[Newbomb Turk]

What a POS website you linked too.

[rdcbn1]

Look at the bright side. The carrier is oil fueled, not nuclear powered.

When it goes down, the ecological impact will be minimal and localized.

[BiglyCommentary]

Wasn’t this the one with the smoke stack, belching out like some 1920’s steam ship?

[minnesota_bound]

I like the site, thanks for the article link : )

[shanover]

It belches smoke like a ship from the Great White Fleet days.

[kenmcg]

Gee,I wonder if John McCain was training some Russian pilots? (sic)

[JimRed]

It was not until Russia’s 2016 Syrian campaign that the Western world was offered its first glimpse into Kuznetsov’s numerous problems, with the carrier crashing two fighters within less than three weeks of one another.

So it was the carrier, not the pilots?

[Captainpaintball]

My guess is that carriers are a distraction, nowadays, and that Russia and China will not use them for their front line/attack force, anyway, since hypersonic/supercavitating missiles may make these a deathtrap. (even though we can't seem to make hypersonic/supercavitating missiles, for some reason.)

Only the US seems to play the last 3 conflicts out the same way: Send the carriers to countries that do not have a navy, get the planes to bomb in the same old way since 1990, and then send in troops to sacrifice themselves to the gods of ROE instead of nuking the bastards, including every man woman and child in the general vicinity.

The next war will be bioweapons released on the stupid fatass mongrel population left in the US after the Great Vaccine Deaths of 2021, (Bonus fentanyl in the water) and then wait 5 years. Split the country between Russia and China, then possibly fight over that 10-20 years down the line. We will be long gone by then.

[Enterprise]

I don't want to rub it in too much, but here's a couple of LMAO from the article:

"Russia’s Defense Ministry signed a refit and modernization contract for Kuznetsov in late 2017, but those plans were cut short in the following year when a 70-ton crane smashed through the ship’s hull and caused its PD-50 drydock to sink."

"Then there is the PD-50 itself, which reportedly sustained catastrophic damage during the incident. There were several options available to the military following the drydock disaster, none of them cheap or fast."

And finally:

" But then, things took a truly vaudevillian turn: Kuznetsov caught fire. In December 2019, a fire broke out aboard the ship after a power cable reportedly exploded during routine welding work."

[jmacusa]

I’m surprised the thing is still floating.

[Drago]

Might have more/better information...then again it is Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_aircraft_carrier_Admiral_Kuznetsov

Also:
https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-tactical/admiral-kuznetsov-carrier-upgrades/