February 6, 201214 yr From RIA Novosti [excerpt] Russian Navy 30-Year Development Plan to be Ready by JuneMOSCOW, February 6 (RIA Novosti) Russia will develop a detailed 30-year plan of strengthening its naval forces by June 2012, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin wrote in his twitter account. CV32: Nice shot of the Yury Dolgoruky.
February 6, 201214 yr Author Do they ever, ya know, follow up on all these marvelous plans with action? You sound disappointed. But, to answer your question, there was this one guy named Sergei Gorshkov. He had a plan, and by all accounts did pretty well with it in something less than 30 years. I guess we will have to wait another 30 years to see if this one managed to get anywhere.
February 6, 201214 yr Yeah, old Sergei did pretty well, indeed. However, I was referring to his most recent successors, who seem to have a new plan every couple of weeks, and not much else. And yeah, I am kind of disappointed. Russia should be a major world power, even without the old Soviet republics tacked on. It hurts to see them so screwed up, and it's not very good for global tranquility, either ...
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