“There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today!”

 A good video (biased as its from RT..but interesting to hear the other perspective)

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The loss of Queen Mary left Beatty stunned. He had engaged Hipper fully confident of his numerical superiority of six battlecruisers to the German five. Now within the space of three quarters of an hour he had lost two of them. No sooner had the report of Queen Mary’s destruction reached him than Princess Royal was engulfed in a torrent of shell splashes that completely hid her from view, and a signalman on Lion’s bridge reported in dismay, “Princess Royal blown up, sir!” Nonplussed, Beatty turned to Captain Chatfield and blurted out, “There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today!” 

“There’s Something Wrong with Our Bloody Ships Today!” Part II | Weapons and Warfare

I hope one of our Operational Commanders never utters whatt Beatty said..but our stuff seems to be a lot worse then the competitions. 

Project 22800 Karakurt-Class Corvettes - Naval Technology (naval-technology.com)

Karakurt Class Corvette | Military-Today.com

Russian Karakurt class corvette Sovetsk test-fires Kalibr cruise missile (navyrecognition.com)

Russian corvette returns to home after cruise missile firings in the Arctic - Naval Post- Naval News and Information

Russian naval ship test-fires Kalibr cruise missile from Arctic sea – Navy Clippings

So once again the Russian are building (what appear to be capable) small surface combatants. Will likely have roughly 20 of these spread between black, baltic and north sea fleets within the next 2-4 years.

Which brings me to this basic question.

If I could choose a design I wanted to go into battle with stock option. Not with imaginary modules and the crew untrained for same. or what we might upgun  in the future . Which one do you choose? 

Choice number 1: Karak Class Corvete, Choice 2 LCS 1 or 2 class 

 

If I had to choose, based on the above criteria I take the the Karakurt on pretty much every occasion. Only real disadvantage is that no helo.  

Also top speed is only 30 knots or so, but hey most ships don't really need to go 44- 47 knots nor can they due to sea-states and fuel burn. Also they have space for enough people to ensure properly manned for damage control

So im wondering, cvan we get our hands on the Karakurt class plans and drop them on BWI HSI doorstep and maybe ask them to build a few?

To be clear I'm not a fan of the Russian Navy, but I have to admire thier platforms.