“going to war is the most dangerous thing state can do”
Admiral Flota Sovetskovo Soyuza Kuznetsov (Russian: Адмирал флота Советского Союза Кузнецов) Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov, (originally named Riga, renamed Leonid Brezhnev then Tbilisi[2]) is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft carrying cruiser (TAKR or TAVKR) in Russian classification) serving as the flagship of the Russian Navy. She was originally commissioned in the Soviet Navy, and was intended to be the lead ship of her class, but the only other ship of her class, Varyag, has never been commissioned and was sold to the People's Republic of China by Ukraine under the condition she would never be refitted for combat.[3] Kuznetsov was named after the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov.
Name: Admiral Kuznetsov (Russian: Адмирал Кузнецов)
Namesake: Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov
Ordered: March 3, 1981
Builder: Nikolayev South
Designer: Nevskoye Planning and Design Bureau
Laid down: February 22, 1983
Launched: December 5, 1985
Commissioned: January 21, 1991
Fully operational in 1995
Status: in active service, as of 2010[update]
General characteristics
Class and type: Admiral Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: [1]
43,000-tons (Standard-load)
55,000-tons (Full-load)
58,600-tons (Max-load)
Length: 1,005.5 ft (306.5 m) o/a
900 ft (270 m) w/l
Beam: 237.2 ft (72.3 m) o/a
125 ft (38 m) w/l
Draft: 29.9 ft (9.1 m)
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: 32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h)
Range: 3,850 nmi (7,130 km) at 32 kn (37 mph; 59 km/h)
Endurance: 45 days
Complement: 1,993 (total); 1,960 ship's crew
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 16 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: 12 × Sukhoi Su-33 fighters
5 × Sukhoi Su-25UTG/UBP aircraft
4 × Kamov Ka-27LD32 helicopters
18 × Kamov Ka-27PLO helicopters
2 × Kamov Ka-27S helicopters

Σύμφωνα με όλες τις ενδείξεις η αντίστροφη μέτρηση για μια αμερικανική επέμβαση στο Ιράν έχει ξεκινήσει ήδη και το μόνο ερώτημα που φαίνεται πως απομένει είναι… το πότε ακριβώς αυτή θα γίνει.
αυξάνονται σε συχνότητα, και η διοίκηση του 5ου Αμερικανικού Στόλου ανταπάντησε πως δεν πρόκειται σε καμία περίπτωση να ανεχτεί παρακώλυση της κυκλοφορίας προς και από τον Περσικό Κόλπο. Είναι η πρώτη φορά που οι ΗΠΑ αντιδρούν στις απειλές του Ιράν.
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