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The only Russian aircraft carrier will be upgrading
Aircraft carrier of the Northern Fleet of Russia "Admiral Kuznetsov" will be a full-scale modernization at a shipbuilding company Sevmash, Interfax reported citing a source in the military-industrial complex. Repair and maintenance to improve the aircraft carrier will begin in 2012. Updated ship will be re-launched in 2017.
As part of modernization on the "Admiral Kuznetsov" will be completely replaced weapons systems and obsolete electronic equipment. As expected, will be increased wing craft. As the aircraft carrier to scale replacement of equipment, work can be completed later in 2017. In particular, the modernized for the Indian Air Force aircraft carrier "Admiral Gorshkov" work began in 2004, and the ship is scheduled to surrender in 2008. In 2010, the date has been moved to the 2012-2013 year.
According to the source agency, the modernization of the "Admiral Kuznetsov" is open to engineers Ukrainian Black Sea plant where the aircraft carrier was launched in 1985. However, specific agreements on joint work has not been achieved.
As part of the Soviet Navy "Admiral Kuznetsov" bore the names of the "Soviet Union", "Riga", "Leonid Brezhnev" and "Tbilisi". Total displacement carrier is about 60 thousand tons. The ship can reach speeds of 29 knots, and his stock of progress amounts to 12 thousand miles. On board the cruiser can be based 26 deck fighters Su-33 and MiG-29K, and 24 anti-submarine helicopters - 18 Ka-27 or Ka-29, two Ka-27PS and four Ka-31.
"Admiral Kuznetsov" is armed with anti-ship missiles, anti-torpedo missile defense, air defense and anti-aircraft artillery system. It is expected that the modernization of the aircraft carrier will get the marine version of the anti-aircraft missile and gun complexes "shell".
http://lenta.ru/news/2010/04/02/juggernaut/
Aircraft carrier of the Northern Fleet of Russia "Admiral Kuznetsov" will be a full-scale modernization at a shipbuilding company Sevmash, Interfax reported citing a source in the military-industrial complex. Repair and maintenance to improve the aircraft carrier will begin in 2012. Updated ship will be re-launched in 2017.
As part of modernization on the "Admiral Kuznetsov" will be completely replaced weapons systems and obsolete electronic equipment. As expected, will be increased wing craft. As the aircraft carrier to scale replacement of equipment, work can be completed later in 2017. In particular, the modernized for the Indian Air Force aircraft carrier "Admiral Gorshkov" work began in 2004, and the ship is scheduled to surrender in 2008. In 2010, the date has been moved to the 2012-2013 year.
According to the source agency, the modernization of the "Admiral Kuznetsov" is open to engineers Ukrainian Black Sea plant where the aircraft carrier was launched in 1985. However, specific agreements on joint work has not been achieved.
As part of the Soviet Navy "Admiral Kuznetsov" bore the names of the "Soviet Union", "Riga", "Leonid Brezhnev" and "Tbilisi". Total displacement carrier is about 60 thousand tons. The ship can reach speeds of 29 knots, and his stock of progress amounts to 12 thousand miles. On board the cruiser can be based 26 deck fighters Su-33 and MiG-29K, and 24 anti-submarine helicopters - 18 Ka-27 or Ka-29, two Ka-27PS and four Ka-31.
"Admiral Kuznetsov" is armed with anti-ship missiles, anti-torpedo missile defense, air defense and anti-aircraft artillery system. It is expected that the modernization of the aircraft carrier will get the marine version of the anti-aircraft missile and gun complexes "shell".
http://lenta.ru/news/2010/04/02/juggernaut/