Finnish police say authorities detained a ship linked to neighboring Russia as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables.
Do you really need anything bigger? Costal missile batteries have a good reach, passive sonar can hear pretty much everything and planes/radar can pinpoint anything on the surface.
It’s fine for patrols, but it wouldn’t accomplish much in an actual conflict. They carry a few Kinzhals and otherwise only a few torpedoes AFAIK. Compared to the German “”“Frigates”“” and RN frigates carrying Harpoons and more, it isn’t a strong match-up. The USN also tends to have at least one amphibious assault ship in the Baltic at any given time.
Do you really need anything bigger? Costal missile batteries have a good reach, passive sonar can hear pretty much everything and planes/radar can pinpoint anything on the surface.
It’s fine for patrols, but it wouldn’t accomplish much in an actual conflict. They carry a few Kinzhals and otherwise only a few torpedoes AFAIK. Compared to the German “”“Frigates”“” and RN frigates carrying Harpoons and more, it isn’t a strong match-up. The USN also tends to have at least one amphibious assault ship in the Baltic at any given time.