Russian Navy Trying To Reclaim Past Glory

From Defense Technology News:

The Russian Navy has not only shrunk since the end of the Cold War in 1991, but it has also become much less active. In the last three years, only ten of their nuclear subs went to sea, on a combat patrol, each year. Most of the boats going to sea were SSNs (attack subs), the minority were SSBNs (ballistic missile boats). There were more short range training missions, which often lasted a few days, or just a few hours. But the true measure of a fleet is the "combat patrol" or "deployment."

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My Comment: The Russian Navy has a long way to go before it can claim its "Past Glories". It will not help if they spend their time sinking defenseless freighters.