From: The Office of the Premier
To: Mykolaiv Research Station
Priority: HIGH
[Message Begins]
"Comrades, field commanders of our venerable Typhoon-Class Destroyers have been starting to report that their ships are starting to meet more and more resistance from vessels of a larger tonnage by way of Heavy Cruisers, or even worse Battlecruisers, in the field. While normally this is not an issue the enemy has been able due to recent jumps in technology to get closer and closer to our destroyers and deliver heavier payloads than what the ship was designed for.
This has prompted the State Duma to examine the need for a new vessel to fill in this 'niche' and yet be able to defend the 'Tempest' Class Carriers with greater ease than a simple Destroyer can do. While I know the department has it's hands quite full with recent requests the State Duma has mandated that engineers begin to design and field-test a 'Battle-Cruiser' of a Coalition design in order to combat this newest threat to our Army.
Thankfully for now our Destroyers and their escorts are still able to win the day, however we believe that will not last forever and further measures against defeat are to be taken for the greater good of the People's Republic. We understand this will take time and effort, however the Coalition has faith in it's Engineering Corps and it's Military Research & Development Corps to deliver the solution to this conundrum.
This Project is to be code-named 'Resurgence' and work begun as soon as humanly possible.