Russia and the United States are both superpowers in the military field, and the two countries have always had a strong competitive relationship in the military field. However, to this point, we have to admit that Russia has lagged behind the United States in most military fields!
On the one hand, this is related to the international situation, and on the other hand, it is also inseparable from Russia's recession in recent years. Although Putin wants to revive the glory of the Soviet Union in the past, 20 years have passed and has not been achieved! Nowadays, Russia has few technologies that can surpass the United States in terms of cutting-edge military technology!
Recently, the author noticed a more interesting thing. We know that on December 2, the Americans finally announced their next generation of stealth bombers, that is, b21, in the eyes of the crowd. The American media has given a large amount of continuous reports on the emergence of this stealth bomber, believing that the emergence of this new stealth bomber has a strong support for the United States to cope with some regional crises, including the situation in the Asia-Pacific. The US Secretary of Defense even said at the press conference that the b21 is the most powerful bomber, ! The American media even believe that China and Russia should reconsider the war form in the next few decades for the advent of B21!
And on December 2, Russia actually had some action. Russia claimed that on that day, Russia's latest frigate, , entered the Baltic Gulf of Finland. Here, this Russian warship , will conduct the last round of sea trials! It is worth noting that Russia claims that this frigate is a completely invisible warship!
What we need to note is that the "complete stealth" claimed here is actually not targeting optical stealth, but still refers to the stealth of radar reflected waves. According to the information provided by Russia, we can know that the hull of this frigate is all equipped with wave absorbing coating. The main task is to perform support or patrol tasks in the nearshore. When necessary, it can attack the enemy warship and provide artillery cover for amphibious assault troops landing operations!
This frigate is the fifth 2 ship of the 20386 built by the Russian St. Petersburg Northern Shipyard, according to the original plan, and will be officially handed over to the Russian Navy for use in the next year, that is, in 2023! Russia claims that after the sea test, the frigate's maneuverability, system mechanism and weapon working ability will be inspected for several days, and the warship will return to the factory to modify the problems that arise!
Although this frigate sounds domineering name and is also announced on the same day as the US stealth strategic bomber, in fact, it is only a frigate with a displacement of 2,000 tons, and its strategic influence and status cannot be compared with the stealth bomber! Of course, maybe Russia did not make such a deliberate comparison, but this time point is too sensitive!
The Americans showed strategic equipment, while the Russians were at most tactical. Compared with the two, Russia seems to be overshadowed. To this day, in the field of stealth strategic bombers, Russia cannot be compared with the United States, which is also an embarrassment for a great power!
Although Russia does have its own stealth bomber project, the so-called pak da project, at the end of 2020, Russia had announced that it would start manufacturing the parts of this stealth bomber prototype. It plans to complete supporting engine tests in 2021, and the assembly of the prototype will be achieved that year, thus allowing Russia to have stealth bombers!
But the actual progress has been repeatedly pushed. Although it is due to economic and epidemic reasons, in essence, Russia's strength in the field of strategic bomber is indeed problematic. Although the Soviet Union proposed to develop stealth bombers in the 1950s and 1960s, it has not been fully carried out! So it has been developed until now that even Russia has not been able to produce a prototype!
Now Americans have unveiled a new generation of stealth bombers. Russia can only come up with a frigate with stealth function, which is completely incomparable. I personally feel that the possibility of Russia catching up with the United States in this regard is very small. I wonder if everyone agrees with this point of view?
