Purchased as their short take off and arrested landing solution for their carrier(s). Poor quality and assembly spells trouble for this fighter purchase
This doesn't really fit into the other Military news columns that I set up, so I thought I would put it here
owever, Prakash is highly critical of what he called the "lethargy" by the Russians in the manufacturing and maintenance of the aircraft.On problems with the engine, the CAG report said: "Since induction in February 2010, 40 engines (62 percent) of twin-engined MiG-29K have been withdrawn from service/rejected due to design-related defects."
Additionally, the serviceability of the warplanes was low, ranging from 21.30 percent to 47.14 percent, according to the report.
Hypothetical battle between the Kirov and the USS Zumwalt
Man, those Zumwalts were, and are a colossal joke. Production run of 32, down to 27, and now just 3 with the majority of production reverting to the Arleigh Burke. Massive over-promising (remember the rail gun?) and pork-barrel spending for a coastal support destroyer.
Its a ship design that really lacks a punch, which is the problem. Also until they can create stealth carriers and cruisers, a stealth anti-air destroyer doesn't do much to protect a battlegroup where the primary target is the unstealthy carrier.
If they had a long range harpoon missile system or the aforementioned rail gun, then year there's a bit of a mismatch. But the expense of creating a stealth destroyer without that punch makes little to no sense.
It makes more sense to combine things, put money into a coastal defense, anti-air destroyer with an exceptional sensor suite, and put money into a submarine with the capability of sneaking up on a convoy and firing a spread of anti-ship missiles at range then dashing in with torpedoes.
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The Soviet . . . .errr sorry Russian Avangard Missile is nearing operational status, US inspectors were invited to watch a demonstration of the missile under the START treaty which is due to expire in 2021.
The Avangard is a next generation hypersonic nuclear missile that travels faster then most bullets or about 1 mile per second. That basically means that a missile launched from Russia on Washington DC would take about 1 hour to arrive.
Hypersonic missiles will require a rethinking of current ballistic missile defense theory, both because of the speed of the weapon, and also because the glide vehicle itself is maneuverable unlike classic ballistic missile re-entry vehicles. This makes it a first strike capable weapon until defenses can catch up. It designed to decapitate governments, or to take out an enemies nuclear strike and war making capability before the enemy can respond.
In Soviet Russia, fire shoots out of Aircraft Carrier. Russia's only remaining aircraft carrier is on fire. Built during the cold war, the Admiral Kuznetsov is the only one of the Soviet Union-era aircraft carriers still in service with the Russian Navy. The other two were sold off to India and China.
The class had been plagued with mechanical problems that are a huge problem with the Chinese and Indian examples with boilers that would randomly catch fire. Not to mention it is pretty much cursed with accidents, with accidents at sea, aircraft landings, etc. When it was in dry dock last year, the entire dock caught on fire.
Maybe this will mark the end of Russian fixed wing naval air power.
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The Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's only aircraft carrier, caught fire today during repairs in Murmansk. While officials of the shipyard said that no shipyard workers were injured, Russia's TASS news service reports that at least 12 people (likely Kuznetsov sailors) were injured, some critically. In addition, three people, possibly including the third-rank captain in charge of the ship's repairs, are unaccounted for.
The Kuznetsov has had a long string of bad luck, experiencing fires at sea, oil spills, and landing deck accidents—including a snapped arresting wire that caused a landing Sukhoi Su-33 fighter to roll off the end of the deck and into the ocean. Its boilers belched black smoke during the ship's transit to Syria in 2016, and it had to be towed back home after breaking down during its return in 2017. Then last year, as it was undergoing repairs in a floating drydock in Murmansk's Shipyard 82, the drydock sank and a crane on the drydock slammed into the Kuznetsov, leaving a gash in the ship's hull. It looked like completion of repairs might be put off indefinitely because repair of the drydock would take over a year, and the budget for repairs had been slashed.
The fire was caused when sparks from welding work near one of the ship's electrical distribution compartments set a cable on fire. The fire spread through the wiring throughout compartments of the lower deck of the ship, eventually involving 120 square meters (1,300 square feet) of the ship's spaces.
In total, 12 victims were delivered to hospitals, 10 of them were saved during the fire. One is assessed as serious, and one suffered a head injury. Most received poisoning from combustion products, according to a report from TASS.
The Kuznetsov was suppossed to carry them through til they laid down keels on two new Super Carriers in 2025 and 2030.
The Kuznetsov formed the center point of their Black Sea Fleet, without it, they lose a significant ability to power project in that key region and basically become a frigate navy.
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The Kuznetsov was suppossed to carry them through til they laid down keels on two new Super Carriers in 2025 and 2030.
The Kuznetsov formed the center point of their Black Sea Fleet, without it, they lose a significant ability to power project in that key region and basically become a frigate navy.
Even if those they had a shipyard to build it and the keel didn't spontaneously combust, Russia doesn't have the money to support those carriers. They don't even have the money to do a large scale Armata tank purchase they wanted.
I have a family friend that served in the USN during the cold war.
He says stuff like this is exactly why nobody really feared the russians (aside from nuclear power). I'm sure some of that was propaganda, some cockiness, but you can't deny that in a lot of ways, the russian navy has always been a bit of a ####show
The Kuznetsov formed the center point of their Black Sea Fleet, without it, they lose a significant ability to power project in that key region and basically become a frigate navy.
The AK was built in a Ukrainian shipyard on the Black Sea coast; however, the AK is part of the North Fleet, not the Black Sea Fleet.
I've written this before, but the Russian Navy's intent is not to project power; it's purpose is to defend its coasts.
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I have a family friend that served in the USN during the cold war.
He says stuff like this is exactly why nobody really feared the russians (aside from nuclear power). I'm sure some of that was propaganda, some cockiness, but you can't deny that in a lot of ways, the russian navy has always been a bit of a ####show
The USN has its own problems these days.
- continued problems with the USS Gerald R Ford
- not to mention the floating garbage piles called the Littoral Combat Ships.
- a five-hour fire on the USS Iwo Jima last month.
- fire on the USS Oscar Austin that caused enough damage to likely keep it in dock until 2022.
- USS Harry S Truman still in dock undergoing electrical repairs; it was supposed to sail in September. What that means is that the USS Abraham Lincoln has to extend its seven month sail.
- There are currently six carriers in the Norfolk shipyard undergoing various repairs and retrofits.
- Readiness issues have plagued the USN for years now. In 2019, only 16% of the guided missile destroyer fleet managed to get through planned repairs on time.
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They don't even have the money to do a large scale Armata tank purchase they wanted.
I wouldn't say that's entirely true. The Russians have learned a couple of valuable lessons over time.
1.You can mass deploy average tanks against smaller quantities of superior tanks and prevail.
2. You can't win a spending war against the West/USA when you don't have the luxury of the Ruble being the world's reserve currency.
The T-72 with its upgrades and the T-90 are more than capable of engaging what NATO offers on the battlefield. The T-72 is also attractive for foreign military sales.
So, I'd say the Russians, with 10x smaller defence budget than NATO, have to find more efficient solutions.
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A sort of weekly round-up of global military news.
Niger.
A huge fight by local standards. Things do seem to be heating up in the Liptako.
ISIS claims to have killed/wounded 100+ soldiers in an attack on Nigerien army base.
Syria.
The Syrian Arab Army has taken control of the vital M4 highway in NE Syria.
Afghanistan.
From the Washington Post, of all media outlets: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graph...-war-strategy/
"In the beginning, the rationale for invading Afghanistan was clear: to destroy al-Qaeda, topple the Taliban and prevent a repeat of the 9/11 terrorist attacks."
Amazingly, no one will ever be held accountable.
Charlie in the wire at Bagram Base Sunday night/Monday morning resulting in a 3+ hour fire fight as the Taliban tried to infiltrate the base.
"The attack on Bagram, America's largest base in Afghanistan, comes after the United States and the Taliban re-approached peace negotiations in Doha this weekend after having broken them off previously. President Trump made a surprise visit to Bagram to meet with the troops and help serve their Thanksgiving feast just last month."
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Libya, where Turkey and Egypt appear to be ready to support GNA and LNA respectively, is potentially becoming a trigger for a wider North African/Middle Eastern war.
GNA = Government of National Accord. UN recognized government, supported by Turkey
LNA = Libyan National Army. Rebels supported by Egypt, UAE and Russia.
“The years-long war for post-Gaddafi Libya now threatens to spill over into the Mediterranean as Turkey and Greece line up on either side of the conflict. Each side is now threatening the others' allied ships in southern waters after a controversial maritime deal expanded Turkish claims off Libya's coast.”
Beirut-based#Al-Masdar News#reports the following statements, citing Arabic media:
Major-General Faraj al-Mahdawi said in a statement to Al-Arabiya that “there is great coordination between Greece and Libya in order to monitor the movement of Turkish ships for oil or access to the western Libyan ports to deliver weapons to the militias, especially the Misurata port.”
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One of Russia's new SU-57 stealth fighter, designed to take on the F-22, crashes days before the Russian military was due to take it's first production serial delivery of the stealth fighters. The fighter was completely destroyed. Thus continues the tradition of disastrous Russian military accidents
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A Russian fifth-generation stealth fighter jet has crashed during tests in the country’s Far East, news agencies reported Tuesday.
The incident occurred days before Russia’s Aerospace Forces were due to receive their first serial-produced Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet. Its developer Sukhoi plans to deliver a total of 67 fifth-generation Su-57s to the Russian Aerospace Forces by 2028.
“The Su-57 crashed during a test flight 111 kilometers from its home airfield,” Russia’s state-controlled United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said as quoted by the state-run RIA Novosti news agency.
Its civilian pilot catapulted and survived the crash in the Khabarovsk region, Interfax cited an unnamed source as saying.
The Su-57 — also called the T-50 and PAK FA during development — has been billed as Russia’s answer to the U.S. F-22 Raptor stealth fighter.
Russia has combat-tested the Sukhoi Su-57 in Syria and showcased it at military parades. The aircraft had been tested at least twice in Syria, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, said last week.
An unnamed Russian military official told RIA Novosti that pilot error or a technical malfunction are believed to have caused the Su-57 crash.
One of Russia's new SU-57 stealth fighter, designed to take on the F-22, crashes days before the Russian military was due to take it's first production serial delivery of the stealth fighters. The fighter was completely destroyed. Thus continues the tradition of disastrous Russian military accidents