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Subject: Re: Russia's Only Aircraft Carrier Is Headed For Syria (But Suffers From One Big Flaw)
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In article <JsqdnbtNYLiPn37KnZ2dnUU7-fvNnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Byker says...
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>"Airyx" wrote in message
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>> No, Russia does not have a VTOL combat fixed wing aircraft.
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>> The old Yak-38s were retired a long time ago. They were pretty useless
>> anyway, and the Yak-141 never made it to production.
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>At least it landed vertically, heh, heh...
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>Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKAKDQ3PrOs
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>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPOo1jOqZTA
The Kuznetsov's biggest problem is its lack of reliabililty...stunning that it
has to go to sea with an ocean-going tug handy in case it has to be towed to the
nearest friendly (heh) port.
from
https://warisboring.com/your-aircraft-carrier-is-a-piece-of-crap-f3f52d299588#.sekgvqc2f
joined the fleet in 1991. Since then the 55,000-ton, fossil-fuel-powered flattop
and all of them just a few months in duration.
By contrast, American flattops typically deploy for at least six months every
two years. The nuclear-powered USS Enterprise, commissioned in 1962, completed
25 deployments before leaving service in 2012.
powered by steam turbines and turbo-pressurized boilers that Defense Industry
ocean-going tugs accompany Admiral Kuznetsov whenever she deploys.
1,900 sailors. A short circuit started a fire off Turkey in 2009 that killed one
seaman.
winter nor in summer). The situation with latrines is just as bad. The ship has
Almost 2,000 men. Twenty-five latrines. Do the math. Training and morale are so
poor that in 2009 Admiral Kuznetsov sailors apparently botched an at-sea
refueling, spilling hundreds of tons of fuel into the Irish Sea, pictured at
left.
And even when the ship functions as intended, her design limits her utility.
Admiral Kuzentsov does not have steam catapults like American flatttops do.
Instead, her Sukhoi fighters launch into the air off a bow ramp. The fighters
must stay light, meaning they can carry only a few air-to-air missiles and a
partial fuel load. Their patrol endurance is measured in minutes rather than
hours.
Moscow appreciates its flattop problem and has vague plans to replace Admiral
Kuznetsov sometime in the 2020s, by which time planners can realistically expect
to have deployed the decrepit old lady maybe two or three more times.
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