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Humiliation for Putin as Russia 'looks set to SCRAP its only aircraft carrier after seven years of failed repairs'
Daily Mail ^
| 7/11/2025
| OLIVIA ALLHUSEN and WILL STEWART
Posted on 07/11/2025 3:43:02 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin's only aircraft carrier - the hulking Admiral Kuznetsov - is poised to be scrapped after seven failed years of repairs, say reports.
Work on the jinxed ship, the largest in the Russian navy, has now been suspended despite the efforts to get it back in the water.
News outlet Izvestia cites sources saying the vessel is likely destined for the scrapheap.
Putin's 'Ship of Shame' is languishing in dock in grim Arctic port Murmansk, and has played no role in the war against Ukraine.
Its crew were quietly sent to fight in the war instead.
The 58,000-ton rust bucket - Putin's only aircraft carrier - is now seen as likely never to go to sea again.
Former Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Sergey Avakyants called the decision to stop repair work 'absolutely correct'.
He said today: 'The aircraft carrier is already a fading era.
'It is a very expensive and inefficient naval weapon.
'The future belongs to carriers of robotic complexes and unmanned aviation.
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To: mad_as_he$$
The Admiral is correct. Carriers are not the future Sure, but if a country like Russia can't build a regular carrier, what are the chances it will build a cutting edge "carrier of robotic complexes and unmanned aviation"?
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posted on
07/11/2025 7:24:30 AM PDT
by
tlozo
To: tlozo
Have you been on a Nimitz class carrier? There is not a lot of spare space. I like the floating drone factory. I question how many drones a carrier could launch in one mission.
To: redfreedom
And I wondered why can’t the Russians get it right? Communism's intractable Achilles' heel: nepotism.
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posted on
07/11/2025 7:49:03 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: OldHarbor
To: MotorCityBuck
To: kiryandil
LOL. SPAMALOT is SPAMING FR again.
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posted on
07/11/2025 8:08:20 AM PDT
by
tennmountainman
( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
To: HANG THE EXPENSE
Admiral Hipper was a heavy cruiser, I believe… Prinz Eugen, Boucher, Lutzow, and Seydlitz. Hipper was lead ship of that class.
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posted on
07/11/2025 8:24:52 AM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.,)
To: marcusmaximus
To: aMorePerfectUnion
To: marcusmaximus
Man, look at all that smoke. Nothing like telegraphing your position.
To: AFreeBird
To: AFreeBird
To: aMorePerfectUnion
Zeepers get all hot and bothered when A GIF Of Zelensky strutting his stuff
is posted. They break out their Vasoline.
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posted on
07/11/2025 8:49:21 AM PDT
by
tennmountainman
( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
To: tennmountainman
"Zeepers get all hot and bothered when A GIF Of Zelensky strutting his stuff
is posted. They break out their Vasoline."
To: aMorePerfectUnion
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posted on
07/11/2025 8:52:09 AM PDT
by
tennmountainman
( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
To: NFHale
I stand corrected.Do you know the name of the carrier germany was building?
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posted on
07/11/2025 9:50:03 AM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: NFHale
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posted on
07/11/2025 9:56:04 AM PDT
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HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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