[sukhoi-30mki]

[TigerLikesRooster]

Russians are field-testing all sorts of weaponry in Syria. No real dogfights over the sky or nuclear detonation on the ground yet, though.

[BenLurkin]

Are they going to sortie from the carrier, or fly to the ground base and sortie from there?

If they sortie from the carrier, then I say doubly good. Let the Russians kill Muslims, and let the Russians wear out their ships, equipment and crews while doing it.

[blam]

I think the US has two carriers in the Med presently. They’re flying strikes into Syria from them.

[Truth29]

And who will they be bombing, ISIS or the US backed terrorists?

[Tallguy]

During the voyage, the source continued, the Admiral Kuznetsov "will have about 15 fighters Su-33 and MiG-29K/KUB and more than ten helicopters Ka-52K, Ka-27 and Ka-31."

Not a whole lot of mass there. I guess the Russian Navy wants to do a little realistic training?

[Bobalu]

It's not crappy hardware like the Kuznetzov that makes Russia formidable, it's hardware like THIS.

[r_barton]

All that Soviet/Russian hardware sure didn’t last long in the Gulf Wars or any war against Israel.

[fella]

Will this be the first time for a Russian designed carrier to go into combat?

[higgmeister]

Sic'em Ivan! The only good Commie Islamic extremist. is a dead Islamic extremist.

[AdmSmith]

This vessel us a wreck: