Russian $100B Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov Is Ready For Action With New Capabilities Next Year

foreign [Music] the heavy aircraft carrier the admiral of the Soviet Fleet kuznetsov may enter service with Russia's Navy in late 2024 an official in the shipbuilding industry told Tass he referred to the latest plan under which Factory sea tests should begin next spring to be followed by state trials in the fall of 2024. if the vessel is tested flawlessly it may be transferred to the Navy in late 2024 if something goes wrong during the trials the process will inevitably be postponed to 2025 the official said according to him the heavy aircraft carrier has been under repairs at the 35th ship repairing plant for six years already and the delay is due to deliveries by the companies involved in the project being postponed while the client too has been constantly tweaking its requirements according to him upon the completion of repairs and upgrading works the service life of the aircraft carrier will be extended by 20 years [Music] after multiple delays and accidents the Russian Navy is expected to return its sole aircraft carrier the Admiral kuznetsov to Frontline service in 2024 with a major step towards achieving this taken in February as the ship finally departed Dry Dock after five years in a long overhaul a range of enhancements to the ship have been speculated including modernization of propulsion systems sensors Protection Systems electronics and at least a part of its fighter Air Wing and possibly even replacement of its p700 cruise missiles with more modern zykron Hypersonic missiles perhaps the most notable confirmed enhancement to the Admiral kuznetsov however has been a major increase in levels of automation which will facilitate a contraction in crew numbers from 1900 to just 1500 personnel this will almost certainly significantly lower the ship's operational costs while conserving 400 professional servicemen since conscripts seldom serve in the Navy for other assignments achieving greater levels of Automation and major crew reductions have been a major Trend in all modern navies a notable example being the U.S Navy's Gerald Ford class super carriers approximately 10 crew reduction compared to ships from the preceding Nimitz class from around 5050 to approximately 4 350. the fact that the kuznetsov was able to achieve over twice this proportional reduction through modernization rather than commissioning of an entirely new ship thus represents a very significant achievement the kuznet stove was launched six years before the Soviet Union's disintegration and managed after considerable delays to enter service in the 1990s although its record of multiple accidents followed by a loss of Two fighters due to Landing mishaps during its sole combat operation in Syria in 2016 have done much to tarnish its reputation foreign nevertheless the ship class high potential has been demonstrated by the construction of two further carriers based on the same design in China the liaoning and Shandong these entered service in 2012 and 2019 with far newer sensors Electronics power plants and aircraft complements among a truly comprehensive range of other improvements and have seen no similar questions regarding their reliability [Music] the latest overhaul of the kuznetsov has been speculated to have received Chinese support with the much greater levels of investment which China has been able to put into enhancing the ship class placing it in a strong position to provide at least consultation advice on how to improve the class the overhaul despite its very limited budget is expected to partially reduce the performance gap between the older Soviet ship and the new Chinese vessels the aircraft carrier has undergone an elaborate overhaul for over five years during this coordinated overhaul effort the carrier has met with several accidents including fires and an untoward Dry Dock sinking in the latest development that could finally see the carrier join combat service Russian newspaper is vestia has reported that the aircraft carrier is being made more combat capable by adding an array of state-of-the-art equipment citing some unnamed sources in the Russian Ministry of Defense mod the recent report stated that the aircraft carrier Admiral kuznetsov would be armed with the latest Panzer M anti-aircraft missile and artillery systems in addition a new integrated air defense control system will be introduced on the ship the integrated air defense control system will automatically recognize targets separate them between anti-aircraft systems and Destroy them the report highlighted that the new control system would be able to repel massive attacks on the ship ranging from attacks by aircraft and helicopters to attacks by anti-ship missiles and drones [Music]

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Published: Fri Aug 04 2023