>would be extremely vulnerable at war with modern weaponry. the point of those enormous ships is to minimize the chances of war happening. >More, smaller, nea

>would be extremely vulnerable at war with modern weaponry. the point of those enormous ships is to minimize the chances of war happening. >More, smaller, near-coast ("littoral") ships would be much more effective tools for wartime Russia lost the big ship on the Black Sea and have the situation you're describing - ie. their fleet is several missile frigates, and such their situation is very weak. The fleet can't really operate. (And with recent successful attack on a Russian airfield in Crimea the air support for those remaining ships is expected to dwindle which will be a clear show case of how [in]capable fleet without air support (which we do actually know since WWII really), and that air support usually, until you operate near your shores, can only come from aircraft carriers)