[Cowboy Bob]

Interesting... A ship, named for a “He” is referred to as a “She.”

[Navy Patriot]

Given that all Soviet heavy aircraft carriers like the Admiral Gorshkov had been built at Nikolaev in the Ukraine, the task before Sevmash was a major one.

The problem with the boilers arose because India had asked the Russians to replace their regular asbestos heat shield on the ship’s boilers because of the risk of poisoning to the crew.

The two causes for the failure are attributable to the inability of a society to quickly return to competence after the imposition, and inevitable collapse, of Communism/socialism.

Communism destroyed the industrial prowess of Russia, thus substandard facilities, but a simple "Nyet" on India's demand for socialist correct, physically unsound technology, would have saved the effort.

It's a long road back from Communism, maybe longer than any can travel.

[Cvengr]

We should slip in and sell them the Enterprise.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Seems as though they should rename it “Potemkin”

[2banana]

Asbestos is a miracle product when used correctly.

The problem with the boilers arose because India had asked the Russians to replace their regular asbestos heat shield on the ship’s boilers because of the risk of poisoning to the crew. Sevmash had created a construction bureau for boiler installation that chose special fire bricks to replace the asbestos. After the failure, the inspectors discovered that the fire bricks had broken down under the high temperatures around the boilers. The question of damage to the boilers themselves from overheating would not be clear until the ship was towed back to Severodvinsk for inspection (Kommersant, September 17).

[Afterguard]

Well. Finally some good news for a change.

[q_an_a]

In 1986 the Russian's had a record potato harvest, most of the "excess" rotted on barges near Moscow, because they could not make a cheap paperbox for dried potatotes. Their military was always able to make a few great products, but now they are going the way of paper boxes...too bad our CIA didn't figure it out before 1989 - Wall came down, or Iran builds a bomb. Someone cry HELP for what we spend on "intellegence."

Maybe we can figure out how to match our spending to the actual threats of our enemies. BTW - didn' t the Russians sell the Chinese an aircarft carrier, they would copy, and use for their navy? good luck with that.

[GenXteacher]

“The Kiev-class heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, completed in the late 1980s,”

Hmm...produced back in the days when they had splinters in their toilet paper, and from the same nation that placed a hammer beside the shifter to pound the tank into high gear... The Indians would have been better off to build their own....