Saturday, June 1, 2013

Russia Ups Ante Deploying Carrier to Mediterranean

The Kremlin has upped the geopolitical ante by pledging to send a heavy aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean, as reported by Russian news agency Interfax.

The carrier — named the "Admiral Kuznetsov" — is quite the beast, and word of its addition to the area of operations is just the latest in jockeying between the U.S. and Russia.

Read more at: Business Insider





Specs and info from Wikipedia



Name: Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov (Russian: Адмирал Флота Советского Союза Кузнецов)
Namesake: Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov
Ordered: 3 March 1981
Builder: Nikolayev South
Designer: Nevskoye Planning and Design Bureau
Laid down: 1 April 1982 [1]
Launched: 6 December 1985 [1]
Commissioned: 25 December 1990[1]

Fully operational in 1995
Status: Ship in active service, refit planned after 2012
General characteristics
Class & type: Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 43,000 tons (Standard-load)[1]
55,200 tons (Full-load)[1]
61,390 tons (Max-load)
Length: 305 m (1,001 ft) o/a[1]
270 m (890 ft) w/l
Beam: 72 m (236 ft)[1] o/a
35 m (115 ft) w/l[1]
Draft: 10 m (33 ft)[1]
Propulsion: Steam turbines, 8 turbo-pressurised boilers, 4 shafts, 200,000 hp (150 MW)
2 × 50,000 hp (37 MW) turbines
9 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) turbogenerators
6 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) diesel generators
4 × fixed pitch propellers
Speed: 29 knots (33 mph; 54 km/h)[1]
Range: 8,500 nmi (15,700 km) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h)[1]
Endurance: 45 days[1]
Complement: 1,690 (total); 1,690 ship's crew[1]
626 air group
40 flag staff
3,857 rooms
Armament: • 8 × AK-630 AA guns (6×30 mm, 6,000 round/min/mount, 24,000 rounds)
• 8 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS (each 2 × 30 mm Gatling AA plus 32 3K87 Kortik SAM)
• 12 × P-700 Granit SSM
• 18 × 8-cell 3K95 Kinzhal SAM VLS (192 missiles; 1 missile per 3 seconds)
RBU-12000 UDAV-1 ASW rocket launchers (60 rockets)
Aircraft carried: 41-52[2]
  • Fixed Wing;
  • Rotary Wing;
    • 4 × Kamov Ka-27LD32 helicopters
    • 11 × Kamov Ka-27PLO helicopters
    • 2 × Kamov Ka-27S helicopters

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