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Originally Posted by Kapitan
The varyag is actualy not 30 years old nearing it but hasnt hit it yet, the kuznetsov class are 60,000 tonne air craft carrying cruisers, but the chinese let her get in a bit of a state she needs four engines and four propellors.
Her SS-N-19 missiles can be taken out and hanger increased but as a first carrier well its a good one seeing as america started off with less and built up to what it is.
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Well, it is not that the "aircraft carrying cruiser" is necessarily a bad idea, just that it was IMHO poorly implemented with
Kuznetsov, leaving it a poorly defended cruiser and inefficient carrier for its mass.
The Kiev actually was truer to that doctrine in many ways - it had guns, torpedoes and an area defence SAM system as well as SSMs. If not for those crap Forgers... a case of plane bringing down carrier.
The -700s can stay - they are part of the doctrine, just move them more to the side so they don't block the extension of the hangar.
What the
Kuznetsov really needs to achieve its original objective, however, is an area SAM system. Why didn't they just stuff a SA-N-6 (preferably the newer 48N6 variant) along with the SA-N-9 system...