Thoughts regarding "Admiral Kuznetsov" deployment to Syria...

[Zimme83]

Seems like the arrestor gear on the Kuznetzov failed and the MiG-29KR simply ran out of fuel...
https://www.gazeta.ru/army/2016/11/21/10354847.shtml

[zack1234]

Very interesting read

[Plawranc]

Considering the Russians have nothing like the budget that the USDF has its unlikely that they will be able to compete on anything less than a strategic/nuclear level.

[zack1234]

 

The fact that this threat is so long is a topic on its own

 

[Bodhi]

Great aircraft carrier.... so great that it offloaded the majority of it's strikers to Syria....   

http://www.janes.com/article/65775/russian-carrier-jets-flying-from-syria-not-kuznetsov

They should change it's designation to an aircraft transport.

[zack1234]

Are the Russians actually do more to destroy our enemies in Syria?

[fd ski]

Seems like the arrestor gear on the Kuznetzov failed and the MiG-29KR simply ran out of fuel...
https://www.gazeta.ru/army/2016/11/21/10354847.shtml

interesting. No arresting barricade like on our CVs ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9xrPsdMLkI

[artik]

https://theaviationist.com/2016/12/05/russian-su-33-crashed-in-the-mediterranean-while-attempting-to-land-on-kuznetsov-aircraft-carrier/

It is clear, Russian naval aviation is in deep trouble

It looks like the crews are horribly trained

[Zimme83]

http://www.interfax.ru/world/539925

Here they talk about some kind of "failure of a cable arresting gear". But nevertheless, 2 lost aircrafts in a few weeks is a huge failure. They had 10 Su-33 and 4 MiG-29 onboard to start with. Now they have the 3 MiG:s that are capable of conducting ground attack missions (with any advanced weapons, the Flankers can carry dumb bombs but are still very limited in the ground attack role) and no planes that can fly as a tanker (the only one was the lost MiG-29)..

Also loosing the MiG due to fuel starvation because they didn't divert it in time...

[Shuffler]

http://www.interfax.ru/world/539925

Down that page there is a video of the event. It almost stopped and the cable broke letting it slowly continue right off the ship.

[artik]

Down that page there is a video of the event. It almost stopped and the cable broke letting it slowly continue right off the ship.

It is another event from 2005 when Su 33 was lost, also I assume this one is quite similar

[Shuffler]

It is another event from 2005 when Su 33 was lost, also I assume this one is quite similar

I don't read Russian.

[Zimme83]

Vid showing some of the arresting gear system on Kuznetsov: