Russia Spent About $1 Billion and 9 Years Trying to Fix Its Only Aircraft Carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov. The Ship Is Rusting in Murmansk and Headed for the Scrap Yard
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The Russian Federation has spent a billion dollars to repair an aircraft carrier who will now be sent to scrap metal.
Russia Spent About $1 Billion and 9 Years Trying to Fix Its Only Aircraft Carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov. The Ship Is Rusting in Murmansk and Headed for the Scrap Yard
Russia’s only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, has been out of service since 2017, and $1 billion and nine years of repairs are ending at the scrap yard. The PD-50 dry dock sank under her in 2018 and a 70-ton crane fell through the flight deck; fires killed workers. By 2025 the navy gave up and sent her sailors to fight in Ukraine. Her sister ship sails for China as the Liaoning.
Key takeaways After nearly a decade of futile efforts and an investment of nearly 1 billion euros, Russia is abandoning its only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov. The ship, which has been out of service since 2017, is now falling into disrepair in Murmansk and is destined for the scrap heap. This failure marks the end of the […]
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