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To: MercyFlush

“One. And it’s a floating scrapheap that will never see active duty again.”

Actually the Russians are slapping a bunch of million dollar bandaids on it to keep it “operational” for another 25 years LOL.


60 posted on 08/21/2022 6:49:31 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying To All.)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

The Russians can barely keep the Kuznetsov from foundering alongside the dock. The fire did major damage to the hangar space and flight deck, the engines need to be replaced for lack of Soviet era spares, and the 1980’s electronics suite needs to be utterly replaced.

It really would be cheaper to build a new ship.

But Russia can’t build such ships anymore.

In short, Russia is out of the carrier business.


76 posted on 08/21/2022 10:31:54 PM PDT by MercyFlush (☭☭☭ Soviet Russia must be destroyed. ☭☭☭)
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