The contradictions between Ukraine and Russia continue to deepen, and as Ukraine continues to show weakness in the world, it seeks NATO assistance. Some Western countries have also taken the opportunity to start creating momentum to put pressure on Russia. The most interesting thing about this period of time is that the United States, together with France and Italy, has sent a total of 3 aircraft carriers to provoke Russia.
On the surface, Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Kuznetsov, is undergoing overhaul, and the Russian Navy's strength without an aircraft carrier battle group has dropped a lot. However, in the face of the provocation of the three Western aircraft carriers, the Russian army made a dangerous move. According to the information revealed by the Russian military, three Glorious-class guided-missile cruisers have been dispatched to deploy in the Mediterranean.
The intention of the Russian army is also very obvious, the Russian army's 3 major anti-aircraft carrier killers against the 3 major Western aircraft carriers, which is completely tit-for-tat, and will not tolerate the provocative attitude of Western countries. So do these three Russian guided-missile cruisers have the strength and confidence to confront aircraft carriers?
The Russian Navy has more than 10,000 tons of Glorious-class guided-missile cruisers, and the large tonnage greatly enriches the arsenal. On the anti-carrier side, the cruiser is equipped with 2 x 8-mount basalt heavy anti-ship missile launchers. According to the data, basalt anti-ship missiles can strike aircraft carriers 550 kilometers away, while 2.5 times the speed of sound strikes makes it difficult for the other side to intercept.
Not only that, the Glory-class guided-missile cruisers are also very good in regional air defense, and their 64 S300 anti-aircraft missiles can effectively curb the attack of aircraft carriers. At the same time, if anti-ship missiles are detected, 40 close-in missiles will respond to intercept them at the first time. From this configuration, the missiles carried by three Glory-class guided-missile cruisers can saturate one aircraft carrier, but the Russian military faces not one aircraft carrier but three.
Once NATO aircraft carriers confront Russia head-to-head, will Russia's three Glory-class guided-missile cruisers have a chance of winning?
If the Russian Glory-class cruiser wants to strike nato aircraft carriers, the premise is that the cruisers must enter the range of the aircraft carrier for about 550 kilometers, and the basalt anti-ship missiles have a strike distance of almost 550 kilometers just enough to hit the aircraft carrier.
Too far away to hit the target, too close to have to face the attack of NATO aircraft carriers and anti-ship missiles.
The Russian Navy's operations in the Mediterranean are basically far-sea operations, and the Russian warships at this time lack the support of land-based aviation forces, in which case russian warships face the US aircraft carriers and theoretically suffer relatively well. So, according to this analysis, the Russian Navy even if it sends three Glory-class cruisers, it still has no chance of winning?
At this time, we have to admire Putin's strategic vision, when the domestic situation in Syria suddenly changed, Russia sent troops to intervene in the war. As a result, the Russian Navy also established a Mediterranean Squadron, which drew some warships from the Pacific Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet. Therefore, the Russian Navy still has a considerable number of warships deployed here in the Mediterranean Sea, and this time sending 3 Glory-class cruisers against the three NATO aircraft carriers is obviously prepared, and the logistics and reinforcement issues have long been considered. Not only that, in the Syrian region of the eastern Mediterranean, Russia has a large military base here, which can send advanced fighters such as the Su-35 to support at any time.
At the same time, in Syria, the Russian Tu-22 backfire supersonic bomber has already appeared many times, several times excellent completion of bombing tasks, when necessary to support Russia's three Glory-class warships is not a problem, and syria's land-based aviation forces can also continue to reinforce, which makes Russian warships against NATO's three aircraft carriers full of confidence.
In the final analysis, the Russian Navy is so active this time, it is worried that the US aircraft carrier will break through the blockade line and directly enter the Black Sea to support Ukraine. However, Russia has long been well-planned, on the one hand, to guard against NATO's sudden intervention in the situation in Ukraine and Russia, on the other hand, the Russian army has been actively preparing for war in Crimea.
In order to express its determination to defend national interests, the Russian army has sharpened its knife. According to the Russian "Red Star" weekly report, the Russian Guards 7th Air Assault Division has begun to conduct drills with battalions as combat units, mainly involving anti-landing drills. During the exercise, the Russian army dispatched a large number of self-propelled artillery and rockets to block the mountainous areas along the Crimean coast, and carried out an all-round squeeze saturation attack on the targets that tried to land, so that the enemy who rushed to land on the beach was lost in the first line of defense.
At the same time, the Russian army also deployed a hidden fire network in some highlands of Crimea, as far as possible to block the enemy on the coastal ships, once the other side began to attack with the help of landing craft, these hidden fire points will be opened at the first time, causing casualties to the enemy with lightning speed.
This time, Russia seemed to have made up its mind to either not fight or win if it fought. Next, it depends on whether the United States and other Western countries are ready for a showdown with Russia for Ukraine.