It was an unplanned "success". They exceeded their performance quotas. In all seriousness it's a great example of why hanging on to Soviet-era large surface combatants with minimal upgrades and repairs doesn't work. The VMF needs to face the reality that their future fleet is going to be a mix of 22350s and 20380s, with maybe some 22350Ms in the next decade.
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I would say liability, can't see an Aircraft Carrier being of that much use to Russia in the Black Sea as there would be no shortage of Airfields on their side. Also, would have needed to be in position at the start of the war as Turkey closed off the Bosphorus Straight to all military vessels within days of the invasion.A small article in Naval News re Russia's aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.
Russian Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov Starts to Leave Drydock, local sources claim a minor fire onboard - Naval News
The Russian Navy's project 1143.5 aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov started to leave the drydock on December 20, 2022.
Interesting that this planned upgrade is still going ahead with the military effort required on the Ukraine / Russian boarder conflict.
Will be interesting to see what future this Aircraft carrier has going forward.
With upgrades its apparently good for another 10 years.
If this ship was available today, would it be an asset or a liability operating in the Black sea supporting Russia's current military campaign.
Never underestimate the power of inertia. In principle Russia is actually going to have, assuming shipbuilding programs don't get derailed, the escorts, in the form of the 22350 frigates. 2 in service, 1 in trials, 5 more under construction, and 2 more contracted. By the end of the decade the Northern Fleet can reasonably expect to have 5-6 of them, that's enough to provide a couple, with a destroyer, to escort the Kuznetsov. The real issue is the extremely poor performance of the carrier itself during its only combat deployment. If Russia had stuck with the Serdyukov reforms, and wasn't bogged down in a high-tech version of WWI in Ukraine, one could make a reasonable argument for an update to the Kuznetsov in a manner that keeps it relevant, and gaps over to a new carrier to be built eventually. But of course everything is in the air now.
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Realistically who are they selling Naval carrier aircraft to? China and India the only 2 countries who would buy Russian are both developing their own aircraft. The Russian Naval Aviation operates a considerable force of Fighters, Strike aircraft and Bombers that operate from land bases so they still possess a decent base to rebuild Carrier aviation from if they went back down that road.
In either case, they're not likely to want to purchase the Kuznetsov.
I do believe they already more or less ironing out carrier manufacturing process. From Indian forums, seems the problem derive on so many changing specs from original design that being prepared with the help from Fincantieri.
Honestly if Russian want to and already have enough resources to go to Kuznetsov replacement, they should swallow their pride and ask help from China. With the Type 03 carrier, basically China already outstrips Russia on carrier design and manufacturing capabilities.
If you had to guess, what do you think physically exists for the Tejas Mk2? Do you think a prototype exists or are they still working on its design? I should probably ask you this on another thread.
Oh I had a good laugh at that, not at you, but at the irony of how times have changed.
I'm not sure poverty is the issue, rather the priorities. Russia could field a carrier replacement if this was a priority. But what Russia can't do is field a giant nuclear submarine fleet, gigantic ground forces, a large strategic bomber fleet with both Tu-160Ms and PAK-DAs, 600+ combat jets, and multiple carriers.
Wrong thread, and wrong facts. T-90Ms are very much in production.
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|"The two nuclear reactors will be removed first, followed by the rest of the nuclear installation, then the steel structure will be scrapped. "|
I don’t think any nuclear sub or surface ship would be suitable as a museum boat from a liability POV alone, especially vessels decommissioned by Russian nuclear safety personnel. Despite being a 40 year military old vessel, there are likely design features that might still be relevant today.