Ah yes.. the Russian Nuclear carrier. How many times have they said they were going to get one now?
Models are fun and all but really I’ll get interested when they actually cut steel.
I got intrigued by the project name (Ламантин): I speak four languages, but in none of them I knew
LOL actually I didn't even know that animal!
so I thought I might have some fun (not in the mood to link a source everywhere below):
1. the design is by
as in
and there're similarities between the two
(
x
)
2. dimensions similar to
3. two EMALS (!) (электромагнитные разгонные устройства obviously 2)
4.
soberly commenting (footage inside
) the current priority of the Russian Navy is to restore readiness of what they have (but of course he also says in the future they'll build aircraft carriers)
5. this is the fourth (!) recent design (the three are
Jun 29, 2019
now they're talking three (3) classes of "perspective" aircraft carriers (
):
- a multi-purpose of 44k displacement
- a medium: 76k
- a heavy: 95 - 100k
by
)
6. what type of radar would that be:
?
7. I'm puzzled by Э in the project designation (проекта 11430Э) as it should mean (as far as I know) "export" LOL
8. cough cough