Russia can earn billions of dollars if it retains its only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov.
This idea was published by Western Military Watch, arguing that “the return of a battleship to the front line with modernized aircraft can provide very important opportunities in the future for the Russian defense area”.
According to the article, the storage of aircraft carriers will allow Russia not only to perform complex strategic exercises with China and India, with similar ships, but also to provide related military equipment to customers in the future.
In addition, according to the publication, the Russian defense sector has received $ 2.3 billion from the sale of the Vikramadity Airplace Military Factory of the Indian Defense Ministry and more than $ 2 billion for buying MIG-29K fighters for this ship. In addition, a number of less than the airlines have been signed, including the 14-end-to-range helicopter and KA-31 control helicopter.
Earlier, Izvestia wrote that the repair and modernization of Admiral of Admiral Kuznetsov was suspended, and the representative of the Russian Navy and the US shipbuilding group (OSK) should soon decide his fate.
Later, the head of VTB Andrei Kostin said that the aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” could be handled or sold, because in his opinion, repairing it was meaningless.
The former commander of the Northern Fleet (from 1999 to 2001) Admiral Vyacheslav Popov, meanwhile, stated that the Russian Navy needs atomic aircraft carriers.