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[gelgoog]

UMPO makes the AL-41. The Su-34 engines were made by Salyut, the AL-31FM1, don't think they switched to AL-41 yet.

 

[pipaster]

Sokol Altius crash on 8 July in Tatarstan.

Bad source, but from the videos looks real. No civilian casualties have been reported.

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[gelgoog]

This is a long tormented drone program suffering from lack of engines. I think it started like over a decade ago.

 

[sheogorath]

VK-800 on a Yak-40 test bed

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1944986767414976616

 

[Anlsvrthng]

Work on the repair and modernization of the Russian heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov of Project 1143 has been suspended. Representatives of shipbuilders and the Navy are assessing the feasibility of continuing the repair and returning the ship to the fleet. Let me remind you that the repair of the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov has been ongoing since 2017, the ship is already 40 years old. It is worth noting that the South Korean military has abandoned plans to build a classic aircraft carrier; it is planned to make a carrier of unmanned combat aircraft. Presumably, the decision to decommission the ship from the fleet may be made due to the obsolescence of the design, the high financial costs of continuing the work, as well as the realities of modern combat operations. Experts believe that aircraft carriers are a relic of the past and they will go away, just as battleships once went away. The future belongs to compact ships, carriers of UAVs. This was confirmed by the former commander of the Pacific Fleet Sergei Avakyants.

Considering that Russia has the most experience to operate airforce and drones, in unseen before swarms, and developed large spectrum of data collection/fusion systems, if the see that the Kuznetsov doesn't worth the operation cost (condisering most likelly the refurbishment cost already spent ) then the twilight of carriers is here .

Russia can makes 1000/day 1000 km+ range drones, how long should a carrier survive in this enviroment against a peer ?

 

[Atomicfrog]

Considering that Russia has the most experience to operate airforce and drones, in unseen before swarms, and developed large spectrum of data collection/fusion systems, if the see that the Kuznetsov doesn't worth the operation cost (condisering most likelly the refurbishment cost already spent ) then the twilight of carriers is here .

Russia can makes 1000/day 1000 km+ range drones, how long should a carrier survive in this enviroment against a peer ?

Not even sure that the carrier was still structuraly healthy... would have been better to buy a new hull from China at his point is they wanted a refreshed similar design. They were more stuck on pride than on the need of his capabilities

 

[Anlsvrthng]

Not even sure that the carrier was still structuraly healthy... would have been better to buy a new hull from China at his point is they wanted a refreshed similar design. They were more stuck on pride than on the need of his capabilities

Could be.

However considering that the fitting is getting close to finish, this decicion more likelly cutting the operating cost, not the refurbishment cost.

there is a cost benefit caclulation.

The ship is beyond the boiler replacement, so the most expensive part of refurbishment behind.
Abandoning it now most likely means the ship class as a whole not considered worthy for running cost.

At the end of the day, the carriers are the most expensive to operate from all ship class.

 

[vincent]

Could be.

However considering that the fitting is getting close to finish, this decicion more likelly cutting the operating cost, not the refurbishment cost.

there is a cost benefit caclulation.

The ship is beyond the boiler replacement, so the most expensive part of refurbishment behind.
Abandoning it now most likely means the ship class as a whole not considered worthy for running cost.

At the end of the day, the carriers are the most expensive to operate from all ship class.

What about the radars and electronics? Have they been replaced by modern versions?

 

[Anlsvrthng]

What about the radars and electronics? Have they been replaced by modern versions?

No sure if that is a deciding factor.

Definitivly, the Kuz been before the installation of radars and so on, but at the end of the day those systems are similar to the normal frigatte/destroyer el3ectronic suit.

Means it represent smaller percentage of the carrier cost, if I have to bet possibly 10% megnitude.

But, other side, a Nimitz class carrier three year running cost is in the magnitude of a destroyers price.

Means if Kuz operated for 20 more years then it should cost 6-7 proj. 22350 frigatte.

So, by Russian calculations 6 frigatte worth more than 1 carrier.

 

[sheogorath]

What about the radars and electronics? Have they been replaced by modern versions?

As of the latests pictures and videos from around the time of the operation in Syria that could be found, not really. It was still mostly as comissioned.