Russia building first class of carriers since 1991 when Russian nationalists led by Yeltsin regained

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Russian independence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_23900_amphibious_assault_ship

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

@Ultima Thule @Figaro @Yaseen1 @Philip the Arab @vostok @zzzz

 

[Philip the Arab]

Nice!!!

 

[nahtanbob]

Is this to replace the ships in the Mistral deal ?
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2...pute-with-russia-settled-france-eyes-exports/

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Is this to replace the ships in the Mistral deal ?
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2...pute-with-russia-settled-france-eyes-exports/

Mistral order was canceled in 2014. These will initially complement and then replace the Admiral Kuznetsov heavy carrier which is due for decommissioning in a few years.

 

[Ultima Thule]

Mistral order was canceled in 2014. These will initially complement and then replace the Admiral Kuznetsov heavy carrier which is due for decommissioning in a few years.

This show Russia have poor economy, if you wanna rule the oceans and seas you need full fledged carrier to project power

 

[Figaro]

Sounds like another Russian fantasy project to me ... Russia's shipbuilding capabilities are a former shadow of those of the USSR. They don't even have enough money to develop/procure their Su-57 and now they're thinking of building a very expensive and unnecessary LHD?

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

This show Russia have poor economy, if you wanna rule the oceans and seas you need full fledged carrier to project power

Russian navy converted to anti terrorism role since early 2000s. So they replace all the Sovremenny and Udaloy destroyers with Gorshkov class frigates and Admiral Kuznetsov class heavy carriers with Ivan Rogov class light carriers to save money.

 

[Figaro]

Russian navy converted to anti terrorism role since early 2000s. So they replace all the Sovremenny and Udaloy destroyers with Gorshkov class frigates and Admiral Kuznetsov class heavy carriers with Ivan Rogov class light carriers to save money.

You don't need large surface ships at all to deal with terrorism ... at most, corvettes would suffice.

 

[Ultima Thule]

Russian navy converted to anti terrorism role since early 2000s. So they replace all the Sovremenny and Udaloy destroyers with Gorshkov class frigates and Admiral Kuznetsov class heavy carriers with Ivan Rogov class light carriers to save money.

Lame justification, is Su-57 and up coming PAK-DA/MIG-41 will have also anti terrorism role

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Lame justification, is Su-57 and up coming PAK-DA/MIG-41 will have also anti terrorism role

It's good for providing jobs. Russian defense sector employs hundreds of thousands directly and indirectly.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

You don't need large surface ships at all to deal with terrorism ... at most, corvettes would suffice.

Amphibious assault light carriers are required to bombard terrorists from off the coast. These are armed with Ka-52K ship capable attack helicopters.

https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/ka-52k-katran-helicopter/

 

[Figaro]

Amphibious assault light carriers are required to bombard terrorists from off the coast.

Russia can do the same from its static airbases ... AFAIK Russia does not even operate any STOVL fighters, how will it bombard terrorists from the coast with an LHD?

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Russia can do the same from its static airbases ... AFAIK Russia does not even operate any STOVL fighters, how will it bombard terrorists from the coast with an LHD?

These ships are equipped with Ka-52K ship capable attack helicopters which can hammer terrorists near the coast.

https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/ka-52k-katran-helicopter/

 

[Ultima Thule]

It's good for providing jobs. Russian defense sector employs hundreds of thousands directly and indirectly.

You retard, if they want to create jobs why they opened hundreds of shut down Civilian factories, its main purpose of to replace old/junk equipment of Russian armed forces with state of art technology