Russia's Only Aircraft Carrier Has a Big Problem
It won't be modernized.
Dave Majumdar [2]
The Russian Navy will repair its sole aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, but the massive vessel will not be upgraded or modernized in any meaningful way. Instead, Russia will focus on getting the carrier back into the fleet as soon as possible when the ship goes into overhaul next year in 2018.
“It is a ship repair with replacement of some equipment." Sergei Vlasov, director general of Nevsky PKB told the TASS news agency [3].
"Essentially, there is no modernization.”
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