Now, the strength of the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet is far inferior to that of the Japanese Navy. The flagship of the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet is the Varyag guided missile cruiser, and there are 6 Dreadnought-class, Sovremenny-class guided missile destroyers.

Now, the strength of the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet is far inferior to that of the Sea of ​​Japan. The flagship of the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet is the Varyag guided missile cruiser , and there are 6 Dreadnought-class, Modern-class and other guided-missile destroyers . These warships were all produced in the 1970s and 1980s and have been in service for more than 30 to 40 years.

At the same time, there are 3 old frigates , and a new 2000-ton frigate Roar . This is the Roar frigate. It took Russia 5 years to build it before it was completed. It is the most advanced Russian navy frigate. There are also 4 missile boats and nuclear submarine troops.

In our joint military exercises with Russia in 2021, our warships are all brand-new warships built after 2010. Except for the two frigates in the Russian army, they are all old-fashioned Soviet ships that have been in service for at least 30 years. Moreover, the latest type of warship is a frigate with a displacement of only 2,000 tons.

Moreover, those old Russian destroyers are also very partial, either anti-submarine or air defense. It is completely incomparable to our 052D destroyer, let alone the 055-class 10,000-ton Aegis-class destroyer.

The Russian Navy has five 20380 frigates in service and the performance of other 20380 series frigates under construction can only be considered average among the newly commissioned ships in the 21st century. The Russian Navy's surface fleet basically does not have the strike capabilities consistent with its status. It can only bully small countries that do not have many air defense systems . It basically has no strong ability to fight back in the face of large-scale saturation strikes at sea.

This problem is particularly obvious in Russia because of the current situation of the four-sea fleet division. Maintaining a medium-sized fleet in four directions will be extremely expensive in total. In addition, Russia currently does not have the ability to produce large warships. Russia now does not have the industrial strength of the Soviet Union.

The American industry is hollowing out, and the Russian industry is actually accelerating the hollowing out. Today's high-end machine tools in the Russian military industry must be maintained by imports. If Russia wants to become an industrial power on its own again, it can only absorb technology from surrounding countries, which is what it did during the Soviet Union. But now, Russia is sanctioned by various countries and there is a brain drain within Russia, making it difficult to rise.

Under the threat of the United States and the Sea of ​​Japan, the Russian Navy has strengthened its strength in the Pacific and Black Sea direction surface ships . The Russians thought of outsourcing. Especially after Russia saw that and Pakistan obtained four 054 frigates at a very good price.

Russian Satellite Network reported that Kramnik, an expert from the Russian International Affairs Committee, said: Russia has not built large warships for 30 years. Now that the price of Chinese warships is suitable, it should order 4-5 054 and 052 class frigates and destroyers to equip the Russian Black Sea Fleet and Pacific Fleet .

According to the plan of Russian experts, if Russia collects enough money, it will buy 4-5 052D destroyers. If the money is not enough, it will settle for 4-5 054-class frigates. Just like the batch of 054 frigates ordered by Pakistan, they are of the same standard.

Pakistan spent a total of US$1.4 billion to order four 4,000-ton 054AP frigates. Using SR-2410C S-band active phased array search radar and SUR-17B meter wave anti-stealth radar, the 32-unit missile launch system can launch medium-range air defense missiles, anti-submarine missiles and anti-ship missiles . There are also two additional quadruple anti-ship missile launch systems.

If the Russian Pacific Fleet has four 052 or 054 frigates, it can effectively support and cover the Russian nuclear submarine force to suppress and attack any Japanese fleet that has attempts to the four northern islands .

After the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, Japan followed the West in taking a hostile stance against Russia. Recently, Russia stated that Russia-Japan relations have reached an all-time low. Japan's military power can indeed give Russia a try at sea, but Japan is not confident enough to win a modern war.

Once Japan angers Russia, Russia may lose its patience with Japan. However, the Russian Pacific Fleet relies too much on nuclear submarines and lacks modern frigates and destroyers to cover nuclear submarine operations.