Russia's One and Only Aircraft Carrier Is A Joke?

Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, has had a troubled history and has been the subject of much criticism. The carrier was commissioned in 1990, but it has spent much of its time undergoing repairs and upgrades.

In 2016, the carrier was sent to Syria to take part in operations against rebel forces, but it was plagued with problems. The carrier's engines failed multiple times, and a fighter jet crashed while attempting to land on the carrier.

[uio]

Fleet tugs pull it everywhere it goes and her sailors relieve themselves over the side since the sewage system never worked. But hey, ain’t communism just so glorious?

[fpxy]

Russia has no warmwater port with free access to ocean.
That means they do not need aircraft carriers.
Thats why they sold all of them, except A.K

[qbertq]

"Soviet-era design" apparently equals coal-powered

[theflyer]

Russian air craft carrier looks like a teenager vaping in their Subaru wrx

[surg]

The reason it smokes and breaks down is because it sat in port for 15-20 years firing its boilers for heat and electricity. It was worn out port side without ever going to sea. The power plant needs to be replaced.

[docgillygun]

This carrier should actually be named Cutsnutsoff.

[larrypowers]

With all that smoke bellowing out her stacks, she makes an easy target to track through the periscopes of enemy submarines.

[michaelschneider]

In other words, it's a "flight deck cruiser"'. That idea failed in the 1920's.

[jerolvilladolid]

Russia does not need aircraft carriers because its territory stretches from Alaska, to Japan, to Kazakhstan, all the way to Poland. The whole country is one planetary aircraft carrier

[fenilkheni]

You don't need spear to win against a spear you need something that works against spear.

[bombaclaatonthedeadhomies]

The aircraft carrier we got at home 😮‍💨

[peetsnort]

The Russians are not stupid.
They have invested in the hypersonics

[jonathanmills]

All that smoke that thing a sitting duck

[johnrogan]

Air craft carries are just a big target in modern times. A waste of money.

[jblake]

Americans laughing at Russian aircraft carrier : 🤣😂😭🤣

Russian submarines staring menacing: 👹👹👹

[leitou]

They dont need Aircraft carrier to destroy half of world. They just need to push the 6000+ Nukes button and thats it. 😂

[bigmatthews]

I mean. Its a not a joke compared to all the countries with 0 Aircraft Carriers. Although with the war I’m not sure we will see this ship active again. If it gets the money and repairs its needs, it can still actually be an effective little carrier.

[yaraelpoof]

Britains aircraft carriers break down all the time a navy is a bit more complicated than who has the most aircraft carriers with that logic up until recently Thailand had a more powerful navy than Japan

[yasaswiniartandcraft]

One Hypersonic Missile is enough to destroy a Aircraft carrier . 20 years back it was ok to have an Aircraft carrier, but now its better to have smaller crafts 👍

[TheAlgerian]

With hyper Sonic missiles air carriers are useless now ...