Russia’s plan to add 80 new warships to its Black Sea fleet will put the country’s navy even further ahead of the US Navy in terms of sheers numbers. Both countries had been on nearly equal footing with nearly 300 warships before Russia moved ahead of the US with the seizure of 51 Ukrainian vessels after invading the Crimean peninsula in March, Kyiv Post reported. The new ones, planned for use by 2020 at a second Russian base on the Black Sea, would put the Black Sea fleet alone at 206 vessels, according to Vice Admiral Alexander Vitko. The expansion …read more
Source: Business Insider
