List of A.U.L Navy equipment FROM AROUND THE WORLD part 2
Zubr class LCAC
The Zubr class (or Project 1232.2 class (NATO reporting name Pomornik) is a class of air-cushioned landing craft of Russian design. This class of military hovercraft is the world’s largest.[8] There are currently nine ships in active service in the world. The Zubr is used by the Russian, Ukrainian, and Greek navies. [9] The transfer of the Kefallinia (L- 180), the first of two Zubr hovercraft purchased by the Greeks,[10] to the Hellenic Navy marked the first time that a Russian-made ship was used by the navy of a NATO member.[11][12][13]
It is designed to sealift landing assault units (such as marines or tanks) from equipped/non-equipped vessels to non-equipped shore, as well as transport and plant mines.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... class.JPEGHigh strength and floatability of the craft are provided by a rectangular pontoon, the main load-carrying part of the ship's hull. The superstructure built on the pontoon is divided into 3 compartments with two longitudinal bulkheads: combat materiel compartment in the midsection fitted with tank ramps, and outboard sections housing main and auxiliary propulsion units, troop compartments, living quarters, and NBC protection systems. To improve working conditions in the battle stations, troop compartments and living quarters, they are fitted with air-conditioning and heating-systems, sound/heat-insulating coatings, and structures made of vibrodamping materials. The ship provides normal conditions for the crew to take meals and rest.
Personnel are protected against effects of weapons of mass destruction with airtight sealing of combat stations, crew and troop compartments, as well as individual gas masks and protection suits. The ship is also protected from influence mines with the horizontal winding to compensate for the ship's and the transported materiel's magnetic fields. The central command post and MS-227 device compartments are strengthened with alloy armour.
Capacity
The Zubr landing craft has a cargo area of 400 square metres (4,300 sq ft), and a fuel capacity of 56 tons.[14]It can carry three main battle tanks (up to 131 tonnes), or ten armoured personnel carriers with 140 troops (up to 115 tonnes), or up to 500 troops (with 360 troops in the cargo compartment). At full displacement the ship is capable of negotiating up to 5-degree gradients on non-equipped shores and 1.6m-high vertical walls. Zubr remains seaworthy in conditions up to Sea state 4, sailing on air cushion at 30-40 knots
General characteristics
Type: Air-cushioned landing craft
Displacement: 340 tons (light)
415 tons (normal)
555 tons (full load)[1]
Length: 57 metres (190 ft)[2]
Draught: 1.6 metres (5.2 ft)[3]
Propulsion: Motors gas turbine
5 Type NK-12MV gas-turbines;[4] 2 for lift, 3 for propulsion; 5 x 11,836 horsepower
Propellers: 3 four bladed variable pitch propellers
Speed: 63 knots[5]
55 knots if sustained [6]
Range: 300 miles (480 km) at 55 knots
Complement: 31 (4 officers, 27 enlisted)[7]
Sensors and
processing systems: General detection radar
Surface search radar
Electronic warfare
and decoys: Electronic Countermeasures System: Decoys, MS227 chaff launcher, ESM: Tool Box; intercept
Armament: Strela-3 Portable Air Defense Missile System 4 x 4 launchers plus 32 Anti-Personnel missiles; or 2 SA-N-5 "Grail" quad launchers, manual aiming, infared homing to 6 km at 1.5 Mach, altitude to 2,500 m, warhead 1.5 kg
30 mm AK-630 Air Defense Gun Mount 2 x 6 with 6000 rounds, 3,000 rounds/min combined to 2 km
140 mm Ogon launchers 2 x 22 with 132 rockets; or 2 retractable 122mm rocket launchers
Mines (one set of removable equipment for laying from 20 to 80 mines, depending on their types)
Krivak class frigate
The Krivak class were a series of frigates built for the Soviet Navy. The Soviet designation was Project 1135 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel).
These ships were designed as a successor to the Riga class. The design started in the late 1950s and matured as an anti-submarine ship in the 1960s. A total of 32 ships were built for the Soviet Navy and 8 modified ships for the KGB Maritime Border Guard.
The ship's unique features - the bow missile box, the stack and the angled mast earned it a rap-like nickname among U. S. sailors that comes from their foreign ship silhouette identification training - "Hot dog pack, Smokestack, Guns in Back - Krivak."
How many ships that remain in active duty today is uncertain. According to some sources Russia has 4 units in service and the Ukrainian Navy 1.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... rigate.jpg• Krivak 1 - designated Project 1135 Buravestnik, design process started in 1956 as an anti-surface frigate successor to the Riga class frigate. The role changed to an anti submarine ship powered by gas turbines and armed with the SS-N-14 missile. The main building yards were Zhdanov Yard, Leningrad, Yatar Yard, Kaliningrad and Kamysh Borun yard, Kerch
• Krivak 2 - Project 1135 M Buravestnik M This group of ships were fitted with single 100m guns instead of the twin 76mm weapons of the Krivak 1. They also had a redesigned Variable depth Sonar (VDS) installation. All these ships were built in Kaliningrad
• Krivak 3 - designated Project 1135.5 Nerei (Nereus), These ships lacked the SS-N-14 missile system, which was replaced by a helicopter and hangar, and only one 100 mm gun at the bow of the ship. These ships were built for and operated by the KGB Maritime Border Guard.
• Krivak 4 - Project 1135.2 - This was a modernisation of the Krivak 1 ships Zharkiy and Leningradski Komsomolets (renamed Legkiy). The refit involved replacing the RBU-6000 anti submarine mortars with SS-N-25 anti ship missiles, new radar , sonar and ECM equipment. The two ships completed their refits in 1991 and others were to have been modernised but the programme was cancelled with the colapse of the Soviet Union
• Talwar class - this is an advanced derivative built for the Indian Navy from 1999 to 2003.
• Admiral Gorshkov class (Project 22350) is the most modern Russian Frigate and is derived from the Talwar class built for the Indian Navy
General characteristics
Displacement: 3300 tons standard, 3575 tons full load
Length: 405.3 ft (123.5 m)
Beam: 46.3 ft (14.1 m)
Draught: 15.1 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion: 2 shaft; COGAG; 2x M-8k gas-turbines, 40,000 shp; 2x M-62 gas-turbines (cruise), 14,950 shp
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 4,995 nmi (9,251 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 200
Sensors and
processing systems: Radar: Don-2, Don Kay or Palm Frond, Spin trough, Eye Bowl, Kite screech, Pop Group
Sonar: Bull Nose, Mare Tail
Armament: 1× 4 SS-N-14 'Silex' ASW missiles
2× SA-N-4'Gecko' SAM (40 missiles)
4× 76 mm guns (2×2) (Krivak II had 2× 1 100 mm guns)
2 x RBU-6000 Anti-Submarine rockets
2× 4 533 mm torpedo tubes
Neustrashimy class frigate
Neustrashimy class frigates (Russian: Неустрашимый, alt.Eng. Neustrashimyy) are the most modern large frigates in the Russian Navy. The Soviet designation is Project 1154 Yastreb (Hawk).
The ship class was designed as a general purpose ASW frigate to follow on from the Krivak class frigates. This group of frigates incorporates some stealth technology. The program started in 1986 and seven ships were originally planned. As of 2007, only one ship, the Neustrashimy (Неустрашимый - Fearless), is in service with the Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet and is active. On February 24 2009 the second ship in the class, the Yaroslav Mudry, left the Yantar shipyard in Russia's Kaliningrad for its first sea-trials.[1]
The ships were built by Yantar Yard, Kaliningrad. Only the Neustrashimy was completed by the time the Soviet Union collapsed. Two further ships were incomplete. Yaroslav Mudry (named after the great ruler of the Kievan Rus Yaroslav the Wise) and Tuman (Fog, named after the World War II era Soviet patrol boat whose crew exhibited great valour in combat with three German destroyers). As of February, 2009, the frigate Yaroslav Mudry has began sea trials and will enter service in April, 2009.[2]
2008-09 deployment to Somalia
In late September 2008, the Neustrashimy left the Baltic Fleet and was sent to the Gulf of Aden waters off the Somali coast to fight piracy in the region,[3] and to intercept MV Faina, a Ukrainian ship bound for Kenya carrying 33 T-72 battle tanks and a hoard of ammunition, that was seized by pirates off the Horn of Africa. Russian navy spokesman Capt. Igor Dygalo told the Associated Press that the missile frigate Neustrashimy had left the Baltic Sea port of Baltiisk a day before the hijacking to cooperate with other unspecified countries in anti-piracy efforts.[4] As of 27 October, it was operating independently in the vicinity of a group of NATO warships near the Somali coast.[5] On November 11, it helped capture suspected pirates that had been attempting to board the MV Powerful, although this is disputed by the Royal Navy. On November 16, 2008, it prevented pirates from capturing Saudi-Arabian ship
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 712%29.jpgGeneral characteristics
Type: Frigate
Displacement: 3,800 tons (standard), 4,400 tons (full load)
Length: 129.6 m
Beam: 15.6 m
Draught: 5.6 m
Installed power: 110,000 hp
Propulsion: 2 shaft COGAG (gas turbines)
Speed: 30 knots
Complement: 210
Sensors and
processing systems: Radar: 1 Top Plate, 2 Palm Frond, Cross sword, 1 Kite Screech
Sonar: LF bow monted sonar and VDS
Armament: Anti-ship missiles: 16 - Kh-35 Uran/SS-N-25 Switchblade (four quad)
SAM: 4x8 VLS for SA-N-9
ASW: 1 12-tube RBU-6000 launcher
Guns: 1x 100mm gun, 2 Kashtan CIWS
Torpedoes: six 533mm tubes mounted in the superstructure for ASW missiles (RPK-2 Viyuga/SS-N-15 Starfish) or Type 53 ASW/ASuW torpedoes
Aircraft carried: 1 Ka-27 Helicopter
Aviation facilities: pad and hangar
Kara class cruiser
The Kara is a class of Cold War era Soviet guided missile cruisers. The Soviet designation is Project 1134B Berkut B - Беркут Б (Golden Eagle).
[edit] Design
These ships were enlarged versions of the Kresta II class, with gas turbine engines replacing the steam turbines. These ships were fitted as flagships with improved command, control and communications facilities. These are dedicated ASW ships with significant anti-aircraft capability including both SA-N-3 and SA-N-4 surface to air missiles.
The Specifications for the class were issued in 1964 with the design being finalised in the late 1960's. The gas turbine engine was chosen instead of steam for greater efficiency, quietness and because the main Soviet gas turbine plant had a long association with the Nikolayev shipyards.
The cruiser Azov was constructed as a trials ship for the SA-N-6 missile system and was also fitted with the associated Top Dome Radar. During the cold war she was confined to the Black Sea.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... stopol.jpgGeneral characteristics
Displacement: 9,900 tons
Length: 173.2 m
Beam: 18.6 m
Draught: 6.7 m
Propulsion: 2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 120,000 hp (88 MW)
Speed: 32 knots
Range: 9,000 miles
Complement: 380
Armament: 2 quad SS-N-14 Silex anti-submarine missiles
2 twin SA-N-3 Goblet surface to air missile launchers (80 missiles)
SA-N-4 Gecko surface to air missile launchers (40 missiles)
2 twin 76mm AK-726 dual purpose guns
4 30mm AK-630 CIWS
2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
2 RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
24 SA-N-6 Grumble surface to air missiles [on Azov]
Aircraft carried: 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A'
Slava class cruiser
The Slava class cruiser, Soviet designation Project 1164 Atlant, is a large conventionally-powered warship, currently operated by Russia.
The design started in the late 1960s and was based around the P-500 Bazalt missile, as a less expensive, conventional alternative to the nuclear powered Kirov class battlecruiser. There was a long delay in the programme, while the problems with this weapon were resolved. These ships acted as flagships for numerous task forces. All ships were built at the 61 Kommunar yard, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine (Nikolaev). The class was a follow up to the Kara class cruiser, constructed at the same shipyard and appears to be built on a stretched version of Kara hull.[2]
The Slava class was initially designated BLACKCOM 1 (Black Sea Combatant 1) and then designated the Krasina class for a short period until Slava was observed at sea. The SS-N-12 launchers are fixed facing forward at around 8° elevation with no reloads available. As there was nothing revolutionary about the design of the class western observers felt they were created as a hedge against the failure of the more radical Kirov class.[3] The helicopter hangar deck is located 1/2 deck below the landing pad with a ramp connecting the two.[4]
Today three ships serve in the Russian Navy and one uncompleted vessel is owned by Ukraine. No replacements for the class are yet planned and the three vessels in the Russian Navy will continue to be in service for some years to come
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 03642.JPEGGeneral characteristics
Displacement: 11,490 tons
Length: 186.4 m
Beam: 20.8 m
Draught: 8.4 m
Propulsion: Gas turbines, 130,000 shp
Speed: 32 knots
Range: 7,500 miles
Complement: 476-529 (84 Off, 75 WO, 370 Enl)[1]
Armament: 16 P-500 Bazalt (SS-N-12 Sandbox) anti-ship missiles
64 S-300PMU Favorit (SA-N-6 Grumble) long-range surface-to-air missiles
40 OSA-M (SA-N-4 Gecko) SR SAM
1 twin AK-130 130mm/L70 dual purpose guns
6 AK-630 close-in weapons systems
2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars
10 (2 quin) 533mm torpedo tubes
Armor: Splinter plating
Aircraft carried: 1 Kamov Ka-25 or Kamov Ka-27 Helicopter
Kirov class battlecruiser
The Kirov class battlecruisers are the largest and most powerful surface combatant warships in the Russian Navy and among the largest and most powerful in the world. Originally built for the Soviet Navy, in Russia they are usually known by the designation Project 1144 Orlan (meaning Sea eagle).
They are among the largest warships in the world, second only to aircraft carriers, and are similar in size to a World War I battleship. Because of this, the ships are sometimes known as battlecruisers in the West. It is more appropriate to consider Kirov an oversized guided missile cruiser, analogous to the U.S. Navy Alaska-class large cruiser, which had the displacement and armament of a battlecruiser but otherwise was closer to a heavy cruiser in mission and construction. Soviet and Russian naval analysts always referred to it as a "large missile cruiser" (literal translation from Russian - Heavy Nuclear(-Powered) Missile Cruiser). The appearance of the Kirov class played a large role in the recommissioning of the Iowa class battleships by the United States Navy in the 1980s.
The Kirov hull design was used for the nuclear-powered command ship SSV-33.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ruiser.jpgThis class is equipped with missiles and guns as well as electronics. Its largest radar antenna is mounted on its foremast, and called "Top Pair" by NATO. The Kirov class's main weapons are 20 × P-700 Granit (SS-N-19) Shipwreck missiles mounted on deck, designed to engage large surface targets, and air defense is provided by 12 × 8 S-300F launchers with 96 missiles and 2 × 20 Osa-MA with 40 missiles. The ships had some differences in sensor and weapons suites; the lead ship Kirov came with SS-N-14 ASW missiles; on subsequent ships these were replaced with 9K331 Tor SAM systems. The 9K331 Tor installation is in fact mounted further forward of the old SS-N-14 mounting, in the structure directly behind the blast shield for the bow mounted RBU ASW rocket launcher. Kirov and Frunze had eight 30 mm AK-630 close-in weapon systems, which were supplanted with the Kashtan (CADS-N-1) air-defence missile/gun system on later ships.
Other weapons are the automatic 130 mm AK-130 gun system (except on Kirov which had two single 100 mm guns instead), 10 × torpedo/missile tubes (capable of firing SS-N-15 missiles on later ships), Udav-1 with 40 anti-submarine rockets and the 2 × RBU-1000 six-tube launchers.
• × Top Dome for SA-N-6 fire control (the forward Top Dome is replaced with Tomb Stone in Pyotr Velikiy)
• 4 × Bass Tilt for AK-360 CIWS System fire control (not in Nakhimov or Pyotr Velikiy)
• 2 × Eye Bowl for SA-N-4 fire control (Also for SS-N-14 in Ushakov)
• 2 × Hot Flash/Hot Spot for SA-N-11 Grisom (CADS-N-1 units only)
• 1 × Kite Screech for AK-100 or AK-130
• 2 × Cross Sword for SA-N-9 (Gauntlet-equipped units only)
General characteristics
Displacement: 24,300 tons Standard, 28,000 (Full Load)
Length: 252 m (830 ft)
Beam: 28.5 m (94 ft)
Draft: 9.1 m (30 ft)
Propulsion: 2-shaft CONAS, 2× KN-3 nuclear propulsion with 2× GT3A-688 steam turbines
140,000 shp[1]
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 1,000 nautical miles (2,000 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) (combined propulsion),
Essentially unlimited with nuclear power at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement: 710
Sensors and
processing systems: Radars(NATO Reporting Name):
Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar, foremast
Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar, main mast
2 × Palm Frond navigation radar, foremast
Sonar:
Horse Jaw LF hull sonar
Horse Tail VDS (Variable Depth Sonar)
Armament: 20 P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) AShM
14 SS-N-14 Silex ASW cruise missiles (Ushakov only)
12x8 (96) S-300PMU Favorit SA-N-6 Grumble surface-to-air missiles (Ushakov, Lazarev, Nakhimov)
96 S-400 (SA-NX-20 Gargoyle) long-range SAM (Pyotr Velikhy)
192 9K311 Tor (SA-N-9 Gauntlet) point defense SAM
44 OSA-MA (SA-N-4 Gecko) PD SAM
2x RBU-1000 305 mm ASW rocket launchers
2x RBU-12000 (Udav-1) 254 mm ASW rocket launchers
1 twin AK-130 130 mm/L70 dual purpose gun (2x AK-100 100 mm/L60 DP guns in Ushakov)
10 533 mm ASW/ASuW torpedo tubes, Type 53 torpedo or SS-N-15 ASW missile
8x AK-630 hex gatling 30 mm/L60 PD guns (Ushakov, Lazarev)
6x CADS-N-1 Kashtan missile/gun system (Nakhimov, Pyotr Velikhy)
Armour: 76 mm plating around reactor compartment, light splinter protection
Aircraft carried: 3 helicopters
Aviation facilities: Below-deck hangar
Kashin class destroyer
The Kashin class destroyers were a group of guided missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their Soviet Designation was Project 61. As of 2007, one ship is in service with the Russian Navy, and five modified ships are in service with the Indian Navy as Rajput class destroyers.
In the USSR they were officially classified as "guard ships" (storozhevoi korabl - SKR), then "large ASW ships" (BPK) or "large missile ships" (BRK), but in the rest of world they are commonly regarded as missile destroyers due to their size and armament. They were the first Soviet purpose-built anti-air warfare ships and the first to carry an ASW helicopter.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... yy2003.jpgThe design specification was approved in 1957; the first ship was laid down in 1959 and commissioned in 1962. Much new equipment was developed for these ships, including SAM missiles, radars and gas turbine engines.The gas turbines were arranged in two separate spaces and could be removed via the funnels for servicing. These were also the first Soviet ships designed to be closed down for Nuclear fall out and had an operations room deep inside the ship rather than a large bridge
Six ships were modernised in the 1970s as the Project 61M or MP (Kashin-Mod) by being fitted with four SS-N-2C Styx anti-ship missiles, new towed-array sonar, a raised helo pad and four close range AK-630 Gatling guns. The two RBU-1000 ASW rocket launchers were mounted aft, but later removed.
The Smetlivy was modernised (mk01090) in Mykolaiv in the early 1990s and fitted with new Kh-35 (SS-N-25 'Switchblade', 'Harpoonski') anti-shipping missiles and MNK-300 sonar. She is the only Kashin active in the modern Russian Navy.
The Rajput class modification built for Indian Navy has the after gun turret replaced by a hangar for a helicopter as well as SS-N-2C anti ship missiles on the sides of the bridge.
eneral characteristics Displacement: 3,400 tons standard,
4,390 tons full load Length: 144 metres (470 ft) Beam: 15.8 metres (52 ft) Draught: 4.6 metres (15 ft) Propulsion: 2 x COGAG; 2 shafts,
4 x M8E gas turbines; 72,000 hp (88 MW) Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h) Range: 3,500 nautical miles (6,480 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) Complement: 266 to 320 Armament: 2 x double barrelled 76 mm AK-726 guns,
SAM: 2 x twin launchers (NATO reporting name: SA-N-1 Volna),
Navalised version of the Isayev S-125 (SA-3 Goa) system,
32 x missiles,
1×5 533 mm torpedo tubes,
2 x twelve barrel RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers,
2 x six barrel RBU-1000 ASW rocket launchers Aircraft carried: 1 x helicopter (Indian ships only) Aviation facilities: Landing pad
Ropucha class landing ship
The Ropucha (toad), or Project 775 class landing ships are classified in the Russian Navy as "large landing craft"(Bol'shoy Desatnyy Korabl). They were built in Poland in the Stocznia Polnocna shipyards, in Gdansk. They are designed for beach landings and can carry a 450 ton cargo.
They were built for the Soviet Navy during the Cold War, but the current Russian Navy has little need for a long-range amphibious capability and most of them are kept in reserve.
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General characteristics Displacement: 2,200 tons standard
4,360 tons full load Length: 113 m Beam: 15 m Draught: 3.7 m Propulsion: 2 diesel turbines; 2 propellers, 19,200 hp Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h) Range: 6,100 nm at 18 knots (33 km/h) Complement: 98 Armament:
Strela 2(SA-N-5) surface-to-air missile system(4 launchers)
30 mm AK-630 air defence gun(2 six-barreled gatling mounts)
76 mm AK-176 DP (1)
122 mm UMS-73 Grad multiple rocket launcher(2)
Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag
Varyag was to be an Admiral Kuznetsov class multirole aircraft carrier. She was known as Riga[2] when her keel was laid down at Nikolayev South (formerly Shipyard 444) in Nikolayev December 6, 1985,[3] and she was launched December 4, 1988, but she was renamed Varyag (Varangian) in late 1990, after the famous Russian cruiser.
Construction stopped by 1992 with the ship structurally complete but without electronics. Ownership was transferred to Ukraine as the Soviet Union broke up and the ship was laid up unmaintained, then stripped. In early 1998, she lacked engines, a rudder, and much of her operating systems. She was put up for auction.
Currently the ship is being examined and repaired by China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) after purchasing it at auction[4]. It was widely reported that the ship would become a casino in the Chinese SAR of Macau. This has been proven incorrect as the ship is in a drydock in Dalian and painted PLAN grey. News reports state that the ship is being refitted to be returned to operational status[1][5].
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ryag01.jpgWhile designated an aircraft carrier by the West, the design of the Admiral Kuznetsov class implies a mission different from that of either the United States Navy’s carriers or those of the French Navy. The term used by her builders to describe the Russian ships is tyazholiy avianesushchiy kreyser (TAKR or TAVKR)—“heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser”—intended to support and defend strategic missile-carrying submarines, surface ships, and maritime missile-carrying aircraft of the Russian fleet. This designation allows the Soviet/Ukrainian Navy to circumvent the refusal by Turkey to let aircraft carriers pass the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
Fixed-wing aircraft on Admiral Kuznetsovs are essentially constrained to air superiority operations. Were Varyag to become operational, it would have also carried out anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations, and carried anti-ship missiles.
General characteristics
Class and type: Admiral Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier Displacement: 33,000 t (32,000 long tons) currently
53,000 to 55,000 t (52,000 to 54,000 long tons) standard
66,000 to 67,500 t (65,000 to 66,000 long tons) full load Length: 1,000 ft (300 m) o/a
900 ft (270 m) w/l Beam: 240 ft (73 m) o/a
125 ft (38 m) w/l Draft: 36 ft (11 m) Propulsion: Currently no engines are installed
As designed:
Steam turbines, 8 boilers, 4 shafts, 200,000 hp (150 MW)
2 × 50,000 hp (37 MW) turbines
9 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) turbogenerators
6 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) diesel generators
4 × fixed pitch propellers Speed: 32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h) Range: 3,850 nmi (7,130 km) at 32 kn (37 mph; 59 km/h) Endurance: 45 days Complement: 1,960 crew
626 air group
40 flag staff
3,857 rooms Armament:
Speculated HQ-9 long-range air defense missile, YJ-91
As designed:
• 8 × AK-630 AA guns (6×30 mm, 6,000 round/min/mount, 24,000 rounds)
• 8 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS (each 2 × 30 mm Gatling AA plus 16 3K87 Kortik SAM)
• 12 × P-700 Granit SSM
• 18 × 8-cell 3K95 Kinzhal SAM VLS (192 vertical launch missiles; 1 missile per 3 seconds)
• RBU-12000 UDAV-1 ASW rocket launchers (60 rockets) Aircraft carried: speculated Su-33‘Flanker-D’, 2-seated J-10 fighter carrier edition
As designed:
× 26 fixed wing aircraft
× 24 helicopters
Vikrant class aircraft carrier
The Vikrant class aircraft carrier ("Indigenous Aircraft Carrier" (IAC) (formerly the "Air Defence Ship" (ADS)) project) is the first aircraft carrier to be built by India at the Cochin Shipyard. This will be the largest and broadest warship ever built by Cochin Shipyard. The Cochin shipyard plans to complete eighty percent of works on the ship before its launch in 2010.[1] The aircraft carrier is expected to enter service by 2012.[2] but was delayed by a year due to non-availability of AB/A grade steel from Russia. This led to the indigenous sourcing of the steel.[3] The early warning sensors and anti-aircraft missile capability of the first aircraft carrier is similar to that of the Kolkata class destroyers. The shipyard expects the Navy to place an order for a second indigenous aircraft carrier by the end of the year, and work will begin by early next year.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... arrier.JPGGeneral characteristics
ype: Aircraft Carrier Displacement: 40,000 tonnes Length: 260 metres (853ft) Beam: 60 metres (197ft) Draught: 8.4 metres (28ft) Propulsion: General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines, driving four shafts. Speed: 28 knots Range: 7,500 miles at 18 knots Complement: approximately 1,400 Aircraft carried: 30 aircraft
MiG-29K
HAL Tejas
Includes 10 helicopters
HAL Dhruv
Ka-31 'Helix'
Future French aircraft carrier
PA2 (Porte-Avions 2) is a planned new aircraft carrier developed for the French Navy by Thales Naval France and DCNS from the Thales UK/BMT design for the future British Queen Elizabeth class (formerly CVF). The vessel will displace approximately 70–75,000 tonnes, making it a potential supercarrier, will be based in Toulon, Var, France, and will complement the current French carrier, Charles de Gaulle. France's 2008 military budget included ordering that second aircraft carrier.[2] However, in April 2008 French Defence Minister Herve Morin cast doubt over plans for a second aircraft carrier, citing a cash crunch and the fact rising oil prices put the question of the propulsion back on table, and said a decision would be taken soon.[3] Further doubts were cast on the project on 21 June 2008 when French President Nicolas Sarkozy decided to pull out of the Franco-British project. Sarkozy stated that a final decision on the future of French participation in the Project would be taken in 2011 or 2012. British plans for two aircraft carriers went ahead as planned despite the French withdrawal.[4] On February 03, 2009, the French government ordered studies about another architecture and design raising even more doubt on the future of the current Franco-British design. The option of nuclear propulsion is back on table and would require a completely different design. The option of pods, as used on the Mistral class ships, is also being considered.[5]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ff/PA2.svgGeneral characteristics Type: Unique aircraft carrier Displacement: est. 70–75,000 tons full load[1] Length: 283 m overall Beam: 73 m overall Draft: 11.5 m Propulsion: Two RR MT-30 Gas turbine
4 diesel-electric
two shafts Speed: 26 knots (48 km/h) Range: 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) Complement: Ship's Company: 1,000
Air Wing: 650 Sensors and
processing systems: Héracles air search and target acquisition radar Armament: two 8 cell SYLVER launchers carrying the MBDA Aster 15 surface to air missile.
Giat 20F2 20 mm cannons. Aircraft carried: 48 aircraft, including:
*32 Rafale
*3 E-2C Hawkeyes
*5 NH-90 helicopters.
The French carrier would be built by an alliance of Thales and DCN from their proposed design: a 283 m long, 75,000 tonnes variant of the CVF. While the UK in-service dates of 2014 and 2016 for their two carriers have been announced, the construction timetable for the French ship has not been disclosed. Charles de Gaulle will require refit and refuelling of her nuclear reactors around 2015.[8]
The UK has chosen to continue to use STOVL aircraft for its new carrier; however, the choice of an adaptable design which could be reconfigured for future CATOBAR operation means that the design meets the French Navy requirements. The French version is designed to operate the Dassault Rafale, the E-2C Hawkeye and the NH-90. It is a CATOBAR design, using catapult of the same models as those installed on the Nimitz class supercarriers: C13-2 steam catapults, 90m long. The vessels are expected to be capable of carrying over 32 Rafales, three Hawkeyes and five NH-90s support/anti-submarine helicopters. The crew will be about 1650, instead of 1950 in the Charles de Gaulle, indicating the high level of automation integrated into the ships' systems.
Island
The ship will have two islands: one devoted to ship navigation, and the other to air operations. This allows optimal placement of bridges for both tasks: navigation calls for a bridge placed forward (as on the Charles De Gaulle), while air operations are made easier with a bridge placed abaft (as seen on the US Nimitz class).
Propulsion
Because the design had to meet the Royal Navy's requirements, nuclear propulsion was not an option: the British government rejected nuclear propulsion as too costly. The idea of renouncing nuclear propulsion in this way has been alleged to be a backward step for French technology, but the operational and political gains from a common design apparently outweighed the downsides of conventional propulsion.
The carrier's propulsion system, in its current form, is expected to be integrated full electric propulsion (IFEP) based on two Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines. The optimum location for the position of the main propulsion system is being examined to maximise the hangar space below the decks. The expected range of the carrier will be 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km).
Charles de Gaulle (R 91)
Charles de Gaulle (R91) is the only serving French aircraft carrier and is the flagship of the French Navy (Marine Nationale). She is the tenth French aircraft carrier, the first French nuclear-powered surface vessel, and the first and only nuclear-powered carrier built outside of the United States Navy. She is named after French statesman and general Charles de Gaulle.
The ship carries a complement of Dassault Rafale M and E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, as well as modern electronics and Aster missiles. She is the second largest European carrier, after the Admiral Kuznetsov. It is a CATOBAR-type carrier that uses a shorter version of the catapult system as that installed on the US Nimitz class carriers, the 75 m C13-3 steam catapult.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... aule96.jpgGeneral characteristics
lass and type: Unique aircraft carrier Displacement: 38,000 tons empty
42,000 tons full load Length: 261.5 metres (858 ft) overall Beam: 64.36 metres (211.2 ft) overall Draught: 9.43 metres (30.9 ft) Propulsion: 2 × K15 pressurised water reactors (PWR), 150 MW each
4 × diesel-electric
2 × shafts Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h) Range: Essentially unlimited Endurance: 45 days of food Capacity: 800 commandos, 500 tonnes of ammunitions Complement: Ship's company: 1,350
Air wing: 600 Sensors and
processing systems: DRBJ 11 B tridimensional air search radar
DRBV 26D air search radar
DRBV 15C low altitude air search radar
Arabel target acquisition radar Electronic warfare
and decoys: ARBR 21 Detector
ARBB 33 Countermeasures suite
ARBG2 MAIGRET Interceptor
4 × Sagaie decoys launcher
SLAT (Système de lutte anti-torpille) torpedo countermeasures Armament: 4 × 8 cell SYLVER launchers carrying the MBDA Aster 15 surface to air missile.
2 × 6 cell Sadral launchers carrying Mistral short range missiles
8 × Giat 20F2 20 mm cannons. Aircraft carried: 40 aircraft, including
*Rafale
*Super Étendard
*E-2C Hawkeye
*SA365 Dauphin helicopters
Vikrant class aircraft carrier
The Vikrant class aircraft carrier ("Indigenous Aircraft Carrier" (IAC) (formerly the "Air Defence Ship" (ADS)) project) is the first aircraft carrier to be built by India at the Cochin Shipyard. This will be the largest and broadest warship ever built by Cochin Shipyard. The Cochin shipyard plans to complete eighty percent of works on the ship before its launch in 2010.[1] The aircraft carrier is expected to enter service by 2012.[2] but was delayed by a year due to non-availability of AB/A grade steel from Russia. This led to the indigenous sourcing of the steel.[3] The early warning sensors and anti-aircraft missile capability of the first aircraft carrier is similar to that of the Kolkata class destroyers. The shipyard expects the Navy to place an order for a second indigenous aircraft carrier by the end of the year, and work will begin by early next year.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... arrier.JPGGeneral characteristics
Type: Aircraft Carrier Displacement: 40,000 tonnes Length: 260 metres (853ft) Beam: 60 metres (197ft) Draught: 8.4 metres (28ft) Propulsion: General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines, driving four shafts. Speed: 28 knots Range: 7,500 miles at 18 knots Complement: approximately 1,400 Aircraft carried: 30 aircraft
MiG-29K
HAL Tejas
Includes 10 helicopters
HAL Dhruv
Ka-31 'Helix'
Kamov Ka-27
The Kamov Ka-27 (NATO reporting name 'Helix') is a military helicopter developed for the Soviet Navy, and currently in service in Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam, South Korea, China and India. Variants include the Ka-29 assault transport, the Ka-28 downgraded export version, and the Ka-32 for civilian use.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... -27SP.JPEGThe helicopter was developed for ferrying and anti-submarine warfare. Design work began in 1970 and the first prototype flew in 1973. It was intended to replace the decade-old Kamov Ka-25, and is similar in appearance to its predecessor due to the requirements of fitting in the same hangar space. Like other Kamov military helicopters it has a co-axial rotor, removing the need for a tail rotor.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... _Ka-27.pngGeneral characteristics
• Crew: 1-3, plus 2-3 specialists
• Length: 11.30 m (37 ft 1 in)
• Rotor diameter: 15.80 m (51 ft 10 in)
• Height: 5.50 m (18 ft 1 in)
• Empty weight: 6,500 kg (14,300 lb)
• Loaded weight: 11,000 kg (24,200 lb)
• Useful load: 4,000 kg (8,800 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 12,000 kg (26,400 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Isotov turboshaft engines, 1,660 kW (2,225 shp) each
Performance
• Maximum speed: 270 km/h (145 knots, 166 mph)
• Cruise speed: 205 km/h (110 knots, 126 mph)
• Range: 980 km (530 nm, 605 mi)
• Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
Armament
Ka-27
• 1 × torpedoes (AT-1M, VTT-1, UMGT-1 Orlan, APR-2 Yastreb) or 36 RGB-NM & RGB-NM-1 sonobouys
Ka-29TB
• 1 × mobile forward firing GShG-7.62 minigun with 1800 rounds,
• 1 × 30 mm 2A42 cannon with 250 rounds (flexible semi-rigid mount, optional/removable with ammunition carried in cabin)
• four external hardpoints for bombs, rockets, gunpods, munitions dispensers, special four round missile launchers for the 9K114 Shturm
• contrary to some reports the internal weapons is not retained and is replaced by an armoured passenger compartment for up to sixteen troops
Avionics
• Radar, MAD or dipping sonar, sonobuoys
Brazilian aircraft carrier São Paulo (A12)
NAe[2] São Paulo (A12) is a Clemenceau class aircraft carrier of the Brazilian Navy, formerly the French Foch. It was built in 1957 and was purchased from France in 2000
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... arrier.jpgGeneral characteristics
Class and type: Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier Displacement: 24,200 tonnes
32,800 tonnes (full load) Length: 265 metres (870 ft) Beam: 31.7 metres (104 ft) Draught: 8.60 metres (28.2 ft) Propulsion: 6 Indret boilers, 4 steam turbines producing 126,000 hp, 2 propellers Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h) Range: 7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km) at 18 knots Complement: 1,338 men (1,920 including the air group). 984 men if only helicopters are carried. Electronic warfare
and decoys:
DRBV-23B air sentry radar
DRBV-50 low-altitude or surface sentry radar (later replaced by a DRBV-15)
NRBA-50 approach radar
DRBI-10 tri-dimensional air sentry radar
several DRBC-31 fire radar (later DRBC-32C)
DRBN-34 navigation radars
Armament: four 100 mm turrets, two SACP Crotale EDIR systems, five 12.7 mm machine guns, 4 dual Simbad launchers Aircraft carried: about 40 aircraft, a mixture of A-4KU Skyhawks, AS 532 SC Cougars, HB 350 & HB.355 Ecureuils, and SH-3 Sea Kings
French 100 mm naval gun
Modern French 100 mm naval guns are multipurpose artillery pieces (anti-air, anti-ship, ground), capable of a high rate of fire. Most modern French warships are equipped with one of its versions.
Effective range 17,000 m (elevation 40°)
Maximum practical range:
• 6,000 m against aerial targets
• 12,000 m against surface targets
Foch (R 99)
Foch (R 99) was the second Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier of the French Navy. She was the second warship named in honor of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, after a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1932, and scuttled in Toulon on 27 November 1942.
After a 37-year career in the French Navy, on 15 November 2000, she was sold to the Brazilian Navy, and renamed NAe São Paulo. In the French Navy, she was succeeded by the Charles de Gaulle (R 91).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... _%2792.jpgIn 1977 F-8 Crusaders from 14.F squadron on the Foch participated in the Saphir missions over Djibouti. On 7 May 1977, two Crusaders went separately on patrol against supposedly French Air Force (4/11 Jura squadron) F-100 Super Sabres stationed at Djibouti. The leader intercepted two fighters and engaged a dogfight (supposed to be a training exercise), but quickly called his wingman for help as he had actually engaged two Yemeni MiG-21 Fishbeds. The two French fighters switched their master armament to "on" but, ultimately, everyone returned to their bases. This was the only combat interception by French Crusaders.
In 1983-1984, the ship was sent to Lebanon for combat operations during the civil war with an air wing consisting of six F-8 Crusaders, fifteen Super-Etendards, three Etendard IVPs, five Br 1050 Alizés and six SA-321G Super-Frelons. [1] She would rotate with the Clemenceau providing constant on station air support to French peacekeepers.
In October 1984, France sent the Foch for operation Mirmillon off the coast of Libya,in response to tension in the Gulf of Sidra.[2]
She was involved in Yugoslavian War between July and August 1993, February, March 1994, February, from May to July 1994 in support of UN operations.[2]
General characteristicsClass and type: Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier Displacement: 24,200 t (23,818 long tons) standard
32,800 t (32,282 long tons) full load Length: 265 m (869 ft 5 in) Beam: 51.2 m (168 ft 0 in) Draught: 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) Propulsion: 6 × Indret boilers
4 × steam turbines 126,000 hp (94 MW)
2 shafts Speed: 32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h) Range: 7,500 nmi (13,900 km) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) Complement: 1,338 men, including 64 officers (1,920 men including the air group. 984 men if only helicopters are carried.) Sensors and
processing systems: • 1 × DRBV-23B air search radar
• 1 × DRBV-50 low-altitude or surface search radar (later replaced by a DRBV-15)
• 1 × NRBA-50 approach radar
• 1 × DRBI-10 tri-dimensional air search radar
• Several DRBC-31 fire-control radar (later DRBC-32C)
• DRBN-34 navigation radars Armament: • 8 × 100 mm turrets (originally) ; in the 90s, 4 are replaced by 2 × SACP Crotale EDIR systems, with 52 missiles
• 5 × 12.7 mm machine guns Aircraft carried: About 40 aircraft:
• 15 × Super Étendard
• 4 × Étendard IVP
• 10 × F-8E (FN) Crusader
• 6 × Alizé
• 2 × Dauphin Pedro helicopters
• 2 × Super Frelon helicopters
Crotale missile
The Crotale EDIR (Ecartométrie Différentielle InfraRouge, "InfraRed Differential Ecartometry") is an all-weather short-range anti-air missile, which can be used to intercept low-flight anti-ship missiles and aircraft. It has been developed by Thomson CSF Matra and exists in two versions, a mobile land-based version and a ship-launched one.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 220851.jpgOriginally the Crotale R440 system was developed by Thomson-Houston (and Mistral) in France for South Africa, where it got the name Cactus. However, the achievements of the system impressed the French Armed Forces, who purchased the system both for the air force and for the navy.
The firing system includes the main sensors of the ship, the firing system of the turret, and a central coordination system. The turret holds eight missiles ready for launch in watertight containers. The magazine behind the turret holds 18 missiles.
The French army first utilised a 4x4 wheeled, armed with four launchers. In order to ensure a higher mobility, it was decided to mount the system on the chassis of the French AMX-30 main battle tank. At the same time, the number of launchers were increased to six. In Finnish Army service, the Crotale NG system has been mounted on Sisu Pasi vehicles. Here the numbers of launchers is eight.
The Crotale system has also been installed on various military ships. For instance the French Navy La Fayette class frigates have a Crotale 8-tubed launcher near the helicopter flight deck.
Specifications Weight 84 kg Length 2.89 m Diameter 0.15 m
________________________________________
Detonation
mechanism infrared fuse
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Engine solid-propellant fuel
Wingspan 0.54 m Flight ceiling 5,500 m Speed 750 m/s Guidance
system Command Control Launch
platform Ship, armour
A modernised version, the Crotale NG (New Generation) entered production in 1990. This version uses the new VT-1 hypervelocity missile with Mach 3.5 speed, load factor to 35G, 15 km range, 13 kg warhead (8m kill-zone) and 6,000+ m ceiling. The system includes a S-band Pulse Doppler radar (20 km), Ku-band TWT tracking radar (30 km), Thermal camera (19 km), Daylight CCD camera (15 km), and an IR localiser. [1]
In 1999 the South Korean Army placed an order for 48 Crotale NG systems for $330 million USD, to be fitted to the Chunma (Pegasus) K-SAM (Korean SAM) short range air defence system. [2] The Chunma combines the Crotale NG system on a tracked armoured chassis that resembles the K200 APC [3]. In 2003 a second batch of 66 was ordered, valued at $470 million usd
Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov
Admiral Flota Sovetskovo Soyuza Kuznetsov (Russian: Адмирал флота Советского Союза Кузнецов, (originally named Riga, renamed Leonid Brezhnev then Tbilisi[1]) is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft carrying cruiser (TAVKR) in Russian classification) serving as the flagship of the Russian Navy. She was originally commissioned in the Soviet Navy, and was intended to be the lead ship of her class, but the only other ship of her class, Varyag, has never been commissioned and was sold to the People's Republic of China by Ukraine under the condition she would never be refitted for combat.[2] Kuznetsov was named after the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... snzov2.jpgGeneral characteristics
Class and type: Admiral Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier Displacement: 65,000 tons full load Length: 1,005.5 ft (306.5 m) o/a
900 ft (270 m) w/l Beam: 237.2 ft (72.3 m) o/a
125 ft (38 m) w/l Draft: 29.9 ft (9.1 m) Propulsion: Steam turbines, 8 turbo-pressurised boilers, 4 shafts, 200,000 hp (150 MW)
2 × 50,000 hp (37 MW) turbines
9 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) turbogenerators
6 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) diesel generators
4 × fixed pitch propellers Speed: 32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h) Range: 3,850 nmi (7,130 km) at 32 kn (37 mph; 59 km/h) Endurance: 45 days Complement: 1,993 (total); 1,960 ship's crew
626 air group
40 flag staff
3,857 rooms Armament: • 8 × AK-630 AA guns (6×30 mm, 6,000 round/min/mount, 24,000 rounds)
• 8 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS (each 2 × 30 mm Gatling AA plus 16 3K87 Kortik SAM)
• 12 × P-700 Granit SSM
• 18 × 8-cell 3K95 Kinzhal SAM VLS (192 missiles; 1 missile per 3 seconds)
• RBU-12000 UDAV-1 ASW rocket launchers (60 rockets) Aircraft carried: 12-15 × Sukhoi Su-33 fighters
5 × Sukhoi Su-25UTG/UBP aircraft
4 × Kamov Ka-27LD32 helicopters
18 × Kamov Ka-27PLO helicopters
2 × Kamov Ka-27S helicopters
AK-630
he AK-630 is a Soviet fully automatic naval six-barreled 30 mm Gatling gun. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by radar and television detection and tracking. The system's primary purpose is defense against anti-ship missiles and other precision guided weapons. However it can also be employed against fixed/rotary wing aircraft, ships and other small craft, coastal targets, and floating mines. The AK-630 was one of the first ever CIWS systems; when it was developed, there were no Phalanx, DARDO or Goalkeeper systems, however, the long development time of the AK-630 partially negated this advantage. Once made operational, this weapon system was rapidly adopted; up to 8 units installed in every new Soviet warship (from mine-hunters to aircraft carriers), with hundreds produced in total. Only the Phalanx was produced in greater numbers, however, Phalanx was not adopted nearly as swiftly: in 1984 there were 220 systems in the USN, with another 150 ordered, with 52 more sold to other countries[1].
It can be described as the Soviet counterpart to the United States Phalanx CIWS.
The complete weapon system is called A-213-Vympel-A, which comprises the AK-630M Gun Mount, MR-123-02 Fire Control Radar System, and SP-521 Electrical-Optical Tracker. A single MP-123 radar system can simultaneously control two guns, either two 30 mm gun mounts, or two 57 mm gun mounts, or one 30 mm gun and one 57 mm gun. The radar system can engage aerial and surface targets at 4 km and 5 km respectively. The electro-optical system can detect MiG-21 sized aerial target 7 km away while torpedo boat sized surface targets can be detected at 70 km away. Features include surveillance and tracking modes, high jamming immunity, laser range finder and TV optical sight. It is in operation on almost all Russian Navy ships from fast attack boats to the Kirov Battlecruiser.
The gun mount is fully automated, however it can be remotely controlled by an operator from either the control console or via a remotely mounted gunsight. It has a higher firing rate than both the Goalkeeper and Phalanx (Block 1 and older) CIWS systems. Combined with the fact that they are often mounted in pairs, with as many as 4 pairs mounted on the larger ships, providing Russian ships with an effective point defence system. However like all Gatling gun-based CIWS they suffer from short engagement times and the need for multiple volleys to effectively eradicate a threat.
Admiral Flota Sovetskovo Soyuza Kuznetsov, constructed at Nikolayev South Shipyard in Nikolayev, Ukrainian SSR, was launched in 1985, and became fully operational in 1995. An official ceremony marking the start of construction took place on September 1, 1982; in fact she was laid down in 1983. The vessel was first named Riga, but in November 1982 the name was changed to Leonid Brezhnev, in August 1987 to Tbilisi, and finally on October 4, 1990 to Admiral Flota Sovetskovo Soyuza Kuznetsov, referred to in short as Admiral Kuznetsov. The ship was 71% complete by mid-1989. In November 1989 she undertook her first aircraft operation trials. In December 1991, she sailed from the Black Sea to join the Northern Fleet. Only from 1993 on did she receive aircraft.
Kuznetsov made a brief Mediterranean training cruise early in 1996, marking the 300th anniversary of the Russian Navy. During that period the carrier laid at anchor in the Syrian harbor of Tartus[6] and its fighter aircraft, mainly Su-33 fighters made flights close to the Israeli shore line, intercepted by Israeli F-16's.[6] At the end of 1997 she remained immobilized in a Northern Fleet shipyard, awaiting funding for major repairs, which were halted when they were only 20% complete. The overhaul was completed in July 1998, and the ship returned to active service in the Northern fleet on November 3, 1998. The Kuznetsov apparently remained in port for about two years before participating in operations related to the rescue and salvage of the Kursk submarine in late 2000. Plans for further operations were postponed or cancelled. In late 2003 and early 2004, the Kuznetsov went to sea for inspection and trials. In late October 2004, she participated in a fleet exercise of the Russian navy in the Atlantic Ocean,[7] and again in September 2005. During the 2005 exercise, one of her Su-33 fighters was involved in an accident, and fell from the carrier into the Atlantic Ocean.
Although financial and technical problems have resulted in limited operations for the ship,[8] it is expected that Admiral Kuznetsov will remain in active duty until at least 2030.[9]
On September 27, 2006 it was announced that Admiral Kuznetsov will return to the Northern Fleet by the end of the year. The ship will undergo another modernization refit, in an attempt to correct some of its many technical issues. Admiral Vladimir Masorin, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, also stated that several Su-33 fighters assigned to the aircraft carrier would return to the ship after undergoing maintenance and refits of their own.
On December 11, 2007, Admiral Kuznetsov unexpectedly passed by Norwegian oil platforms in the North Sea, 60 nautical miles (110 km) outside Bergen, Norway.[10] Su-33 fighters and Kamov helicopters were launched from the carrier while it was on manoeuvres in the area of the rigs. The incident caused the Norwegian helicopter service to stop its flights out to the rigs, due to a risk of collision with Russian aircraft operating from the carrier. The Russian carrier was in international waters during the manoeuvres.
The Admiral Kuznetsov then proceeded to the Mediterranean Sea, where it participated in an exercise together with 11 other Russian Navy surface ships and 47 aircraft. It performed 3 tactical training missions, using live and simulated missile launches with both air and surface missiles. [11]
The aircraft carrier arrived back in Severomorsk on February 3, 2008 along with Udaloy Class anti-submarine destroyers Admiral Chabanenko and Admiral Levchenko.
After a maintenance period she was back at sea on October 11, 2008 where drills were held in the Barents Sea. Russian President and Supreme Commander in Chief Dmitriy Medvedev visited the ship on October 12, 2008 during the Stability-2008 strategic exercises.
On December 5, 2008 the aircraft carrier and several other vessels left Severomorsk heading for the Atlantic on a tour which was announced would be lasting several months and which would include combat training including joint drills with Russia's Black Sea Fleet and visits to several ports in the Mediterranean.[12][13] On this tour while the Admiral Kuznetsov anchored off Turkey on January 7, 2009 a small fire broke out on the ship. One crewmember was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. The fire was caused by a short-circuit.[14] According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies the Admiral Kuznetsov is routinely followed by two tugs in case of breakdown.[15]
On February 16, 2009, the Admiral Kuznetsov, along with other Russian naval vessels was involved in a large oil spill while it refueled off the south coast of Ireland. [16]
Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier
he Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carriers (also known as Project 1143.5, the Brezhnev class, or the Kreml class[1]) has only one functional unit, Admiral Kuznetsov. The only other ship in her class, Varyag, was never commissioned and was sold to China.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... ov.jpg.jpgWhile designated an aircraft carrier by the West, the design of the Admiral Kuznetsov class implies a mission different from that of either the United States Navy’s carriers or those of the French Navy. The term used by her builders to describe the Russian ships is tyazholiy avianesushchiy kreyser (TAKR or TAVKR) - “heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser” - intended to support and defend strategic missile-carrying submarines, surface ships, and maritime missile-carrying aircraft of the Russian fleet. This designation allows the Soviet/Russian Navy to circumvent the refusal by Turkey to let aircraft carriers pass the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
Fixed-wing aircraft on Admiral Kuznetsov are essentially constrained to air superiority operations. The carrier also carries numerous helicopters for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations, as well as anti-ship missiles.
he hull design derived from the 1982 Kiev Class,[2], but is larger. The flight deck, with an area of 14,700 m², is of a conventional angled-deck configuration, but fitted with a 12° ski jump instead of bow catapults, resulting in a configuration similar to the current British Invincible class carriers.[citation needed] The shape of the deck is loosely similar to the US ships' counterparts. Admiral Kuznetsov has a STOBAR configuration; the flight deck is equipped with arrester wires but has no catapults. Without catapults, Admiral Kuznetsov cannot launch strike aircraft with heavy loads. Su-33 fighters with maximum payload can take off through the landing deck. Two starboard aircraft elevators, ahead and abaft the island, carry aircraft back and forth between the hangar deck and the flight deck.
n the original project specifications, the ship could carry up to 26 fixed-wing aircraft, and up to 24 helicopters.
At presently configured, the ship can support twelve Su-33 'Flanker-D' and five Su-25UTG 'Frogfoot' fixed-wing aircraft [3].
The ship carries a wing of 24 Ka-27/Ka-29 helicopters: 18 Ka-27-PL 'Helix-A' ASW type, four Ka-29-RLD AEW type, and two Ka-27PS 'Helix-D' (SAR type).
Armament
Unlike Western aircraft carriers which carry little organic armament, Admiral Kuznetsov has twelve launchers for SS-N-19 Shipwreck anti-ship surface-to-surface missiles. This surface-to-surface armament is required because the ship's air strike power is limited by the lack of catapults.
For long-range air defense, the ship carries 24 vertical launchers for SA-N-9 "Gauntlet" surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) with 192 missiles,
For close-range air defense, the ship carries eight Kashtan Close-in weapon system (CIWS) mounts. Each mount has two launchers for SA-N-11 SAMs, twin GSh-30 30mm rotary cannons, and a radar/optronic director. The ship also carries six AK-630 30mm rotary cannons in single mounts.
For defense against underwater attack, the ship carries the UDAV-1 ASW rocket launcher.
The ship has D/E band air and surface target acquisition radar, F band surface search radar, G/H band flight control radar, I band navigation radar, and four K band fire-control radars for the Kashtan CIWS.
The ship has hull-mounted medium- and low-frequency search and attack sonar. The ASW helicopters have surface search radar, dipping sonar, sonobuoys, and magnetic anomaly detectors.
nitially Western analysts anticipated that Admiral Kuznetsov would have a Combined Nuclear And Steam (CONAS) propulsion plant similar to the Kirov class battlecruisers and the SSV-33 command ship. However, Admiral Kuznetsov as completed was conventionally powered by eight gas-fired boilers and four steam turbines, each producing 50,000 hp (37 MW), driving four shafts with fixed-pitch propellers. Her maximum speed is 29 knots (54 km/h), and her range at maximum speed is 3,800 miles (6,100 km). At 18 knots (33 km/h), her maximum range is 8,500 miles (13,700 km).
Specifications
• Designer: Nevskoye Planning and Design Bureau
• Builder: Nikolayev South
• Displacement: 43 000 t light, 53 000-55 000 t standard, 66 600-67 500 t full load
• Length: 300 m (984 ft) overall, 270 m (886 ft) at waterline
• Beam: 73 m (240 ft) overall, 38 m (125 ft) waterline
• Draft: 11 m (36 ft)
• Armament:
o 12 × SS-N-19 'Shipwreck' SSM launchers
o 24 x SA-N-9 'Gauntlet' SAM launchers with 8 missiles each
o 8 x Kashtan air defense modules, each with
2 x SA-N-11 'Grison' SAM launchers with 4 missiles each
CADS-1 CIWS (2 × GSh-30 30mm rotary cannon)
o 6 x AK-630 30mm rotary cannon, 6,000 round/min/mount, 24,000 rounds
o 2 x RBU-12000 UDAV-1 antisubmarine rocket launchers (60 rockets)
• Aircraft:
o 12 Su-33
o 5 Su-25
o 4 Ka-27LD
o 18 Ka-27PLO
o 2 Ka-27S
• Propulsion: Steam turbines, 8 boilers, 4 shafts, 200,000 hp (149 MW)
o 2 × 50,000 hp (37 MW) turbines
o 8 boilers
o 4 fixed pitch props
o 9 × 1500 kW turbogenerators
o 6 × 1500 kW diesel generators
• Range: 3850 nautical miles (7 100 km) at 32 knot (59 km/h); endurance: 45 days
• Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
• Complement: 1960 + 626 air group + 40 flag, 3857 rooms
Principe de Asturias (R11)
The Príncipe de Asturias (R11) is an aircraft carrier, the flagship of the Spanish Navy and the second largest vessel in the fleet. She was built in Bazan's Shipyards and delivered to the Spanish Navy on 30 May 1988.
Spain has operated aircraft carriers since the 1920s, initially with the seaplane tender SPS Dédalo (1922) and later the multi-role light carrier SPS Dédalo, which was formerly the US Navy's World War II light carrier USS Cabot. The SPS Dédalo has been replaced as the navy's fleet flagship by the Principe de Asturias.
The ship is permanently assigned to the Alpha Group, comprising the carrier and six Santa Maria-class frigates (a Spanish version of the USN Oliver Hazard Perry FFGs). Other vessels such as logistic ships, tankers and corvettes are frequently assigned to the Group when required. Principe de Asturias and the Alpha Group have participated in peace support operations in the Adriatic Sea.
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The design is basically that of the initial US Navy's Sea Control Ship design of the 1970s, modified to enable V/STOL aircraft to be carried. Constructed by the National Company Bazan (then Empresa Nacional Bazán, now Navantia) in their shipyard at Ferrol, Principe de Asturias was delivered to the Navy on 30 May 1988. The construction process had begun eleven years previously, on 29 May 1977. The processing of the steel began on 1 March 1978 and the keel was laid on 8 October 1979. On 22 May 1982, in a ceremony presided over by Juan Carlos I of Spain, the launch took place, with Queen Sofía of Spain as the ship's godmother. The ship made her first sea trials in November 1987.
The Thai warship HTMS Chakri Naruebet, delivered in 1997, is based on the Spanish ship's design.
General characteristics
Displacement: 15,912 tons standard,
16,700 tons loaded Length: 195.9 metres (643 ft) Beam: 24.3 metres (80 ft) Draught: 9.4 metres (31 ft) Propulsion: 2 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines in COGAG configuration, one shaft, 46,400 shp Speed: 26 knots (48 km/h) Range: 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) Complement: 763 (total); 600 ship crew, 230 air crew Sensors and
processing systems: Raytheon SPS-52C/D 3D air search radar, ISC Cardion SPS-55 surface search radar, ITT SPN-35A aircraft control radar, FABA SPG-M2B fire control radar, SELEX Sistemi Integrati RTN-11L/X missile approach warning radar, Selex RAN 12 L target designation radar Electronic warfare
and decoys: Nettunel electronic countermeasures unit, Super RBOC, Sensytech AN/SLQ-25 Nixie decoy Armament: 4 x FABA Meroka Mod 2B CIWS, 12 × Oerlikon L120 20 mm guns Aircraft carried: 29 fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft Aviation facilities: 12° ski jump 46.5 m in lengt
Armament
The self-defense armament includes four close defense Meroka systems and six chaff decoy launchers. For offensive weapons, the ship relies on the capabilities of her embarked aircraft. For anti-submarine defense, she relies upon the detection capacity and attacks of her ASW helicopters.