LMFS wrote:
https://twitter.com/Strike_Flanker/status/1409552280928624648/photo/1
I'm not mistaken, that is the Adm Chabanenko next to the cofferdam seawall. Can't tell if there has been any obvious progress since the last clear pic (Aug 2020).
LMFS wrote:
https://twitter.com/Strike_Flanker/status/1409552280928624648/photo/1
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As long as those would be used for colonial-style gunboat diplomacy.
Russian or Chinese carriers would not care much about the on-land opponents, as none of them possess now antiship assets reaching further than 300km.
That makes them simply useless in the theatres we may consider as potentially important, leaving the ones that are protected by the natives with no serious anti-ship capabilities.
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GarryB wrote:
The thing is that Kinzhal and Zircon and Kh-32 are not wonder weapons thousands of tons and hundreds of metres long which they might have one or two of.
Russian_Patriot_ wrote:The model of the nuclear aircraft carrier of the project 11430E Lamantin (Eng: Manatee), developed by JSC "Nevsky PKB" at the International Naval Salon MVMS-2021 in Saint Petersburg.
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thegopnik wrote: modernizing an old ass carrier? .
The Zircon is a big advance. Compared to the P-800 with the same dimensions, it has twice the range and almost 4 times the speed. The American fleet would have problems intercepting the P-800, let alone Zircon or Kinzhal.Not long ago, the SM-6 did not even intercept a straight MRBM flying on a predictable trajectory.
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JohninMK wrote:Back in the day...
JohninMK wrote:Back in the day
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kumbor wrote:Nevertheless, Kuznetsov has never been considered successful carrier by Russians themselves. She was rather a prototype for later vessels that were never to be built, with all flaws familiar for a prototype vessel.
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lancelot wrote:kumbor wrote:Nevertheless, Kuznetsov has never been considered successful carrier by Russians themselves. She was rather a prototype for later vessels that were never to be built, with all flaws familiar for a prototype vessel.
If the Kuznetsov is crap, what would you call the British carriers? Worse than crap?
The Chinese thought it was decent enough they refurbished one and built another one.
It was used as the basis for their future carrier designs.
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lancelot wrote:kumbor wrote:Nevertheless, Kuznetsov has never been considered successful carrier by Russians themselves. She was rather a prototype for later vessels that were never to be built, with all flaws familiar for a prototype vessel.
If the Kuznetsov is crap, what would you call the British carriers? Worse than crap?
The Chinese thought it was decent enough they refurbished one and built another one.
It was used as the basis for their future carrier designs.
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Nevertheless, Kuznetsov has never been considered successful carrier by Russians themselves.
She was rather a prototype for later vessels that were never to be built, with all flaws familiar for a prototype vessel.
kumbor wrote:
Nevertheless, Kuznetsov has never been considered successful carrier by Russians themselves. She was rather a prototype for later vessels that were never to be built, with all flaws familiar for a prototype vessel.
GarryB wrote:She was a stepping stone... and two were built
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Isos wrote:The kuznetsov is a dangerous opponent for any navy but US navy.
It provides air cover and air detection against enemy ships. And can launch stand off attacks.
US have 10 super carrier so they outnumber the kuznetsov but near friendly shores it still adds 12 supersonic missiles and 20 aircraft.
lancelot wrote:If the Kuznetsov is crap, what would you call the British carriers?
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lancelot wrote:...The Chinese thought it was decent enough they refurbished one and built another one...
GarryB wrote:Read the British Navy thread their new destroyers have 48 vertical launch missile tubes and they can only afford 6 ships of a planned 12, and the primary fighter on their two new carriers is about to be cancelled and thrown in the bin..
The cancellation of the destroyers means their carriers are going to be even more vulnerable but then 48 SAMs is pathetic self defence capacity anyway... it would struggle to defend itself with that sort of a load out let alone defending another ship.
But what is worse they don't have any bigger ships like cruisers... they spent all the cash on two carriers and Trident, and now they wont be able to operate those carriers because they wont have enough other ships for patrols and protect their carriers.
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kumbor wrote:
Granit launchers are to be landed off Kuznetsov during this refit. If the powerplant is only to be refurbished - boilers are still very bad. Kuz needs full boiler replacement
kumbor wrote:Granit launchers are to be landed off Kuznetsov during this refit. If the powerplant is only to be refurbished - boilers are still very bad. Kuz needs full boiler replacement