Charles de Gaulle vs. Admiral Kuznetsov

planeman said:

My gut feeling is that people are underestimating the Adm K's aircraft capability such as range etc. Although I personally consider the Rafale as the best naval fighter out there, Su-33s are not bad either, ski-jump or not.

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It's not about, which side has the superior aircraft. Its about detection and situational awwareness. The side with greater situational awareness has a massive advantage. The De Gaulle has the E-2 hawkeye, an AEW aircraft with superior detection and command and control capabilities than the Helix AEW. The Helix is limited to being a helo by its ceiling and endurance, but it is a lot better than having no AEW at all.

Remember an aircraft carrier is only as good as its airwing.

sinking a ship with that many SHORAD and CIWS mounts might not be as easy as stated.

As long as it is an air-strike and there's no weapons innovation, it will come down to a saturation attack, IMO. And saturating the inner defence and CIWS is probably not that hard, since reaction times are short.
Therefore it probably pretty much also depends on the company of those CV(N)s.
Has anybody info of how a "standart" CBG around dG and AdmK looks like?

A full Admiral Kuznetsov centered battlegroup definately includes:

43rd Rocket Ship Division (the main force)
RFS Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov (Airwing includes 1 squadron of SU 33 and 20+ Helos)
RFS Pyotr Velikiy (Kirov Class)
RFS Marshal Ustinov (Slava Class)

Escorts
1-2 Udaloy Destroyers
1-2 Sovremeny Destroyers
1 Udaloy II Destroyer

The De Gaulle Centered Battle group includes

Charles de Gaulle (40 aircraft airwing)
2 Horizon Class AAW Frigates (PAAMS capable)
2-3 Georges Leygues class (F70 type)


Lets keep it simple and get rid of Subs