[Kapitan]

Last week a Russian naval aircraft carrier battle group limped back to port

limped back ... but what mechanicaly was wrong with it ....nothing

The group was comprised of our newest and most powerful ships: the Navy's flagship nuclear-powered heavy cruiser, the Pyotr Veliky,

peter the great is nearing 25 years old hardley new, and the guy cant even spell the dam name petr viliky.

The last time the carrier was at sea with its air wing to practice deck landings and takeoffs was fully seven years ago.

7 years this guy realy getting on my wick 7 months maybe but definatly not 7 years russian navy has two exercises a year and both times this unit is present, carrier take offs and landings are normaly done in calm waters of the white sea.

plunged to the ground in his Su-33 at an air show near Pskov in July 2001 and was fatally injured.

big diffrence between and air show and carrier dont you think.

Apakidze held the Hero of Russia rank for being the first Russian pilot to takeoff and land on the deck of the Kuznetsov.

plenty of people have taken off and landed on kuznetsov why wernt they awarded?

The North Atlantic's high seas badly battered our ships. Several were reported to have taken on water

take on water erm yes but these units are built for worse conditions.

the Kuznetsov was oozing fuel into the sea, leaving an oil slick.

and the norwiegens kinda of missed this entirely ? if one member of kuznetsov sneezed over the side norway would be onto russia straight away

The sailors of the Kuznetsov were all first-time conscripts,

if that was the case kuznetsov would not have gone to sea it needs trained persons and also trainee's cant run a ship with out the mix dont happen not even in the russian navy.

aspiring top gun pilots would want to join an air wing that gets to fly off an aircraft carrier deck once in seven years?

once again a load of Bull**** ive seen kuznetsov in the far distance (outline) aircraft flying off her then and that was in 2004

The Kuznetsov is a modernized version of a Kiev-class aircraft carrier with an extended fly deck and other improvements. Its sister ships the Kiev, Minsk and Novorossiisk have already been cut up for scrap after actively serving only a few years in Soviet times. The Gorshkov, formerly called the Baku, is being refurbished to serve with the Indian Navy.

Kuznetsov is a follow on from the kievs, the kiev class is no more than a smallish aircraft capible cruiser, kievs displace 45,000 tonnes kuznetsov 65,000 and kuznetsov is larger and doesnt carry the forward clutter.

kuznetsov had sisters one is in china one in the ukrain heading to india and one that was scrapped, the names he states are those of the kiev class a totaly diffrent unit.

serving a few years dont think so most were nearing 20 years old youngish for a carrier but some thing better had come along and also some thing of more power they were simply not needed.

Typically, a Russian aircraft carrier puts to sea for a month or two, and then spends years in the shipyard undergoing repairs

from 2000 the kuznetsov has been to sea in total of about 30 times fair enough many forrays were into the white sea but still went to sea.

The Kuznetsov does not have a takeoff catapult, and its Su-33 fighters cannot take off with any heavy payload or at full fuel capacity. The Kuznetsov fighters cannot bomb land targets or attack enemy ships: They carry only light air-to-air missiles to intercept enemy planes

so why do they load 2000lb and 1000lb bombs in the magasines to put on the planes

This time in the Atlantic, our carrier battle group simulated an attack by a U.S. carrier group with cruise missiles of the Pyotr Veliky and Oscar II subs, while the Kuznetsov did its best to defend against enemy aircraft counterattacks. Nowadays a mid-Atlantic clash between Russian and U.S. carrier groups seems to be a remote possibility, but what else can our Navy do? Its present hardware allows it to either stay in port or simulate fighting NATO.

fighting NATO yes it still is a big issue for russia and so is america but its definatly not just purely designed for that russia learnt after korea and vietnam that always be prepared because you dont know what else some one might throw at you, the udaloys are designed to intercept submarines of any type nuclear or conventional so that is just a load of bo***cks

The Navy put all it had into a show of strength to try to show the West, the Kremlin and our public it is still capable of action. The result, like other high-profile naval exercises in recent years, is a public embarrassment that could easily have turned into a major disaster. Someone should authoritatively tell our admirals to stop playing games with a nuclear fleet in disarray before they have another Kursk-size accident.

some one should tell this guy to get it right, admirals need to train they have to train thier fleet, as for dissoray its becoming more structured its not quite there yet but getting there.

another kursk sized tragerdy can happen to any navy any where any time why limit it only to russia i seem to remember the thresher being the worst ever sub disaster.



all in all its a load of b***acks half the stuff thier is wrong ive never even heard of this guy and to call himself an analyst pfft quite frankly my stuffed monkey could write a better article