Putin fails to adequately replace Soviet satellite systems, falling behind China & US | Superpowers

"The Russians, who tried to replace their own Soviet era naval, civil and satellite systems...had by the early 2020s only launched one electronic intelligence satellite."
Russia's lack of investment in its navy has left it on the back foot, with China and the US now the only credible powers able to fight by sea.
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[@Cool5380]

pootin converts all his ships to submarines Ukraine helps as much as it can!

[@dpelpal]

Too bad we in Russia maybe can't get one toilet😢

[@kocyszemaitis2310]

I like "Poo Tin"

[@user-zb9lv3gh8s]

​@@kocyszemaitis2310I like Russian submarine conversions.

[@UncleRuckus_96]

The bots won’t be happy with this one 🤣

[@dpelpal]

We in Russ ia don't even have toilet, pipe going to outside. But we need satellite? What, to spy on who has TOILET?!

[@kevinmolloy9134]

​@@dpelpalwhat's prices like food and have u no toilet either

[@dpelpal]

@@kevinmolloy9134 In Samara food prices astronomical compared to pension. No increase in pension. New taxes to finance war. Yes, this is Russia😢

[@davidvqughan]

Any mention of the Onics hypersonic ship killer? Ship base warfare is dead

[@user-zb9lv3gh8s]

​@@davidvqughanjust because a platform has a vulnerability doesn't mean it's dead. Ever think about the infantryman?

[@carltontweedle5724]

The Russian navy is not on its knees its on the bottom of the Black Sea.

[@moejaime2654]

WOW a carrier nerd expert !! Never thought I would see a nerd carrier expert 🤓 !!

[@MauriceBiermans]

This former UK aircraft carrier officer says aircraft carriers are a good investment for power projection, 'not vulnerable'. Yet former US carrier captain and admiral said in a lecture that aircraft carriers are gone in the first few weeks of any combat simulation of clashes between superpowers. I find all these different opinions fascinating. I look at history and think that these opinions are not facts until the test of battle has come to pass. History also tells us that victory is for the ones with big economy who are prepared far in advance plus learn fast when the show starts. Last time I looked in history books, this was the USA. Probably still is until , Godforbid, the merit system is exchanged for loyalty to the great leader. Some selfabsorbed Austrian tried that in the 1930s. Didnt work.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

All these discussions about Russia omit that the Russian economy is not much larger than Italy's. Their insistence on being a global player is absurd and only possible because WE let yhem. Another Exercise in How Crazy Can You Get.

[@Jmpd1117]

Russia’s Kuznetsov can’t even leave port, the Chinese are still working on the catapults for their old soviet sister ship and are years from getting it right, meanwhile the US has 11 Carrier battle groups many being nuclear powered. The comparison is delusional.

[@dpelpal]

Americans are still laughing about the 3 rusty old ships Russia sail to Cuba 2 weeks yore. One broke down had to be towed home😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Jmpd1117]

@@dpelpal A Russian battle group consists of the warship, a decrepit cargo ship full of spare parts and mechanics and a massive tug boat to drag the whole rusty lot home.

[@dpelpal]

@@Jmpd1117 More like a Rustin' Battle Group😅

[@DavidGitongawriter]

​@@Jmpd1117 Amazing! Yet, it arrived and went to Venezuela and back home.

[@erichbreckoff3405]

​@@DavidGitongawriter given the state of disrepair... russia has awesome sailors

[@abrahamsorby8193]

Will aircraft carriers eventually evolve into drone carrier mothership? Seems like a natural next step as we advance into drone technology snd warfare doctrine.

[@twoninetwosevenone]

Why would you make a village sized ship to ferry bread-boxed sized weapons ???

[@dpelpal]

Wait, Russia still has a navy left?😂

[@gerryhouska2859]

Some tugboats.

[@dpelpal]

@@gerryhouska2859 Everybody's now referring to the rushin' navy as the Rustin' Navy🤣

[@DavidGitongawriter]

Yes, its the 3rd largest in the world and it is divided into 3 (most of us only here of the Black Sea fleet due to misinformation). It has 781 assets with over 65 submarines (the largest in the world), most of which are nuclear subs, 14 destroyers, 12 frigates and 83 corvettes. So, YES, they do have a huge navy!!

[@erichbreckoff3405]

​@@DavidGitongawriter on paper they had a very big army... how much of the Navy functions is the question.

[@loganl7547]

Numerically yes, but as we saw with their sub in Cuba, the state of repair of their navy is another matter all together. A nuclear sub costs between $3b and $5b to build, but then has a minimum maintenance cost of $50m/year, and thats its cost while sitting in dry dock, running costs are probably 5 times or more than that. Given that the majority of russias naval force projection is using submarines, that means that conservatively it would cost them $10b per year and up to actively engage in a war using their navy. Also bear in mind thats just running costs, munitions, food, salaries, plus the fact that a sub can't run consecutive long term missions alone and needs constant resupply their naval costs would actually get close to a quarter of russias GDP, which it's important to note gdp is not the same as tax revenue. Ultimately, russia, a country with a GDP the size of Canada's can't economically maintain a military power even 1/10th the size of the US's. Its a mathematical impossibility. I suspect if a war were to break out, much like what we saw in the first 12 months of the war on Ukraine, we'd see major faults and failures show up in russia's fleet, we'd likely only have to engage half their fleet, maybe less, as the remainder of the fleet suffered mechanical failures and logistics issues rendering them combat ineffective.

[@hybridarmyoffreeworld]

Yes. Seems to me there should be more explicit emphasis that US -EU support for Ukraine is a national security issue, not a “foreign aid” issue.

[@Jmpd1117]

Russia’s GPS is an utter failure. That’s the reason Russian pilots attach cheap commercial Garmins to their 4th generation jets. Shocking and telling.

[@oleopathic]

GLONASS by Russia.

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

That doesnt work. And it is a lie. GPS receivers are hardcoded to stop working above 10,000 ft and speeds above 200mph. Only military grade receivers work above this.

[@dpelpal]

​​@@oleopathicAlso known as "No-Go-Nass" by the rest of the world😂😂😂

[@ProfessorPesca]

What a great discussion, not dumbed-down at all. The RUSI fellows always seem to bring interesting points of view.

[@loganl7547]

As with everything in russian military doctrine, the SHOW of force is more important than actual force. Paper tiger military.

[@twoninetwosevenone]

Didn't work in Chechnya ... they had to physically demonstrate that they can dominate an infant in their crib . Only took 2 tries !!!

[@timrobertson8436]

Does the UK have a carrier battle group with global reach, or is it limited to the "Atlantic Theatre"? China does not have a blue water navy as their ships are limited to the first island chain and to within 1,000 miles of their bases, if they go in a straight line. Their carriers are for show only as museum pieces. Only the US has ever had a blue water navy with carriers that hav a global reach. There has never been another global superpower - not even close. You might mention that.

[@davidmacdonald1695]

Yes, the UK carriers were deployed worldwide in WW2. They have also sailed the Taiwan Straits in recent years. Global blue water capability. All that said, I’d have thought spending the money on submarines and frigates would have been wiser.

[@ianmclaren9721]

The little poisoner might enlist the NthKorean navy😂

[@boink800]

What navy? Ha ha ha 😂 🤣 😆

[@dpelpal]

Lol😂😂😂😂

[@jaybailleaux630]

Historically, Russia was never known a a great Navel power.

[@bryandow2827]

Sea drones have developed rapidly, great for defence say Taiwan would benefit from such things also Britian who needs defence at at cheaper cost.

[@MR-rp3xr]

Putins Theme Tune -Worl of our own (that no one else can share)

[@gregash7683]

Deep draught super carriers need deep water home ports in which to anchor. Russian geography doesn't offer this option. The Black Sea is essentially a cul-de-sac of shallow anchorages now cutoff from the world's oceans. The Baltic, likewise, is quite shallow and restricted for carrier traffic, as Saint Petersburg sits in the shallow Neva River estuary and the breakwater of Kaliningrad's harbor is less than 100 meters wide and faces the NATO lake, making any carrier a sitting duck if hostilities arise. Murmansk on the Arctic is too remote and too subject to severe weather for much of the year to be an effective home port for a world fleet. That leaves Vladivostok, in the Sea of Japan, as Russia's final blue ocean option. Considering the distance of this port from Moscow and the limitations of servicing large ships, only a fool would consider building a fleet of aircraft carriers with Vladivostok as home port. Now, if a carrier fleet is designed only to impress foreign navies with big ships, both China and Russia are too late to the game. The one country without an Imperial Navy, Japan, far outsizes both Russia and China in big, threatening ships.

[@patrickp588]

and its disrespect not to introduce or tell the names of your guests and upload this content.

[@Josh-ew1le]

Fascinating discussion

[@Mr-Science-Stevens]

Thanks for the continued efforts☺

[@andrewcrowder4958]

“Navy On Its Knees.” Picture that. Are you even thinking about what you are writing?

[@Zenon00007]

❤Ukrainians ❤

[@williestyle35]

0:57 the "fleet" aircraft carrier (now super carrier) has been *the* lynchpin of a Superpower being able to project military force anywhere, anytime. The vast Empire of the Soviet Union was never able to develop a fully independent aircraft carrier strike group, despite the resources to build just 2 intermediate "ski jump" carriers like the British had during the cold war. The Russians sold their last (not fully operational) aircraft carrier to China, and after researching it China turned it into a "resort" park, lol. China is now on its way to having the world's second largest fleet of aircraft carriers, including near "super carriers" - something the Soviet Union or Russia was never remotely capable of. China's end use for their burgeoning fleet of aircraft carriers is obvious in its goals - control of the South China Sea and "pressuring" Taiwan. China is never going to use it's aircraft carriers on UN backed missions or for delivering humanitarian aid like the US or the UK - they exist to exert power over China's neighbors.

[@davidbrock2450]

Is this not a rebroadcast of a previous short????? I know the part about the Air Craft Carriers is.

[@AK-cr5pe]

Not too surprising considering as recently as 2015 they were still launching new Yantar-class satellites with actual 1960s era film canisters that are ejected and require physical retrieval on the ground. Russia's satellite program hasn't progressed much at all since the Soviet days.

[@davidmacdonald1695]

russia could not have competed with the US ( or even Royal Navy or France) on aircraft carriers if it even tried..,

[@paulmorgan6269]

Our two ARE just ships to wave the flag. They have no protective force around them unless the yanks are there. That's if they can even get to sea. Helicopters most of the time because we cannot afford F-35's and their insane cost. We've more Admiral's than ships, go check that out. The Labour party are having a defence review. What's the betting we buy more Frigates and get the SNP to build them in Scotland. Next to the Ferries.

[@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu]

Whether you know it or not, you are a russian propaganda bot 😂😂😂 i hope you like turnip soup 😂😂😂

[@steveworthington930]

Are aircraft carrier,s now vulnerable to hypersonic missiles? Only one has to get through the destroyer screen.

[@Discus1948]

I think it would take more than one

[@MauriceBiermans]

There are also nuclear torpedoes that do not even have to hit the 3 feet thick armor skin of a carrier but go boom somewhere below it.

[@icu17siberia]

Funny that the countries with hypersonic missile technology are the ones building carriers…..

[@PeterLorimer-ji5ut]

The Krasniflot was big but historically, Russia has been a land power. They don't have particularly good base locations that open up to a ocean except for Vladivostok and Murmansk which are way out there. The Russians have never won a naval battle and despite what they say, navies aren't what they do very well.

[@arkexplorer9328]

Well said, you can probably launch a million drones from a Nimitz

[@AlexanderDunn-cj5me]

I did have to chuckle when the ex admiral said he couldn't say because bof security issues. Because vour enemies are professionals too and they would know because they do the same

[@IslamicOrigins]

It is a pity that the specific satellite terminology and technology were referenced without explaining them. Missed opportunity. It comes across as just wall to wall jargon.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

The PRC is a regional power with pretensions of being a super-power.

[@Yggi11]

For two years now I've been hearing that the Russian war machine is coming apart? Should I put stock in it THIS time?

[@calc1657]

Nah. Russia has gear from China, Iran, and NK to prop up his war industry.

[@shaneconnor86]

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 from 🇦🇺

[@twoninetwosevenone]

Well ,,, at least Poopin can take solace in the the fact that the sailor in the """ Village People """ is 1/4 russian . ((( actually Georgian ... but if it's good enough for Stalyn ... you know )))

[@user-mz3in7vo5b]

Imperialism...

[@jonathanbutson1385]

No one has mentioned that Russia's only aircraft carrier (Kuznetsov) was built in Ukraine. When Ukraine left the USSR Russia lost its only large warship building facility.

[@7mmScout]

Seababy?

[@Peter-jv3vg]

The old bunker cowards days are numbered.

[@bo2web]

3:05 see Sahel and army of trolls avoiding any comments agaisnt new military pro-Kremlin regime

[@martinalladin8981]

Will you please stop repackaging stuff. It's ridiculous if you don't have new material don't post it

[@electro1622]

LOL.. everything this channel has said in the past has been wrong... just like this fantasy...

[@tomw.6757]

The Russians failing is so routine it's not even fun to laugh at them anymore.

[@gerryhouska2859]

Yes it is! A laugh a day keeps poo tin away!

[@erikedbladh995]

Too long winded....

[@BlackGriffin195]

Oh dear, not again. They have been on their knees, on the verge of collapse, in chaos,...... Give over, go and report on village fetes or ice cream sales figures or the weather.

[@dpelpal]

Well, Russia has lost a lot of ground🤷‍♀️

[@rodmarker2071]

Of course the Putlerbots know Russia will be ruling the world any time soon , like they took Ukraine in a week or 2 or a year or 10 yrs LOL

[@captainhadd0ck]

Every day Putler exposes more Ruzzian weakness.

[@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu]

Once a Poo-tin, always a Poo-tin 😂😂😂

[@dpelpal]

Not to mention making the world laugh at Russian army even more😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rdavidwebb]

I think you mean, on the bottom of the seas.

[@davidgeiszler4764]

Don't forget the 9 American bases in the Philippines and 2 in Australia

[@dpelpal]

China probably hasn't😂

[@imy797-uw5hf]

Can't beat Russian legends

[@boink800]

@@imy797-uw5hf You mean those three day SMO legends? Ha ha 😂 🤣 😆 😄

[@gerryhouska2859]

stalin is dead, long live poo tin?

[@ANDREWWILKINSON-kl4um]

There are two types of naval vessel: Submarines and Targets. I don't rate NATO/US in that conflict

[@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu]

😂😂😂 russian bot 😂😂😂 cranky from all the turnip soup?! 😂😂😂

[@ANDREWWILKINSON-kl4um]

@@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu No idiot, just repeating what US defence analysts have said You're the bot

[@ja1756]

Russia is drowning

[@brenthood2337]

Elon needs to hook Putin up with satellites.

[@Discus1948]

Putin already tried to use starlink through foreign countries, Elon has been working to thwart that

[@andrewhubbard4222]

I'll be blocking Times Radio now. The shameless clickbaiting is really gone just too far.

[@jamesgreen1116]

Nonsense 😂

[@boink800]

Does the little botski not like the truth? Ha ha ha 😂 🤣 😆 😄

[@rmdomainer9042]

Which particular part? Quote or precise time stamp please, "James"

[@UncleRuckus_96]

Bot found

[@jamesgreen1116]

@@UncleRuckus_96 are you getting usa worthless dollars?

[@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu]

Russian bot, russian bot 😂😂😂😂 go and have some more turnip soup 😂😂😂

[@williamthompson4389]

Putin is still there!

[@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu]

Ooh, we have a Trump-Pootin supporter here 😂😂😂😂 I gope you lile turnip soup and the view from the gulags 😂😂😂

[@Discus1948]

@@TheRealEtaoinShrdluDon’t bad mouth President Trump, he sat NATO up to take notice of Russian aggression. Not only by alerting NATO members to their financial and material responsibilities but also don’t forget he told Merkel that the Nordstrom II pipeline was a bad idea that Russia couldn’t be trusted.Trump 2024

[@robertshiell887]

Hunkering in his bunker a thousand miles away from the war he started.

[@rodmarker2071]

or his body double is 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 you speak to him ?

[@χσχσ-ν3χ]

We saw the spectacular launch of America trident missile by royal navy many times

[@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu]

Russian bot 😂😂😂 go eat some turnip soup and think about your sins 😂😂😂

[@icu17siberia]

I wonder why we didn’t see the many successful launches, only the one failed. Misinformation?