"Krztalizer" wrote in message
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"I find more order on a small mine-trawler commandeered by a lieutenant."

....commandeered...? I wonder if that wasn't a wee typo.

What makes Petr any worse than any other broken down, undermaintained
ex-Soviet
warship? They are all in this shape. What isn't rusted shut is rusted
through.

Political infighting.
CO of Petr Veliky is the nephew of one of Kuroyedov's biggest critics. Our
good admiral is just firing back. Also, PV is flag ship of the Northern
Fleet, one of the newest combatants and "shop window" ship. Criticizing it
is a sure way to get attention - as we have witnessed today.

It's unlikely that PV is any more likely to "blow up" than any other ship in
the Russian fleet. Basically admiral is unhappy with state of the fleet
(probably for good reason) and wants attention brought to it.