First off I want to see a picture ofthe ADM"K" with all those aircraft on deck...ain't gonna happen.On its decks Admiral Kuznetsov carries 47 warplanes (mostly Su-33) and 10 helicopters
The Russians "deployment" of their lone CV the ADM"K" is a bit of a misnomer..When the Russians operate that ship it takes them about three weeks to do the same ops("Launches" & Traps) the ISN CVN's do in lessthan a day. The ADM "K" has not been to sea since sometime in 2005.(not sure)...
Also the Russian ships suffer from catostrophic engineering problems. Did you know that there were major engineering spaces fires on every Russian CV that killed hundres of Russian sailors? That's one of the reasons besides money the Russians have one single CV.
All in all this will be a very big test for the Russians to see if they can maintain a task force this size away from it's home port for any lenght of time.


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