Russia's Massive Nuclear-Powered Warship That Smokes

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[sortaspicey]

A torpedo turning into a rocket and then turning back into a torpedo is the most Soviet thing I've ever heard of

[HE-punt]

The Kuznetsov normal speed might be 18 knots, but it's usual speed is governed by the power of it's tug boat.

[ivovanzon]

The reason for these giants being classed as a cruiser is that they had to pass through the Bosporus being built at a shipyard on the Black Sea coast. There is a naval agreement that forbids passage of anything larger than a cruiser through there.
Someone did write down a very detailed specification which also had the strange side effect of creating aircraft carriers with some serious surface-to-surface armament with the Kuznetsov having Granit missile lauchers mounted in the flight deck

[nekochen]

The smoke chimney is for the indoor smoking room, sauna, and barbecue R&R area!! The design is very human!

[markjurkovich]

I have to say, that is a good-looking ship. Its lines are aesthetically pleasing. I'm surprised that it can't reach maximum speed on both nuclear power plants.

[gordonmac]

The Moskva also had the same anti air, anti missile systems which did not prevent her from being promoted to the submarine service. The Ukrainian Neptune missiles used are roughly equivalent to Harpoons.

[blurglide]

Whether on land or sea, the Russians focus WAY too much on raw firepower and not nearly enough on logistics, crew competency, range, accuracy, survivability/damage control, stealth, combined-arms tactics etc.

[Upgraydez]

The explanation of the smoke pictures and admission that nothing, even yourself, online is trustworthy makes me respect you and I will continue watching your content!

[riskinhos]

Admiral Kuznetsov's designation as an aircraft-carrying cruiser is very important under the Montreux Convention, as it allows the ship to transit the Turkish Straits.

[OutsideCleaners]

So the RPK-6 Vodopad is a horizontally-launched missile which starts above water, goes straight into the water, then goes airborne for 30 miles, then goes back underwater...

[legitbetterthanvinny]

“Don’t blindly trust things you see on the internet, including what I say” I’m not gonna trust that

[fearthehoneybadger]

A Russian aircraft carrier that emits its own smoke screen.

[翠鳥]

If you've seen the 'yacht fleet' owned by Russian oligarchs, I wonder what the Russian Navy means when they say 'upgrading battleships is too expensive'?

[lanceferraro]

Many years ago, on patrol in the Med, the Kirov was on the horizon. As I watched, smoke billowed from her stacks, indicating that the steam from the steam generators was being superheated. Damn - that thing was fast.

[pauldegregorio]

Understood. But the Kirov ships look AWESOME.

[LordOceanus]

Some of the Kirov class vessels (All but Pytor Velikiy) also have 2x SA-N-4 OSA launchers with a total of 40 missiles, and all the ships have two RBU-1000 Antisubmarine depth charge projectors and 1 Udav-1 depth charge projector.

[zolikoff]

The oil boilers are not just a backup (though they work as that as well). The combining gear means that both the boilers and the reactors' steam can power the ship at the same time, leading to higher top speed in a burst when using both. Likewise, the second reactor is not "a backup" as the video says, both reactors usually work at the same time. But having two instead of one does double as a backup, since it's possible to move (slower) with just one.

[LitmusPapyrus]

A small side note on why we don’t have non-carrier nuclear surface ships anymore, getting the manning for the engineering department was basically impossible when they had to contend with carriers and submarines for nuclear qualified sailors

[znrctrnn]

This is like their version of a Yamamoto. All their eggs in one basket.