The Untold Story of Admiral Kuznetsov

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[@navyreviewer]

Some updates (?) The mars-passat radar was a total flop. Barely worked. Soviet carriers had antiship missiles because they never had an attack aircraft like the A-6 or Buccaneer. That was their attack aircraft. Part of it was technical, part of it was operational, part of it was doctrine, part of it was financial. The navy didn't have the money to train or equip strike aircraft, didn't have the room either. Doctrine wise the soviets/Russians never really adopted the idea of long-range interdiction/strike by anything except bombers. Still haven't as we are seeing in Ukraine. They always viewed non bombers as close air support assets or tactical air superiority assets. The MiG, Yaks, and SUs on their carriers were for combat air patrol. Their navy never really adopted an expeditionary concept. For many reasons that are too many and complex to go into. The short version is they are a land power and they think like a land power. We always assumed their submarines intended to try to interdict the sea lanes. Turns out we were wrong. The Soviets looked at the German navy of WW2 and said "they couldn't do it, let's not even try." They intended to use their submarines, and surface ships, to protect their SSBN bastions and coast lines. In effect even at its height the Soviet navy was nothing more than a roided up coastal defense force.

[@juozasnarvoisas7516]

The worst air craft carrier ever.