In the 1980s, the proud Soviet Navy built a less-than-satisfactory vessel that would become the symbol of the decaying regime. But when the USSR fell apart and Ukraine asserted its independence, the newly-formed state decided to keep it.
Admiral Kuznetsov was not as much an aircraft carrier as a heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser. From her inception, she was designed to support submarines and aircraft that carried missiles, as well as surface ships.
However, her development was hindered by the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and she was even forced to sail for thousands of miles without being finished.
After the fallout, the Soviets did not have the means to keep the flagship in optimal conditions, but the crumbling government would not let go of their crown jewel so easily, and secretly plotted to retrieve her from the Ukranians…
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A garbage embarrassment, solely indicative of the mighty Russian military.
Man, this documentary was really gentle on this ship.
That's a nice pretend aircraft carrier you got there. It's be a shame if a missile were to hit it and it sank. Better play it safe and keep it in port. Don't you think?
A floating piece of crap
Russia and the Ukraine fighting over this piece of shit like two kids fighting over who gets to flush the toilet!
It's time to poison Putan
Less than satisfactory? Try a floating turd
I think it would make for a great yacht conversion! I'll take it!
The clowns can't even figure out a catapault. 🤣
Yay for powerful women pretending to be powerful men. Hollywood does it again. Yay
“She was even forced to sail thousands of miles without being finished”. Yeah that is called an act of piracy and international theft. Russia stole the Carrier from Ukraine. If you want an idea as to how far back the strains in the relationship were showing.
F Ukraine
They intend to use it for another 10-15 years but like the rest of its life time it will be plagued with malfunctions and problems likely spending half of it in repair and refit and the other portion escorted by the mighty and fear inducing tugboat.
i see a lot of people already pointed out some important omitted facts and corrections. so all i'll say is that your russian pronunciation at 5:08 gave me cancer. in the future, just don't bother. say english/latin version of whatever you're talking about.
What a donkey.
Imagine owning a aircraft carrier that was so functionally useless, and crushingly expensive to operate, that it actually REDUCES your armed forces ability to defend themselves.
Seriously think about that. In a war the enemy would be better off NOT destroying it if they wanted to harm the Russian war effort.
That is failure on a spectacular level.
Russia at this point is a complete joke 😂
They invest in building ICBM instead
That carrier travels with a vicious battle group or tug boats 😂
Admiral Kutzhisnutsoff? 🤔
I really think Russia should start work on a second carrier. With the US terrorist state and its NATO lapdogs destabilising the world, we need a stronger Russia.
curious though, would aircraft carrier ever be able to hit a broadside with a plane's gun through the elevator hole?
It's not really a pure aircraft carrier. After the refit it will have a large missile inventory. Probably won't smoke as i understand it will have new engines.
Shh thats the superior russian weaponry, Just like their tanks from 1940s haha nato is shtting its pants seeing this hahaha
😅 such a massive dirty pile of propaganda… its the only thing they are any good at.
Continuous smoke screen built in which shows its position over the horizon.
She shares similarities with the incomplete German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin from ww2, which they refloated, inspected, and then sunk. Both were aircraft carriers combined with cruiser armor and weapons, and both nations by themselves could not care for the ship they were building or built.
I tried to ignore the music, but couldn’t. Sorry, but it was distractingly bad. Otherwise, great stuff as usual. Thanks.
Everything built by Russia is just pure trash. Absolute sh*t-hole of a "nation".
Another video with accuracy and detail issues. Not sure why I bother with this channel
Striking fear in NATO's pond.
The tow tug has more medals then that aircraft carrier 😅a
You get a thumbs up just for pronouncing that Admiral's name, lol, what a mouthful!
It’s the perfect symbol and euphemism for the failed Russian Socialist Supremacist Soviet. What a total embarrassment!
This is the world famous water leakage underwater submarine ❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉
U left out the smoke part..
She has never been designed to be an aircraft carrier it's not in their doctrine
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Hell, just like the Soviets, the Russian government today doesn't even have the means to keep this ship in a working condition. It's amazing how far the Russian military ended up failing while under Putin. But hey, yachts win wars.