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To: MAGA2017

Russia doesn’t have aircraft carriers.

Realizing that large surface ships have been made effectively obsolete by the deployment of advanced anti-ship missiles, both supersonic and hypersonic, the Russian Navy made a decision to build smaller vessels that would have the capability to deploy the aforementioned advanced missiles and thus jeopardize much larger hostile capital ships such as aircraft carriers. These are especially relied on by NATO, primarily the US...

https://infobrics.org/post/37501/

The USSR did but they ceased to exist in 1991.

A lot of freepers operate from very outdated roadmaps.


26 posted on 01/14/2023 1:04:32 PM PST by MarMema (Biden = Americans Last)
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To: MarMema

The Soviet MoD is always present on these threads. You never served in our military like so many of us have.

Pleasure yourself.


28 posted on 01/14/2023 1:17:31 PM PST by datura (Eventually, the Lord and the Truth will win.)
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To: MarMema

“Realizing that large surface ships have been made effectively obsolete by the deployment of advanced anti-ship missiles, both supersonic and hypersonic, “

We use aircraft carriers to expand our arena of influence. They are very effective in that role.


29 posted on 01/14/2023 1:19:05 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: MarMema

You might want to look up the Admiral Kuznetsov, genius.


30 posted on 01/14/2023 1:23:08 PM PST by datura (Eventually, the Lord and the Truth will win.)
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To: MarMema
"Russia doesn’t have aircraft carriers...."

They have one but it's in drydock for upgrades.

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

33 posted on 01/14/2023 3:10:00 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: MarMema

It does, but is laid up for repairs.


35 posted on 01/14/2023 3:17:03 PM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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