It looks as dirty as the hospitals & orphanages in Russia.
Why does Putin let everything Russian deteriorate at home as he focuses on playing games and lies overseas that never end in anything fruitful.
"The ship has been so unreliable that in the 1990s it was accompanied by a cargo ship that had extra pipes for repairs. Since then, it has always been accompanied by a special tugboat in case of likely breakdowns.
The carrier lost two aircraft, a MiG-29K on its first day of flight operations and an SU-33 two weeks later because of problems with its arresting cables."
Russia is desperately trying to save its only aircraft carrier — that's outdated and plagued with problems
• Breakdowns have caused the loss of at least two of its jets during its deployment to Syria.
• Russia's only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, will be undergoing a repair and refitting overhaul for the next three years.
• The carrier is known for being outdated and plagued with technical problems.
• Admiral Kuznetsov's shortcomings are reflections of Russia's complicated history with aircraft carriers, which started during the Cold War.
Admiral Kuznetsov's shortcomings are likely a reflection of Russia's historical experience with and attitude towards aircraft carriers. As the US and its allies continued modernizing and building advanced aircraft carriers after WWII, the Soviet Union did not, believing them to be tools of imperialism and instead choosing to focus on submarines.
But as the Cold War continued and the value of aircraft carriers became more apparent, the Soviets decided to join the competition, but with different aims than their Western counterparts — Soviet carriers were more focused on defending Soviet territory than supporting wars overseas.
The Moskva-class carriers built in the late 1960s were only capable of carrying helicopters. Their main armament came from various missiles and torpedoes, and were tailored more to anti-submarine warfare.
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This is a real aircraft carrier, someone show Putin this is How it's done.