Comments on: Admiral Kuznetsov in the Barents Sea

By: Murdoc Online » News about yet another Russian-built carrier

Murdoc Online » News about yet another Russian-built carrier — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:59:36 +0000

[...] we saw the Admiral Kuznetsov in the Barents Sea. Then the former Admiral Gorshkov, now India’s Vikramaditya, was floated for the first time [...]

By: ER

ER — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:40:06 +0000

Pritty sure its nuke powered, so they wouldn’t need fuel for it.

If the su-33′s aren’t flying then they wouldn’t be on board, which would save fuel and crew.

They are selling an earlier type carrier to India, the ones with the missiles at the front.

By: Flanker

Flanker — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:13:37 +0000

It’ll be interesting to see if they just put refurbished ships out, how much patrolling they do, and most important……whether they start adding to their fleet to flesh it out with greater capability.

By: Nadnerbus

Nadnerbus — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:30:37 +0000

Does the whole battle group consist of the carrier and a missile destroyer? The French and Italians can do as well or better than that. And they actually have aircraft to launch from their boats.

Weren’t they trying to sell this ship to the Indians? Or was that her sister ship that never got finished? Maybe they are trying to show it off a bit to make the Indians think twice about passing up the deal?

By: Hawk

Hawk — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:26:26 +0000

It apparently carries Sukhoi Su-33 fighters; not sure what the complement is (the Russians have only built like 24 of them total). The ski jump on the Kuznetsov apparently prevents them from launching at max weight unlike a catapult-equipped carrier, but does result in lower launch loads on the aircraft. So it isn’t really a fleet carrier, more of a support ship, closer in role to the Wasp-class amphibs (or future America-class LHAs).

By: jaymaster

jaymaster — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:46:06 +0000

Now that I’ve thought about it a bit, judging by that smoke plume, it might actually be a combo oil/coal….

By: Bram

Bram — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:14:40 +0000

No aircraft?

By: Murdoc

Murdoc — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:05:11 +0000

No nuke as far as I know.

By: Murdoc

Murdoc — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:03:45 +0000

jaymaster: We don’t even know if it’s 100% watertight…

By: jaymaster

jaymaster — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:52:57 +0000

Does anyone know if that carrier is100% diesel, or does it have combo nuke capabilities? I’ve read conflicting reports on that.