CV-17 Shandong (002 carrier) Thread I ...News, Views and operations
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Well the author did actually say "in service", and technically CV-17 is not actually in service but still being fitted out and not even handed over yet.
What's wrong with Sputniknews? Is it unreliable or something?
Jura The idiot
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it's Jun 19, 2017
on the previous page there a member posted
I've checked now the link to:
still works
Always very much biased and even more hyping Russian systems.
Wow, if it is true, that tells many things
kwaigonegin
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Close to zero imho although Putin did try to buy the French Mistral's so not out of the realm of possibility but still close to 0%Just thinking outside the box, whats the possibility that Russia commissions China to build aircraft carriers?
usia
I have never had any doubt the Shtorm design is completely bogus, a pure propaganda fake, and that Russia has neither the industrial nor economic capability, nor the serious intention, to build a serious first class super carrier.
It was all a ploy to convince the populous in the west that Russian's current weakness not withstanding, Russia will soon be somebody again so they west should not squeeze Russia too hard now lest Russia remember and take revenge in the future.
I would wager Russia can't build the Ulyanovsk today without first investing several times the originally projected cost of the design to restore lost industrial capability the original soviet design took for granted.
Many of the industrial capabilities available to the Soviet Union no longer exists in Russia. Some of it has been lost through neglect and disuse, others required a supply and value added chain in former soviet republics now outside the influence of kremlin.
Soviet Union was the first country in the world to develop marine gas turbine suitable for use on large missile destroyers. But Russian today can't even build marine gas turbines for a full sized destroyer.
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That's a pretty bad example, since Russia was out-sourcing production to Ukraine, and now that Ukrainian GTs are out, the Russian Navy is having Saturn produce the domestic M90FR, which will come on line in the next 2-3 years. It's not like anyone doubts that Russia could produce marine GTs if it wanted to.
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