Nuclear-powered carrier returns from South-Atlantic after propeller blade fell off (Russia)

The Barents Observer ^ | Nov 26, 2020 | Thomas Nilson

[mabarker1]

Hey, Your UP !

[mabarker1]

it has been decided to dismantle it.

The Shaft or the entire Ship ???

[Rebelbase]

I spent a few seconds in confused thought about why an aircraft carrier would be delivering supplies to Antarctica.

[Rebelbase]

I thought the same thing. But since it appears the ship was to deliver an entire research station that would take a while to assemble delivering it late scrubs the mission for this season?

[Eva]

Must have been built with improperly cured Chinese steel. BO was having a problem with parts falling off of their oil tankers in the Gulf of Alaska after building new tankers with parts made in China.

[blueunicorn6]

Row, row, row your boat
Gently back to Russia

[Svartalfiar]

Anybody else notice the “carrier” turned out to be a Cargo ship ? I guess I should have noticed the lowercase “c” denoting that it wasn’t an Aircraft Carrier.

That was the first thing I noticed, cause I'm pretty sure Russka has no nuclear aircraft carriers. Their only one, ADM Kusnetsov(?), is steam turbines that run on mazut, which is crappy, low-grade oil fuel.


5,000 lbs of cargo ? Why send a ship when it could have gone via plane ?

Because it's 5,000 tons, not pounds. So that's 200+ flights if you have a C-130. Which Russia doesn't, and I don't think they really operate flights to Antarctica as is.

[mabarker1]

Ya got Me. Never been there and too old, impaired and grumpy to go now.

[Chode]

thx, makes sense