But I think they provide overlapping, but different, roles. But missiles and torpedoes is why aircraft carriers travel in carrier groups that have defensive capabilities against torpedoes and missiles.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/us/r...
Maybe because they've barely been training those pilots and know the planes would likely be lost if used above Ukraine? Pilots in the Russian Air Force have supposedly been averaging less than 100 flight hours a year, which is next to nothing.
Occam’s razor is more likely - the west vastly overestimated their capability practically the entirety of the Cold War, and you’re doing it again now.
Tanks being used by Russia in Ukraine:
T-72A T-72B3 OBR.2016 T-80BV T-80U T-80BVM T-90A
IFVs:
BMP2 BMP3 BMD4M
SAMs:
Tor Buk Pantsir
Fighters and Helos:
SU-25 SU-30/35 Su-34
Mi-24/35 KA-52 Mi-28
None of this is "monkey model" stuff like the the USSR sent to client states. These are all top of the line. Same with the artillery and missiles used. All the best the Russians have in any decent numbers.
The Poseidon is a 100 megaton nuclear torpedo.
It doesn't need to get anywhere near a carrier group to knock out the entire group. It is twice as powerful as the largest nuke ever detonated (at 57megatons) and a Russian sub can carry four of these torpedoes:
“All buildings in the village of Severny (both wooden and brick), located 55 km (34 mi) from ground zero within the Sukhoy Nos test range, were destroyed. In districts hundreds of kilometers from ground zero wooden houses were destroyed, stone ones lost their roofs, windows, doors, and radio communications were interrupted for almost one hour. One participant in the test saw a bright flash through dark goggles and felt the effects of a thermal pulse even at a distance of 270 kilometres (170 mi). The heat from the explosion could have caused third degree burns 100 km (62 mi) away from ground zero. A shock wave was observed in the air at Dikson settlement 700 km (430 mi) away; windowpanes were partially broken to distances of 900 kilometres (560 mi)."
Not by much, not per capita (of the obvious target), and both sides are treaty-limited to the same number of 'ready' weapons.
> Poseidon is a 100 megaton nuclear torpedo
You're getting your information from Russian propaganda sources. Credible estimates put it at more like perhaps 2MT.