It turns out the Kutnetzov class carriers have 3 "launch" positions instead of just 2

>>63927144 (OP)
It has no launch positions currently.
Reading the wiki section on its 2017 to now refit activities was fun. Jewish lightning strikes the vessel every time it is due to be turned back over to the Navy.
The entire crew was sent to die in Ukraine this last winter.

>>63927255
>The entire crew was sent to die in Ukraine this last winter.
A small mercy given that otherwise they'd have to remain on their posts waiting to contain the horrors living in the decks below.

>>63927269
>What was your former position comrade?
>I was Praporshchik, leading expert in aircraft cruiser operations and maintenance.
>Ok, here's Mosin-Nagant, get in trench.

>>63927144 (OP)
always did. the longer run did allow the Su-33 to take a more meaningful loadout.

yes, the class itself has always had three launch positions. china has retained the same layout, as shown.

too bad they removed much of its soul by deleting the vls cells for asuw missiles. they could have retained the layout to put their cm-401 ballistic missiles in.

do they still actually use it? i thought it was "grounded" forever?

>>63927255
>Jewish lightning
Lmao

>>63927255
>>63927383
He's talking about the Chinese Kuznetsov.

>>63927144 (OP)
With no cats it has infinite launch positions. You could take off backwards if you want to

>>63927362
Could It also have launched the Yak-44 AWACS from that third position?

>>63927144 (OP)
That's Shandong, so technically it's a Kuz+ Class.
However went back to Liaoning and she also has the triple position.
Ruskis do not belong on the water

>>63927362
I've always wondered why they never gave the Su-33 more modern munitions like the R77

>>63929348
maybe there was a project to do that but it got eaten up by corruption

>>63929160
going by their naval tradition they belong under the water

>>63927144 (OP)
>so the planes can get shot down faster
Shrewd move.

Implessive

>>63927269
Sergi you must choose, join a meat wave in Ukraine or serve in the engine room of the Kuznetsov.

>>63929160
>Radar detects incoming AShM
>CIWS gets target lock
>Barrels spin up
>Pauses to play 30 second commercial first
>Should have upgraded to Kuz+

>>63927383
They like to pretend it's going back into service. It's hard to cosplay as a superpower when you don't even have a carrier.

>>63933251
>They like to pretend it's going back into service
the case of Nakhimov gave them hope

>On 30 October 2008, Russian Navy representatives of the Northern Fleet announced that the first modification on Admiral Nakhimov had been started and that the ship would re-join the Russian fleet by 2012.
>In December 2011 the Sevmash shipyard stated that the refit of the ship would not be finished until after 2012
>Work on modernizing Admiral Nakhimov was resumed in January 2014 with the vessel being projected to rejoin the Russian Navy in 2018
>Trials are due to begin in 2020.
>She was relaunched in August 2020 and was then expected to start sea trials in about 2023
>In February 2023, the head of United Shipbuilding Corporation Alexei Rakhmanov confirmed that testing of the ship would begin later in the year, and that the vessel is expected to return to service in 2024.
>On 13 June 2023, it was reported that the ship would begin sea trials in September 2023.
>In late 2023, it was reported that sea trials would begin in Spring 2024.
>"Admiral Nahimov" may come out after modernization for sea trials in May 2024.
>In June 2024, it was reported that factory sea trials would begin in the summer of 2025, and that Admiral Nakhimov would be delivered to the Russian Navy in 2026.
>In February 2025, the second nuclear reactor in Admiral Nakhimov was turned on for the first time in 28 years

so for us younger anons, who knows? we may live to see Kuznetsov sail again
>2(0) more years zsisters!