Originally Posted by Sandman

I had a relative who was commander of a Knox class frigate, and he noticed that the Soviets spent a lot of time towing their warships around. He thought at the time they were just trying to save fuel and time on the engines, but now I suspect that their naval engineering just sucks. I am guessing they have very unreliable, and very short lived engines and hulls. Glowing north fleet submariners are further proof of this. .