12: 12
      Well, calculate the cost of the ship itself, plus the cost of what it delivers, plus escort. If all this is covered by a flock of diesel-electric submarines, not to mention the nuclear submarine. The author of the article tried to convey this to you. Yesterday the "flea" same article by O. Kaptsov about the aircraft carrier called a murzilkoy. Just read the articles carefully to understand the essence. And the Mistrals, of course, do not fall under the protection of consumer rights and cannot be returned.
      1. 0
        21 May 2013 15: 58
        AND? The army and navy are not cheap. Here either throw caps, or really promote their policies and interests in the world.
        1. +2
          21 May 2013 19: 56
          Quote: Pimply
          AND? Army and Navy are not cheap

          It happens and for a lot of money they push the bullshit (look at Serega Zverev - do you want to sew a suit with him? tongue )
          Everything needs to be done according to the mind, and not on the "more expensive - better" principle
          1. -1
            21 May 2013 20: 57
            Zverev is not a fashion designer. He is, first of all, a stylist and a stylist of stars - with his own specifics. Yes, I wouldn’t refuse to do his hair - my friend, who studied with him, says that the master is excellent.

            And here I bring Oleg to this - you put the label ahead of the functional. And it doesn’t come out of the mind at all.
            1. 0
              21 May 2013 22: 13
              Quote: Pimply
              Yes, I wouldn’t refuse to do his hair - my friend, who studied with him, says that the master is excellent.

              In any lesser-known salon they will do no worse and, what is also important, a develle. Give the girls more tea - and they will flutter 3 hours around you, trim every hair with a razor

              Zverev and Yudashkin - all this is called show-offs, 600-th Merc and other jokes

              - How much did you take a tie?
              - for 300
              - loshara. I have the same for 800
              Quote: Pimply
              And here I bring Oleg to this - you put the label ahead of the functional. And it doesn’t come out of the mind at all.

              It is not true. Where did I write this?
              1. +2
                21 May 2013 22: 26
                Oleg, you can’t write directly. I do not say what you put forward made in Russia. You just put a plus sign about one type of weapon, and absolutely exclude another.
                1. +1
                  22 May 2013 11: 48
                  Quote: Pimply
                  You just put a plus sign about one type of weapon, and absolutely exclude another.

                  naturally. if the weapon is useless, you need to get rid of it and find an adequate replacement
  11. +11
    21 May 2013 09: 34
    You can’t compare these two types of warships. Well, you can’t do that. They have very different purposes. But you can’t really say good things about Mistral. A huge, useless barge. A tidbit for a little-armed boat. It seems to me that even an artillery boat will sink this monster. Those. to protect it, a large security warrant is required. Here and the air defense frigate, and the BOD or a couple of MPK and at least something anti-ship (destroyer or cooler) Only the protection of this monster will cost a pretty penny. And for what? 500 marines and a few armored personnel carriers? It’s clear that this is a stupid decision of a liberal-oriented president. Once again, the proven liberals have no place in power in Russia. For the sake of stupid imitation of their beloved west, they are ready to jeopardize the country's defense. Well, about the fact that they have profiled several billion budget money no longer coming
    1. +4
      21 May 2013 11: 30
      Quote: shark
      You can’t compare these two types of warships.

      From what?
      There is a certain amount of funds: there is a choice. Buy a mistral or build a wolf pack of submarines
      1. poizor
        +5
        21 May 2013 13: 50
        Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN
        There is a certain amount of funds: there is a choice. Buy a mistral or build a wolf pack of submarines

        will not bring, for comparison, how much does one submarine cost? diesel-electric and nuclear?
        1. poizor
          +3
          21 May 2013 17: 58
          ahh, already minusanuli for such a simple question!
          see the gap pattern in full passed, how did you see the price of submarines?
        2. +4
          21 May 2013 20: 06
          Quote: poizor
          will not bring, for comparison, how much does one submarine cost? diesel-electric and nuclear?

          DEPL Varshavyanka ~ 1 / 3 Mistral
          NPS Ash ~ Mistral
          1. 0
            26 May 2013 00: 08
            The nuclear submarines of the Yasent type and the UDC of the Mistral type are designed for different purposes. How will Yasen help you if you urgently need to occupy a port, seize and hold an important object on the coast, land troops, etc.?
      2. +1
        21 May 2013 15: 59
        Oleg, this is ridiculous. These are ships for different tasks. RPGs, for example, are good weapons. Let's arm them all the soldiers and take away the guns? Well, if they have a grenade launcher?
        1. +3
          21 May 2013 20: 08
          Quote: Pimply
          Oleg, this is ridiculous. These are ships for different tasks.

          I argue with that
          Quote: Pimply
          RPGs, for example, are good weapons. Let's arm them all the soldiers and take away the guns? Well, if they have a grenade launcher?

          RPGs and machine guns are needed. for everyone there are tasks
          Another thing is that Russia does not need Mistrel, since the fleet has no tasks for it.
      3. 0
        22 May 2013 20: 22
        then it’s still not quite a comparison of TTX and BH of ships, but more of a financial and economic comparison of the effectiveness of investments depending on the geopolitical nuances and financial capabilities of the hoteliers. :)
      4. 0
        26 May 2013 00: 05
        Wolf packs of the fascist submarine fleet were eventually strangled by packs of cheap hunters and escort aircraft carriers. Need to buy them? The tasks of the fleet cannot be reduced solely to submarine warfare - the "Fleet in being" doctrine can bring quite a few dividends.
  12. +9
    21 May 2013 09: 46
    "The French are honest and responsible guys" ... don't be funny. There are bookmarks initially !!! They are laid by processor designers, then manufacturers (each seemingly with good intentions) ... how many scandals with Chinese electronics with detection ... and this is not in the domestic sphere, they also slap it for the Mistrals there, so add curiosity to NATO members Chinese comrades ... do not forget to add programmers ... even those workers, they will contribute their bit.
    1. +2
      21 May 2013 13: 22
      Below similar pile. It turned out ahead. +
    2. 0
      26 May 2013 00: 10
      "The French are honest and responsible guys"
      I have to agree - before the First World War, the Russian Empire ordered a large consignment of cirasses in France to protect the infantry. Franks put kirasses, but only defective.
  13. EDW
    EDW
    +4
    21 May 2013 09: 56
    the author said at first that the ferry and the submarine are incomparable, and then fervently set about comparing them :) well oh well, for the photo +
    1. +1
      21 May 2013 14: 43
      HE MISTAKED A GOD'S GIFT WITH Fried Eggs
    2. +1
      21 May 2013 17: 40
      There is such an expression "Contrast background", this is when not compare the possibilities but the difference.
  14. Larus
    +4
    21 May 2013 10: 05
    I very much agree with the author that the purchase of Mistral is not a targeted expenditure of funds, because we ourselves would be able to bungle a similar thread, give the task to our specialists, and our landing ships are adapted to our conditions, and here you still have to redo everything.
    1. +1
      21 May 2013 16: 00
      You know that

      A) All shipyards are clogged
      B) Not only ships are bought, but also technologies
      C) Our specialists do for 7 years what the French can do in 2 years.
      1. Larus
        +2
        21 May 2013 18: 11
        All, or those that can?
        Technology, technology, strife, specifically on this ship?
        So such specialists, or even such troughs will be able to pile for 2.
        There is no plan in this economy what is needed and how much, because. a new one begins to build a new one. Technologies can be purchased in such a way that you don’t have to think later about where to attach it and how to use it.
        That's what our specialists would have work to do and they need to give out plans for what we want and what we need, and then both the designers and the workers will sculpt the boats at a pace and quality.
        1. -5
          21 May 2013 18: 23
          And again he went with his tongue to grind. The main drawback of the ship is its watermark. It would be developed in Russia, and assembled in two years, and not in 7, as much less large-scale projects are being sculpted now - you would prove to me how good and beautiful it is. So do not smack nonsense.
          1. Larus
            +3
            21 May 2013 19: 25
            It’s you who grind, and I’m saying that you have to give yours to think and do.
            1. -1
              21 May 2013 19: 46
              You need yours. But if you don't have your own, or your own bad or unfinished one, do you need to wave the flag in front of the enemy and yell "ours is better"? The same Americans calmly and without complexing buy what they need - and do not worry. That does not prevent them from creating their own developments. Russian shipyards are packed, 40 ships are under construction. And most of it takes a long time, 6-7 years. The French, thanks to modern technology, build in two years.
              At the same time, modern construction technologies are being transferred, cooperation with the military-industrial complex of France, etc. So let's do it without boltology.
          2. -1
            21 May 2013 22: 26
            Pimpy for starters, let your France try to survive our dashing 90s, and then see what it can build in two years. That you prove to us what is so good and wonderful bath and laundry plant with a French built.
            1. +1
              21 May 2013 22: 43
              With what joy is she mine? We are talking now about the present and the restoration of the army and navy, and not about your personal complexes regarding the collapse of the USSR and the dashing 90s. We did not go to you.
              1. +1
                21 May 2013 23: 04
                These are not my personal complexes, but the reality of life.
                And the reality is that "break not build" and Russia, although slowly (in your concept), is returning to its main course, and if the next two Mistrals are going to be built in Russia, then there is where, and that means it was possible to restore the project 11780 brought to the current needs of the fleet and is in no way inferior in performance characteristics of the painted Mistrals.
                Here it is clear to everyone that you won’t return it, but you have to think so that in the future they do not repeat such nonsense.
                1. -1
                  21 May 2013 23: 37
                  These are the complexes respected. Live in the past.

                  Because bringing the old projects to the condition will not give anything new. Living in the past is the first sign of old age. And weaknesses. Are you going to throw caps at a potential enemy?
                  1. +1
                    22 May 2013 08: 51
                    Piperchny do not be too lazy to see the performance characteristics of the 11780 project, it is in no way inferior to your modern Mistrals, plus the project can always be finalized, but it will be its own project and the opportunity to build the building for the future.
                  2. +1
                    22 May 2013 20: 30
                    Quote: Pimply
                    These are the complexes respected. Live in the past.

                    Because bringing the old projects to the condition will not give anything new. Living in the past is the first sign of old age. And weaknesses. Are you going to throw caps at a potential enemy?

                    YES??? And that combat aircraft in all normal countries will not "upgrade" or what? Tanks? Our MiG-21 and Su-27 in various modifications are not an example for you?
      2. 0
        21 May 2013 23: 36
        Quote: Pimply
        A) All shipyards are clogged

        Quote: Pimply
        C) Our specialists do for 7 years what the French can do in 2 years.

        I will not say that nothing is being done, but the shipyards are not at all packed. For example, the same Sevmash - how many orders are there at the moment on the stocks? and how much should it be if you "score" it? and this problem is no longer of a production nature, but of a systemic one. the Soviet system has been killed, but in return, there is no new working one. and the mouse on the tail brought that 30% of its needs were allocated to the fleet.
        it turns out that the fleet is simply forced to put pressure on production workers to "catch" at least some freebie. and head-on production workers and the military. and we hear screams - "the shipbuilders zazhralis! over the hill is cheaper!", and in the return - "you are underpaid for us! you demand the impossible!" so they agree amicably, but you can't buy much for such love. the problem is not always obvious, but this is the first.
        Quote: Pimply
        B) Not only ships are bought, but also technologies

        what kind? ok, get the zenith ... and what else? there are no super technologies there. we need to develop the production base. and this is equipment. such as metal sheet processing lines, new welding and assembly lines, hoisting mechanisms that allow carrying around 1000 tons at a time ... in a word, all that is needed for the large-block method. all that was on the chsz, and profuca along with the collapse of the country. even in the union all this was collected by all sorts of untruths around the world. and now nobody will just give us this.
  15. USNik
    +2
    21 May 2013 10: 09
    Look carefully at the Mistral, now turn your eyes to S-189

    Facepalm. How long to!? The author, one of the photos shows a white Ford Transit, let's compare it with the Mistral? And what, it is cheaper, more practical, more economical, there are no "bookmarks" in it, it has a much longer history and a better reputation, and if you put combat swimmers with mines in it, they will drown the "pink elephant" (color blindness should be treated) as nothing to do ... it's not even funny anymore negative
    1. +4
      21 May 2013 11: 39
      Quote: USNik
      How can!? Author, one of the photos shows a white Ford Transit, let's compare it with Mistral? And, what, it is cheaper, more practical, more economical

      You, dear USNik, do not understand the main thing - there were funds for the fleet, which should have been spent with the greatest efficiency. What for this: buy a Mistral or build a flock of submarines (based on today's realities and needs)? Which way is more efficient?

      And three times do not give a damn that the Mistral has another purpose - the capabilities of this ship are simply unclaimed. Strengthening the fleet requires warships armed to the teeth, not slow-moving barges.
      1. poizor
        +1
        21 May 2013 14: 02
        Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN
        Do not understand the main thing - there were funds for the fleet, which should have been spent with the greatest efficiency. What for this: buy a Mistral or build a flock of submarines (based on today's realities and needs)? Which way is more efficient?

        How much does a submarine cost?
        1. 0
          21 May 2013 21: 47
          Quote: poizor
          How much does a submarine cost?

          And how much are all the capabilities of submarines?
          1. poizor
            0
            21 May 2013 23: 41
            Quote: olegyurjewitch
            all the features of the submarine?

            and what do you mean by that?
      2. +5
        21 May 2013 15: 28
        Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN
        Quote: USNik
        How can!? Author, one of the photos shows a white Ford Transit, let's compare it with Mistral? And, what, it is cheaper, more practical, more economical

        You, dear USNik, do not understand the main thing - there were funds for the fleet, which should have been spent with the greatest efficiency. What for this: buy a Mistral or build a flock of submarines (based on today's realities and needs)? Which way is more efficient?

        And three times do not give a damn that the Mistral has another purpose - the capabilities of this ship are simply unclaimed. Strengthening the fleet requires warships armed to the teeth, not slow-moving barges.

        They simply do not understand that these ships without normal cover are simply not operational. It is better to first build or buy independent combat units, and then from these units create an attack group where Mistral will fit.
        1. 0
          21 May 2013 16: 02
          At the time of the purchase of the Mistral, 40 warships were being built at Russian shipyards.
      3. +3
        21 May 2013 15: 47
        Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN
        Strengthening the fleet requires warships armed to the teeth, rather than slow barges.

        So, it is necessary to modernize Project 941 "Shark" 2 pieces for cruise missiles, instead of a sauna and a gym, place mini-drones and combat swimmers, and cruise missiles in two tiers of missile silos, then conduct demonstration exercises, gouge some island in the Far East for the world to notice. After that, the inhabitants of the Mediterranean will not be funny when the next time the Russian fleet will enter the Mediterranean. And let Dmitry Donskoy remain a testing platform, no one will offer anything better in the next 20 years. Where I agree with the author is that modern submarines are the most predatory animals in the ocean.
        And "Mistral" is a normal amphibious transport ship, it will normally fit into the Mediterranean squadron and in the Far East it will not be superfluous.
      4. 0
        21 May 2013 16: 01
        This flock of submarines is not needed. She is redundant. Submarines cannot serve as command centers, hospitals, provide air support and land troops.
        1. Sokol peruna
          +1
          21 May 2013 16: 06
          In the course of any modernization of the Sharks will not.

          MOSCOW, May 21. / ITAR-TASS /. For financial reasons, the final decision was made to write off and dispose of two of the world's three heaviest strategic nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy "Akula" - "Arkhangelsk" and "Severstal".

          It was decided to leave the third similar modernized nuclear submarine "Dmitry Donskoy" in service until 2017, a source in the defense industry complex told ITAR-TASS.

          http://www.itar-tass.com/c9/742956.html
          1. 0
            22 May 2013 11: 15
            Quote: Sokol Peruna
            It was decided to leave the third similar modernized nuclear submarine "Dmitry Donskoy" in service until 2017, a source in the defense industry complex told ITAR-TASS.

            Unofficial source of the defense industry. He has seven Fridays a week. Interestingly, after 2017, what is he going to test rockets on?
            It seems to me more and more that the modernization of "Sharks" is a political issue and it will be dragged on until corrosion does its job.
        2. +1
          21 May 2013 17: 08
          Wrong Pimple.
          "As you can see, all four Soviet projects of landing submarines remained on paper, or, at best, in the form of several full-scale models of certain parts of the structure. The reason for this was several factors at once. First, when creating landing submarines, especially early projects, it was necessary to do everything from scratch, because nowhere in the world was there such work. Around the time of the development of project 621 in the United States, the possibility of creating a similar submarine was being considered. According to the most daring ideas, a submarine 220 meters long, 38 wide and with a displacement of at least 10000 tons, it was supposed to carry up to 2200-2250 marines or several dozen pieces of equipment, including armored ones.At the same time, it was planned to entrust the delivery of the landing to the shore by some floating craft capable of accelerating to 80-100 miles per hour. , prospects and - most importantly - technical difficulties, the command of the US Navy and the ILC decided to continue the existing development the amphibious fleet.

          The second reason why the Soviet Union never built a single amphibious submarine was the limited possibilities of industry. Even brought to mind the project 717, besides created at the peak of the country's power, did not go into the series. The military had to choose what to build: submarines with strategic missiles or amphibious submarines. As a result, the support fell on the first option.

          The third reason for the absence of landing craft in the USSR Navy is directly related to the second one and in a sense is a prerequisite for it. The Soviet Union, regularly patrolling remote areas, had no intention of attacking anyone first. Therefore, amphibious submarines, as well as all other classes of amphibious ships, were all the time, as they say, in secondary roles with respect to cruisers, as well as strategic and multi-purpose submarines. Moreover, until a certain time, for obvious reasons, there was no clear and objective concept of the use of landing craft.

          Ultimately, the complexity of development and construction, limited resources and not entirely clear prospects led to the existing result. For many years to come, large and small landing ships, as well as ships and boats on an air cushion, remained the main equipment for the transportation and landing of the Marine Corps. In the eighties, a breakthrough was outlined in the field of amphibious shipbuilding: the Nevskoe Design Bureau created a project for a universal amphibious assault ship "11780". Unfortunately, due to political, economic and social cataclysms, it was not implemented in metal and added to the list of closed projects of ships for the transport and disembarkation of the Marine Corps. "
          http://topwar.ru/25964-sovetskie-desantnye-podlodki-chast-ii.html
          1. +1
            21 May 2013 17: 46
            Do you have a landing submarine? Ready-made modern project?
            Which will be ready in a year or two?
            Which will serve both as a command post and a hospital, and will have the possibility of fire support? Will be able to transfer tanks and infantry fighting vehicles?
            1. +2
              21 May 2013 19: 16
              You tired of pimpled with your question, We don’t have such a boat, and probably no one. Not promisingly, and we didn’t intend to conquer Africa, And even an Yankee serves as a command post, But he himself can snap back not weakly, not including the warrant that always him accompanies, There’s a misfortune in the other, we don’t have the capacity to mold such a barge, because as far as I understand it, they are trying to create the necessary infrastructure to build such large ships, Prime Minister Putin spoke about this, such a plant is being built in the east Yes, probably in the west of the country If we can build ships of 150-300 thousand tons of displacement, then the Mistrals will not be needed, It’s just a temporary measure, And yet, if they start building commercial ships of this size, it will be a jerk in the right direction, China’s path has been chosen here and I completely agree , This is the most important problem in our shipbuilding, They will solve it and there will be no more such disputes, And in order to understand it it is necessary to remember the main base of shipbuilding was left to so, life turned out
              1. -2
                21 May 2013 19: 48
                Do you know how long such ships are being built? Or how much do they cost? Or when will the shipyard be ready? And how many ships can they build on it at a time?
                1. +1
                  21 May 2013 22: 22
                  Quote: Pimply
                  Do you know how long such ships are being built?

                  P-70046 - a series of arctic tankers with azipod propulsion system. A joint project of the Finnish company Aker Arctic Technology and the Russian Admiralty Shipyards. Built using the dual-action tanker technology. Displacement - 70 000 tons.
                  Key Features:
                  length: 260 m,
                  width: 34 m,
                  Draft: 13,6 m,
                  speed:
                  in open water: 16 nodes,
                  in ice xnumx thick stern forward: xnumx knot,
                  electric power plant capacity: 25 MW,
                  propulsion system: rotary helical steering column type azipode 2x8,5 MW,
                  number of places on board: 35.
                  On December 18 of 2009, at the Admiralty Shipyards OJSC in St. Petersburg, the second Arctic tanker of the P-70046 project, Kirill Lavrov, was launched (laid on November 10 of 2008 of the year).
              2. +1
                21 May 2013 20: 16
                I agree. they remembered 11780 here. So they didn’t build it because the only slipway on which they could be built was occupied 1143. We always had a problem with slipways. and in order to spank large ships quickly, you need a base that was profiled with the collapse of the USSR. By the way, in general the only place where they managed to do this in the USSR is Nikolaev. but where is he now ...
              3. 0
                21 May 2013 21: 57
                Quote: igor.borov775
                After all, as I understand it, they are trying to create the necessary infrastructure for the construction of such large ships

                Dimensions Mistral:
                Displacement 21 tons (full)
                32 300 t (limit)
                199 m length (longest)
                Width 32 m (at the waterline)

                Next:
                SLIDING AND TRANSMISSION PRODUCTION OJSC Admiralty Shipyards
                For the construction of surface ships, the Admiralty Shipyards OJSC has at its disposal two inclined berths that allow launching vessels with basic dimensions: length - max up to 259 m. and width - max up to 35 m., launching weight up to 22000 t.
                The berths are equipped with three gantry cranes of g / n 100 t., One gantry crane of g / n 80 t., Three gantry cranes of g / n 75 t., Which allows you to form a hull of slipway units weighing up to 200 t.
                The hull is formed using modern assembly and welding technologies:
                manufacturing slipway units without mounting allowances (the technology was developed and implemented at Admiralty Shipyards OJSC);
                welding on ceramic washers using cored wire;
                the formation of the body from pre-painted sections;
                the formation of a superstructure of large blocks with installed equipment and efficient things;
                There is also a closed horizontal slipway that allows you to collect and lower the hulls with dimensions L - max up to 104 m., B - max up to 18,5 m., N - up to 10 m. And launch weight up to 7000 t. The slipway is equipped with two overhead cranes by 50 t.
  16. serge78
    +5
    21 May 2013 10: 31
    Apparently the Mistrals are intended to demonstrate the flag and for joint peacekeeping, humanitarian and rescue operations with NATO. Somewhere the tsunami and our Mistral around the clock on the TV screen.
  17. +5
    21 May 2013 10: 40
    Maybe enough about Mistral already !!! !!! Well, let's spawn a bunch of PL Whiskey again, let's say a billion !!! So what? Why compare the incomparable. Has anyone thought why the first Mister goes to TF? Yes, because Japan claims to the islands and as part of a group, the Frenchman can deliver a battalion of marines there and support it with combat helicopters. And what else do you want to deliver them there ??? Where are they our helicopter carriers ?! Or maybe our BDK carry them?
    1. +5
      21 May 2013 11: 58
      Quote: Marconi41
      Well, let's spawn a bunch of PL Whiskey again, let's say a billion !!!

      Russia is still not Turkey or Greece, it is able to provide its fleet with a nuclear submarine squadron (4 boats, each at the price of Mistral)
      Quote: Marconi41
      Why compare the incomparable.

      The cost is the same
      Quote: Marconi41
      Japan claims to the islands and as part of the group, the Frenchman can deliver a battalion of marines there

      Unless the Japanese Soryu scores it in the Golden Horn
      Quote: Marconi41
      And what else do you want to deliver them there?

      On a high-speed ship - a BOD or a container ship (it will turn out faster and easier than on the Mistral - the Kuril Islands from Vladik a one and a half to two days journey)

      Japanese Navy Kure. Mistral, you got into bad company
      1. 0
        21 May 2013 15: 47
        Container ship helicopters? And the Marines on the BOD? Well, well, and how many landings you are going to shove on the BOD? How do you command them to drop them off later? BOD will not even come close to the shore, sediment will not. And the GAS of the latest systems and air defense in addition will probably be on the container ship? And the marines will jump overboard from him and get swimming.
        BOD must defend delivery vehicles, not implement it. He is imprisoned for this!
        1. +3
          21 May 2013 20: 20
          Quote: Marconi41
          Well, well, and how many landings you are going to shove on the BOD?

          people for 100-200. there are reserved premises for the Marine unit + it is not difficult to prepare some of the living quarters for "new guests". a couple of days just to go (if we are discussing the Kuril Islands)
          Quote: Marconi41
          How do you command them to drop them off later?

          From a container ship - semi-rigid boats on the upper deck, launching using a standard crane boom
          With BOD it is similar (everything is there in advance, boats, RHIB)
          The landing of armored vehicles - using lighter carriers
          Quote: Marconi41
          Container ship helicopters?

          Atlantic Conveyor, delivered ~ 25 units of aircraft across the ocean
      2. -3
        21 May 2013 16: 04
        Let's compare the Bugatti and branded watches, Oleg. For example, they will cost the same. AND?
    2. +1
      21 May 2013 16: 03
      Everything with Japan is not so problematic there. But with China - more than.
      1. +3
        21 May 2013 20: 12
        Quote: Pimply
        Everything with Japan is not so problematic there. But with China - more than.

        This is a rhetorical question.
        The fact is that the Mistral banged at the exit from Vladik
  18. 0
    21 May 2013 11: 20
    The article is strange, the author again behaves like a child in love with one type of ship - apl. You can argue about the need or not the need for ships of this type in the Russian Navy or the need to build exactly the Mistrals in France, and not to cheat ours in Russia, but again the contrast of ships with different tasks began. The author’s logic is simple and understandable, since with the help of the Mistrals it is impossible to conquer any country, then they do not need anyway, cut everything, and eliminate the Marine Corps, well, where should they go and who to attack? The truth is incomprehensible the answer to the same question in relation to apl) About S-189 I did not understand at all, why?)
    1. +5
      21 May 2013 12: 10
      Quote: barbiturate
      but again the opposition of ships different in tasks began

      There are funds. There is a choice. Buy Mistral or build a nuclear submarine
      In fact, the opportunities that Mistral offers are simply unclaimed - the real strengthening of the fleet, which is in a deplorable state and requires immediate replenishment, can only be done with the help of submarines. Simple and effective.

      Pictures from UDC and C-189 are a clear example of cost and efficiency.
      Quote: barbiturate
      since with the help of the Mistral it is impossible to conquer any country, then they do not need anyway, cut everything, and liquidate the Marine Corps, well, where should they sail and who to attack?

      If the unit does not do its job, it is inefficient and requires reform, and if necessary, reductions. It is high time to understand that the Marine Corps is not the Marine Corps, but the usual elite units, like motorized rifles and special forces - it was the marines who took the port city of Grozny in 99.

      The Americans do the same - the famous Marine Corps - just an expeditionary force, a mini-army "sharpened" for operations outside the United States, with its Abrams tanks, turntables and aircraft.

      Quote: barbiturate
      The truth is incomprehensible the answer to the same question in relation to Apple

      Well, it’s unclear here - the submarines play great both in attack and in defense
      1. poizor
        -1
        21 May 2013 14: 00
        Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN
        There are funds. There is a choice. Buy Mistral or build a nuclear submarine

        how much does a nuclear submarine cost?
      2. -3
        21 May 2013 16: 05
        Oleg, do you know how much the nuclear submarine costs, how much its contents cost, etc.? By 2020, 10 new nuclear submarines are already being built.
        1. +2
          21 May 2013 20: 22
          Quote: Pimply
          Oleg, do you know how much the nuclear submarine costs, how much its contents cost, etc.?

          multi-purpose submarine without extra show-offs costs like Mistral
          operating costs lower
  19. +1
    21 May 2013 11: 48
    It is not entirely clear how the question is posed .. What is the point of comparing submarines and landing ships. Both the one and the other class are needed for the Navy, what is the dispute? The fact that our shipyards would have designed and built DVDKD for 10-12 years is for sure. So the Mistral is better than nothing at all.
  20. 0
    21 May 2013 11: 54
    The strength of the American fleet lies not so much in warships, such as aircraft carriers, but also in the ability to quickly transfer significant forces using high-speed giant transports. It seems that they are not warships, and without them you cannot create the necessary military grouping ... We also need "technologies" for creating large, but cheap ships. And Senit-9 is also needed so that we can compare its capabilities with our counterparts ... And much more in Mistrals is needed, first of all, for analysis, and in aggregate. And the mistral is, first of all, transport with good cargo protection ...
  21. +7
    21 May 2013 12: 08
    Someone, once on this site, wrote that the Mistral is not a military ship, but a ship of the pre-war (threatened) period. I completely agree. Tasks? The evacuation of embassies and other citizens from "troubled" countries under the guise of the Marines. Support of friendly countries by its very presence, and a long-term one, in ports with marines on board. It's one thing to simply bomb a city, it's another if a Russian warship is in the port. It is possible, but fraught. Example Yugoslavia, Syria. In general, a hospital, a foreign station. Now about the comparison with the BDK. Both are designed to transport marines. So let's compare with intercity buses. Our BDK is Ikarus of the 80s. And Mistral is the tourist Setra. You can move from city to city on both. Ikarus will even have better cross-country ability in mud. But Setra is nicer. And on a long-term tourist trip ... Will everyone agree with me? Something like this.
    1. bulgurkhan
      +4
      21 May 2013 14: 17
      The funny thing is that there are currently 4 BDKs in the Mediterranean Sea, in which 900 marines are fried and people support the deployment of the Mediterranean squadron on an ongoing basis.
      It turns out like in a joke about cowards and a cross.))
      Wouldn't it be prestigious for Russia if the Mistral would sail there now and the marines would serve in normal conditions?
      1. 0
        21 May 2013 16: 11
        I support. And for some reason, the people of Mystra are compared with a submarine and not with a BDK. In addition, no one is discussing what is actually armed with this BDK? Or is someone sure that he will destroy enemy submarines or aircraft with his farts (intended for fire support of the landing)? Strange judgments ...
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  23. Abakanets
    +1
    21 May 2013 12: 59
    The purchase of "Mistral" is a huge step forward for our fleet, in 6 years we will receive 2 huge and ultra-modern ships, with technologies and invaluable experience of our shipbuilders who participated in the construction of this vessel. The Pacific Fleet will receive at least one such ships, which is very good.
  24. +1
    21 May 2013 13: 01

    Dimensions don't matter hi
  25. Algor73
    +6
    21 May 2013 13: 02
    Each ship has a direct purpose, the Mistral is one, the submarines are different. Both are needed for the fleet. And those and others need more.
  26. +6
    21 May 2013 13: 21
    The French are honest and responsible guys who care about their reputation. It was the French radars that were remotely disabled at Saddam. And the use of aviation was radically curtailed. The result is known.
    1. -1
      21 May 2013 16: 08
      Can you find a real source, not an urban legend? What radars, how, when exactly were turned off.
  27. -2
    21 May 2013 13: 27
    Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN
    There are funds. There is a choice. Buy a Mistral or build a nuclear submarine. In fact, the opportunities that Mistral offers are simply unclaimed - the real strengthening of the fleet, which is in a deplorable state and requires immediate replenishment, can only be done with the help of submarines. Simple and effective. Pictures with UDC and S-189 are a good example of cost and effectiveness.

    The real strengthening of the fleet only with the help of submarines will lead to a skew in the composition and will make our fleet too one-sided, which means little effective. Cost and effectiveness cannot be measured in such a straightforward and unambiguous way that it is better to say a control ship with an amphibious assault, support helicopters, an excellent hospital and a large stock of weapons in infantry holds on the shore or a modern airliner in the depths of the ocean. The ocean fleet of a strong country must include both this and that.

    Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN
    If the unit does not do its job, it is inefficient and requires reform, and if necessary, reductions.

    I’m afraid that with this approach you should start with just Apple, because most of the time our boats are wiped off the piers, but they weren’t created for this at all) This is true, by the way.

    Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN
    Well, it’s unclear here - the submarines play great both in attack and in defense

    I don’t share your optimism about this at all, I haven’t seen a hefty game of apl in an attack in wartime, but to protect my waters, I am a supporter of such plots as Sorya in your picture, cheaper apl and just as angry)
    1. +1
      21 May 2013 20: 26
      Quote: barbiturate
      The real strengthening of the fleet only with the help of submarines will lead to a skew in the composition and will make our fleet too one-sided, which means little effective.

      Slow-moving Mistral without weapons will make it more effective?
      Quote: barbiturate
      I’m afraid that with this approach you should start with just Apple, because most of the time our boats are wiped off the piers, but they weren’t created for this at all) This is true, by the way.

      Mistral will also stand
      This is called the absence of any external threat.
      Quote: barbiturate
      did not see a healthy game apl in a wartime attack

      Gunther Prien - Not?
      Conqueror?
      Quote: barbiturate
      to protect my waters, I am a supporter of such submarines as Sorya in your picture, cheaper apl and just as angry)

      Agree
  28. poizor
    -2
    21 May 2013 13: 56
    Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN
    What for this: buy a Mistral or build a flock of submarines (based on today's realities and needs)? Which way is more efficient?

    how much does one submarine cost?
    1. +3
      21 May 2013 14: 11
      The Germans built a dolphin of 700 million apiece to Israel. This is not a nuclear-powered ship. Expensively shorter. plus to prepare 500 more difficult submariners than 5oo Marines
      1. poizor
        +1
        21 May 2013 14: 15
        so some believe that you can build a whole "flock" for a billion laughing
        1. +2
          21 May 2013 19: 56
          Well, you can have the same Warsaw 3-5 pieces ... Vietnam for 2 billion ordered 6 pieces. but before I heard the approximate price of about 200 million apiece. By the way, now they’re not putting club-s on the ones under construction for the Black Sea Fleet, but a new complex, as on pr.677
          1. poizor
            0
            21 May 2013 20: 10
            Quote: bugagich
            Well, you can have the same Warsaw pieces 3-5

            so 3 or 5? with what filling?

            Quote: bugagich
            Vietnam ordered 2 units for 6 billion.

            and what is their filling? how far does the NATO anti-submarine ship find them?

            Quote: bugagich
            but before I heard the approximate price of about 200 million apiece.

            and again the question is - with what filling?
            Indians aircraft carrier already 3 or 5 times more expensive?
            I'm waiting for the next series with the Vietnamese, who will be told that the submarines are no longer 300 million, but 500 ...

            Well, it’s cool that you have chosen the cheapest submarines which are already over 30 years old. drinks
            Well, the price of the submarine has not yet included the cost of weapons, right?

            Quote: bugagich
            now they’re not putting club-s on the ones under construction for the Black Sea Fleet, but a new complex, as on pr.677

            how much does it cost?
            1. +3
              21 May 2013 20: 46
              you were interested, I outlined you the approximate prices for export Warsaw. this is Vietnam for 2 billion 6 pieces, previously China was about 200 million apiece. so practice in "arithmetic on the fingers" more I will not say, because this is not my part.
              I'm sorry for the filling of the boat itself, what else does the customer want ... for example, such trifles as VIPs - if the Indians were done with one, then the Chinese from the 2nd ... you can pick up such trifles ...
              club-s are exported. but you don’t need to wait for a huge difference (or something super-nice) in export.
              and the complex itself - well, what kind of question is "what kind of filling"? this is not a new Chinese gadget. this is a new torpedo-missile system. it will shoot the same, but it is technically more profitable, + it will be much more convenient to operate. I can also say that when the fret was filed, a new torpedo was dragged under it, but then something did not work out with it. but if you are interested in bius, then you have not decided at all, they seem to want to shove from 677 ...
              Quote: poizor
              I'm waiting for the next series with the Vietnamese, who will be told that the submarines are no longer 300 million, but 500 ..

              there is no need to wait for the epic with Vikramaditya. Warsaw has been stamped for export for a long time and in good flow. the price will not take off. but the fact that they are old does not mean that there is no demand for them. and not so bad.
              Quote: poizor
              Well, the price of the submarine has not yet included the cost of weapons, right?

              the price that I called was announced to me as the final ...
    2. +1
      21 May 2013 16: 09
      Yuri Dolgoruky cost 23 billion rubles.
      1. +2
        21 May 2013 20: 28
        Quote: Pimply
        Yuri Dolgoruky cost 23 billion rubles.

        Strategic missile submarine was cheaper than Mistral

        C.T.D.
  29. Wolf3000
    +9
    21 May 2013 14: 32
    What an illiterate article full of cliches like: "self-propelled barge", "ferry", "no reservation", "built according to the standards of civil shipbuilding", etc. If we approach ships of this class from the standpoint of the lack of armor, defensive missile weapons and strike systems, then all the same can be said about aircraft carriers - they say barges, without armor and weapons. Mistrals are excellent ships in their class for carrying out their assigned tasks, such as transporting marines or special forces. operations with armored vehicles in a combat zone or peacekeeping operations, over-the-horizon landing of troops on a fortified coast, with the preliminary use of attack helicopters, landing of airborne troops from helicopters, incl. SPN groups in the depths of enemy territory, attack helicopter operations, and also do not forget that the Mistral is also a command ship that has the appropriate infrastructure and equipment, as well as a floating hospital, with a large number of beds, which makes it possible to use it in peacekeeping , humanitarian, rescue and evacuation operations.
    Do not forget that, besides transport, attack and anti-submarine helicopters, promising reconnaissance and attack drones can take off from the deck of Mistral, which will allow for reconnaissance and anti-terrorist activities over the entire sea (for example, the Black or Mediterranean).
    As for countering possible attacks from the air, from under water, or anti-ship missiles, these functions are assigned to escort ships (yes, helicopter carriers, like aircraft carriers, go in an order that includes a ship with the air defense function and anti-submarine ships). Although, as far as I heard, we ordered the French to prepare sites on the Mistral for the installation of short-range air defense systems.
    The Mistral warrant should consist of at least one destroyer or two air defense / missile frigates, one anti-submarine ship, one strike missile ship, supply vessel, and ideally 1-2 submarines. Such a squadron, with Mistral as the flagship and command ship (with the deployment of attack, landing, anti-submarine helicopters and UAVs, using special operations with armored vehicles and over-the-horizon landing facilities), as well as with the temporary inclusion of another 2-3 frigates / guard corvettes will be a serious force both in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Pacific Fleet.
  30. +1
    21 May 2013 14: 51
    As a warrior, he is definitely not competent .., but at the time of the exercises - it will be very helpful. IMHO
  31. +3
    21 May 2013 15: 59
    The topic is exhausted! Article in the furnace!
  32. 12061973
    0
    21 May 2013 16: 05
    Kaptsov believes that from the military point of view, the mistral is useless, I agree with this, but he does not know what the headache in headquarters is about, how he can evacuate citizens of the Russian Federation from hot spots, for example from Syria, for this the mistral is well suited.
    1. +4
      21 May 2013 16: 27
      Yes, this asshole Kaptsov, if he thinks so. The navy is full of support vessels from minesweepers to tankers, which when meeting with 2MV diesel engines are guaranteed to go to the bottom. So what?
      The question is - what stupid person would release such a ship without a warrant? And then, being in the war zone, such a ship is OBLIGED to deploy anti-submarine patrols, for this purpose new "Kamovs" PLO are made for it.

      The article is open defamation: a situation is described which simply SHOULD NOT BE. Fiction, such as meeting in the sky Su-27 and T-90 :)
      1. +3
        21 May 2013 19: 05
        Speak correctly. Escort from anti-submarine ships for the author will be something new in his knowledge of the fleet laughing
    2. 0
      21 May 2013 20: 29
      Quote: 12061973
      can how to evacuate citizens of the Russian Federation from hot spots, for example from Syria, for this the mistral is well suited.

      For this, the IL-76 MES fits well
      1. 12061973
        +1
        21 May 2013 21: 20
        and if it is impossible.
  33. Ataman
    +5
    21 May 2013 16: 40
    Self-propelled barge for the delivery of expeditionary forces. But what is a marine battalion? 500 people and several dozen armored personnel carriers - these forces are enough to resolve the point of "colonial" conflicts. Conducting police special operations in third world countries, pacifying the riots of savages in the capital of the next "Zimbabwe."

    Quite right, precisely for the delivery of a battalion of marines to the shores of Syria, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, as well as support and supply of this battalion. What for? Only the exit of a squadron (although what kind of ekadra there) of Russian ships in the Mediterranean crossed out the plans of our sworn "partners" to invade Syria. Does Russia need this? Is it worth paying money for it? Do I need to provide military assistance? Do allies need help? Is it worth it to "flex your muscles" or is it better to sit and "be silent in a rag"? Does the state need prestige at all?
    Yes.
    Why a battalion of marines and not a salvo from a nuclear submarine? Because the salvo is the third world war, and the battalion will stand up quietly, frown and not let go.
  34. Borodko
    -1
    21 May 2013 16: 49
    Keep it simple
  35. KononAV
    -2
    21 May 2013 17: 30
    if you really want to, then anything can be crap, but still we do not need these ships. But on the other hand, we are not going to fight with anyone; they will not drown them. And how the flagship of the fleet looks quite worthy.
  36. 0
    21 May 2013 18: 01
    it is rightly said: this deal is clearly not for the purposes of the Navy, but most likely political or, in extreme cases, technological.
    And, as we are all used to, most of the iceberg is under water and we will never see it
  37. +4
    21 May 2013 18: 28
    I believe that the main problem is different. As Kozma Prutkov said, “you cannot embrace the immense!” Everything should be determined by the military doctrine of the state, what we want at sea - dominance in the ocean - then we need aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, bases on the continents, etc. etc. One complex of ships. If we provide for the protection of our maritime borders and only a different composition of ship groupings. If we want to show our presence someday, I think the Mistrals will do. Then what is good for the Northern Fleet is not good for On the Black Sea, we must keep all the ports and airfields of the adversaries under missile sight, not excluding a powerful naval grouping with absolute air supremacy. In the Baltic, there is probably something close to the Black Sea with its own specifics. I agree that priority should be given to submarines, especially since the set of weapons allows you to solve versatile tasks. will last a few minutes and OUT! Ships wandering in the ocean will look for shores that will no longer be! Accordingly, all the potential that is being created is designed for a local war, of local importance! This is what we must proceed from and use our strengths - missile technology, aviation, underwater fleet, etc. We cannot withstand absolute symmetry with the enemy, and there is no need for it, we have different goals.
  38. +1
    21 May 2013 20: 07
    Gentlemen, I’m a patriot of our country myself ... but let's not rush to extremes, like everything should be domestic, etc. I don’t argue what should be, because the current knowing how we are being built, we would get the Mistral analogue in 10 years at least so. And we need now - for we are being crushed from all sides.

    Yes, and our shipbuilders got a good kick under the ass for acceleration, and they used to build five-year plans.
    1. +1
      21 May 2013 21: 57
      If the country can make ships - so it is necessary to do them! And do not buy from adversaries. And excuses - such as corruption interferes or the KB dispersed did not roll. That was all! Why dispersed? Who is guilty? Who answered?
      And if there are no answers to these questions, then admit that you cannot build ships. And then you have to buy, but only what we ourselves can’t do for specific purposes. Otherwise, why the hell is a state that can’t do anything?

      And if the Mistral is a landing ship, and we do not plan amphibious operations, then a reasonable question arises: why did he surrender then?
  39. +1
    21 May 2013 20: 10
    Quote: SWEET_SIXTEEN
    Another thing is that Russia does not need Mistrel, since the fleet has no tasks for it.


    What are you simple .. like if there are tasks, then bang and it will be launched into the water in a day :)
    1. 0
      21 May 2013 21: 04
      Quote: Bad
      What are you simple .. like if there are tasks, then bang and it will be launched into the water in a day :)

      Yes, even let them down - what's next? Float on it to fight?))
  40. +2
    21 May 2013 21: 45
    The fact that the purchase of the French Mistrals has more politics + possibly new technologies was spoken abundantly a few years ago. And only in 5-10 years will life show whether the customers are right in their hopes. And the private museum of the PL 613 project with its own money, restoration, ship lifting, etc. is strong! Dear!
    1. +4
      21 May 2013 22: 02
      Quote: xomaNN
      And the private museum of the 613 submarine project with its own money, restoration, ship lifting, etc., is strong!

      I am not familiar with Andrei Artyushin and I do not know how he earned his money. But it seemed that he was a decent man, a patriot and a popularizer of maritime affairs. All the same, I didn’t buy a football club, but created a life-size submarine fleet museum
  41. Conepatus
    -2
    21 May 2013 22: 31
    I am not suggesting that the Mistral is the pinnacle of shipbuilding. But let's consider this option.
    Suppose the Mistral deal had not been concluded. Where would this money go? To the country's defense?
    Not a fact, not a fact at all. And so Russia will have 2 not small ships + technologies.
    There would be ships, but they’ll come up with where to use them.
    I think so.
    1. +1
      23 May 2013 01: 39
      Do you really believe in mythical "technology" is time to stop being so naive. I will agree more with the zenith ... but not with the azipods! Because there is nothing more complicated in the technical plan there simply no! Therefore, it is not necessary to repeat advertising as a mantra; from this they will not appear.
  42. Anat1974
    0
    21 May 2013 22: 54
    But the topic is actually quite annoying.
  43. +2
    21 May 2013 23: 07
    Look again at the Mistral and the old Soviet submarine. If necessary, a flock of such submarines will deal with the Mistral, as with a helpless calf. The "pink elephant" is completely defenseless against attacks from under the water.
    ... to the author minus !!!!!!!!!! nonsense what a habit to compare incomparable
    following his theory ........ the submarine will not deliver the battalion ashore, therefore the boat is useless !!!
    Well, tugs are not necessary and auxiliary vessels are also not needed. For they are defenseless for attacks !!!!!!!!!!!.
    make such crap
  44. +3
    21 May 2013 23: 12
    Quote: shark
    forced Spartanism is only good.
    So let's move across the ocean on boats laughing
  45. +2
    21 May 2013 23: 32
    Why argue whether Mistal is good or bad for our fleet? The author of the article made it clear that the purchase of these ships is a political decision of the Russian leadership. And now let's remember 08.08.08. Sarkazi took up the settlement of this issue with the West, and, we note. Well-or Bad, but settled. The conclusion by itself - a couple and a tail of billions of Euros in the interests of France, Russia had to fork out for the intermediary services of the French president. And there our naval commanders began to come up with various possible combat missions for these ships. I think that is exactly so. it was.
  46. -1
    22 May 2013 00: 06
    In general, I think that the article is a hidden advertisement of a private museum (submarine), Regarding the UDC: whoever believes that our Navy does not need such a ship, they are mistaken. Until 2050, Russia will have to defend the right to its territories in Antarctica (we do not say that there will be a war , but we also do not assert the opposite). And the UDC is one of the main elements of the expeditionary forces. Whoever does not like the price, I advise you to remember how they came to the 971th project - from the 671st they built a series, then on the whole series they changed either the light hulls or the elements of the nuclear power plant. fought. And as a result, the warriors are afraid of them to the pole, to send them to the service, they have a "bowler hat" one suddenly "cho". Or how they went to the aircraft carrier; first "Leningrad" with "Moscow" then the capitals of the republics (smoothly evolving from one project to another) .Everything is very expensive and long. With "Mistral" it becomes possible to shorten the path through the "thorns to the stars." Having ready-made ships (some of the best in their class) and technologies for their construction, gain experience in their operation, and create your own project, saving time (at least) avoiding a bunch of technical risks. fellow
  47. -4
    22 May 2013 01: 36
    oh spring, you are spring like that)) the author didn’t give a damn, compare the ferry and the boat, it’s like comparing a tank with a plane or a shuttle with a carcass, you even check the adequacy of the pasters for the pasters, because they’re throwing complete nonsense, or are you getting ready next summer too, springaaa)))
  48. Mr. Truth
    0
    22 May 2013 01: 55
    I agree with the article. In my opinion, against a strong adversary, that parachute and amphibious operations are dangerous to conduct, it’s just a waste of people and equipment. And for colonial wars, you can find a cheaper alternative. The raid forces of the marine corps or special forces of the Navy would be more useful seaplanes.
  49. NickitaDembelnulsa
    +2
    22 May 2013 04: 40
    We bought a ferry with a slingshot.
  50. vanderhaas
    0
    22 May 2013 05: 23
    The stump is clear, the Ministry of Defense is desperately needed by the Ministry of Defense for counter-terrorist operations in the North Caucasus, and all four of them.
    It’s not clear just what fleet they bought for?
  51. PiP
    +1
    22 May 2013 12: 45
    Take one civilian cargo ship (container ship) and you will get a ready-made Mistral.
    1. poizor
      +1
      22 May 2013 13: 30
      will you go on this civilian cargo ship surrounded by 500 soldiers for a couple of months at sea?
      1. Mr. Truth
        -1
        22 May 2013 14: 49
        Quote: poizor
        will you go on this civilian cargo ship surrounded by 500 soldiers for a couple of months at sea?

        What can your 500 snouts do? How many of them will be combat if there is one ship for both material, technical and combat support and for combat units?
        1. poizor
          0
          22 May 2013 15: 11
          I’ll tell you a little secret: the Mistral is precisely a ship for material, technical and combat support and for combat units. and also command support.

          ps I see there are no people willing to ride on a dry cargo ship...
          1. 0
            22 May 2013 15: 35
            Quote: poizor
            I’ll tell you a little secret: the Mistral is precisely a ship for material, technical and combat support and for combat units

            poizor don't write nonsense
            modern standards of material supply can reach 50 brt per soldier (depending on the intensity of hostilities)
          2. PiP
            0
            22 May 2013 22: 03
            So what is the difference with a dry cargo ship? And I'll tell you a little secret. Mistrals are bought empty without filling, this means that you will still have to shove your own stuff in there (shove in something that is not shoved in) somewhere - boil something, weld it, cut it, expand it, narrow it, etc. All this without communication systems, control and a minimum set of weapons. And what prevents you from converting a bulk carrier in the same way? Pay attention to the fact that - "MOSCOW, May 22 - RIA Novosti. The launching of the stern for the first Mistral helicopter carrier will take place in St. Petersburg at the Baltic Shipyard on June 26, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
            “The launch of the first stern is scheduled for June 26, and delivery to the customer on July 8,” the agency’s interlocutor said.
            After the stern part of the helicopter carrier, consisting of 120 small sections, is launched, minor outfitting work will be carried out on it, a defense industry source explained. When it is ready, its relocation from St. Petersburg to French Saint-Nazaire by water will begin."
            RIA Novosti http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20130522/938755548.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medi
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            1. poizor
              0
              22 May 2013 22: 11
              Quote: PiP
              So what is the difference with a dry cargo ship?

              difference in purpose. The bulk carrier is not structurally designed to transport 500 snouts.

              Quote: PiP
              Mistrals are bought empty without filling, which means that you still have to shove your own stuff in there (stuff in something that isn’t shoved in) somewhere - boil something, weld it, cut it, expand it, narrow it, etc.

              Or is all this already included in the project?
              and as you can see in the photo, all the filling is already there.

              All that remains is to install our own communications, control and weapons systems. for which there are already places.
              and nothing needs to be redone.

              Quote: PiP
              And what prevents you from converting a bulk carrier in the same way?

              that it needs to be completely redone...
              1. PiP
                +1
                23 May 2013 12: 07
                poizor
                Quote: poizor
                difference in purpose. The bulk carrier is not structurally designed to transport 500 snouts.

                Decks are welded in the holds and bunks are brought in. It’s not like digging for 500, but it will be more than that.
                Quote: poizor
                or is all this already included in the project? And as you can see in the photo, all the stuffing is already there. All that remains is to install your own communication, control and weapons systems. for which there is already space. And nothing needs to be redone.

                In the project, the French did not lay anything down for us. In the photo, L9013 "Mistral" uses -Système d'Exploitation Navale des Informations Tactiques(System for Naval Usage of Tactical Information)SENIT 9 part of the US Navy's Naval Tactical Data System, SENIT 9 is based on the use of the MRR3D-NG radar. Communications are based on the use of SYRACUSE 3/3B (NATO communications satellites). Armament Breda-Mauser 30mm, M2-HB 12,7mm, SIMBAD missiles, etc. We won’t have all THIS. To operate the radio equipment, a special power supply is required (do not plug the tape recorder into the 220 socket), which means that even their main switchboard is very different from ours. Compare the photo of SIMBAD and our Osa-m or dagger (sorry, where to put the wasp?)
                And many many others.
      2. +2
        22 May 2013 15: 33
        Quote: poizor
        will you go on this civilian cargo ship surrounded by 500 soldiers for a couple of months at sea?

        For a couple of months??
        1. poizor
          -3
          22 May 2013 15: 36
          Well, don’t scare “true men who wipe their fingers” until they’re blue in the face laughing
      3. PiP
        +1
        22 May 2013 21: 42
        If I have to, I'll go.

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