Repaired repair work stopped
Is Russia’s only aircraft carrier before that?
Russia is faced with a decision about the aircraft carrier Admiral Kusnezow. It was considered a figurehead of the Russian Navy – but has been rusting for years.
This article was first published by ntv.de
According to a media report, the repair and modernization work on the only aircraft carrier of the navy was stopped in Russia some time ago. As the government -related daily newspaper “reports, it is currently unclear whether the” Admiral Kusnezow “will ever be put back into service. Accordingly, representatives of the Russian Navy and the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), the country’s largest shipbuilding company, should make a decision as to whether the work continues or not. According to the sheet, experts do not rule out that the technically outdated ship is scrapped.
The aircraft carrier Admiral Kusnezow may be scraped
“In the long term, the Russian marine does not need aircraft carriers in its classic form,” quotes “Iswestija” to the former commander of the Russian Pacific fleet, Admiral Sergei Awakjanz. “Aircraft carrier belongs to the past. A huge, expensive construction that can be destroyed with modern weapons in a few minutes.” The future belongs to robot systems and unmanned aircraft. “And if you decide against further repairs, only remains to scrap and dispose of the ‘Admiral Kusnezow’.”
The “Admiral Kusnezow” ran off the stack in 1985 and is the pride of the Russian Navy. After completing a mission in the 2017 Syria war, the north fleet flagship was to be repaired and extensively modernized. Since then, the carrier has been in the port of Murmansk. In 2018, the “Admiral Kusnezow” struck during the fall of a swimming dock Leck, and two fires broke out in the following years. In the past, Western observers were skeptical whether the ship ever sets sail again.
According to reports, some of the 1500-strong crew was summarized into a so-called “frigate” battalion last year and sent to Ukraine. According to “Forbes”, the mechanized unit initially fought in the Charkiw region and was later moved to the Pokrowsk area in the Donetsk region.
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Source: Stern
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