The Shipbuilding Gap: How Russia is Outpacing NATO at Sea

NATO’s naval power is being squeezed from all sides. The alliance grapples with a crippling shipbuilding crisis. While Russia is rapidly modernizing and expanding their fleets.     The New Russian Naval Doctrine Russia’s investment in naval drones is no longer theoretical. They successfully sunk the Ukrainian SIGINT ship Simferopol in the Danube Delta using a Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV). This demonstrates a new capability to project power even in contested, shallow waters near NATO borders. Russia has now overtaken NATO in naval shipbuilding speed in European waters Beyond numbers, they are prioritizing modern threats: Putin himself emphasized the “speedy…