Admiral Vladimir Kastunov, head of the Defense Committee of the State Duma and former Chief of the General Staff of the Navy, reported on Ograkov's readings in Moscow. But he wasn't talking about achievements and ships launched, but about why the fleet might be late for a war that might start tomorrow! "We are going to invest enormous resources in a promising victory, the method of which is difficult for us to determine, over a future enemy about whom we know very little." - said. However, the armed forces and the navy need to be built up. And don't build anyway! And this lack of agreement between plans and the ambiguity of future reality became the main problem in Vladimir Lebovich's reasoning.
The admiral also described the difficulties and incidents that arose with the development of technology. In ancient times a ship was built a year, a British dreadnought at the beginning of the 20th century - also a year. Today, a modern ship with a third of the displacement takes 3-5 years to build, and an aircraft that used to appear in 2 years now takes 10-12 years. "In the modern era, the time to build a new image is many times greater than the time to escalate the conflict. The probability of going to war in a completely finished form is low. Hence Churchill's words about the preparation for the last war. It's not about the army, but about the radical relationship between the required and available time." Castonov stated.
The entire report is linked in a thread of trying to answer the question: How do you actually prepare for war? Castonov formulated the principle of "obedience to the art of war". And since the future cannot be predicted, redundancy is needed! "It's not about an increased number of weapons, but the possibility of using them in more than one way." emphasized A fleet that takes a long time to build is not possible, but you have to fight against time, building ships for one narrow mission! The head of the State Duma Committee on Defense recalled three methods of construction: allocation of guidance (works for 2-5 years), design of universal elements and standard tasks.