Such a great country as Russia, the aircraft carrier is needed, stated in an interview with TASS Deputy General Director of the Joint Shipbuilding Corporation (OSK) on military shipbuilding Vladimir Korolev.
The former Goland of the Navy (Navy) of Russia shared his vision of the aircraft carrier for the fleet and the country. “And I am convinced that this is the future of the Russian fleet. The aircraft carrier, first of all, is a state policy tool in unjeited time. When the time comes to build an aircraft carrier – we will build it, I have no doubt about it,” said Korolev.
According to him, the only Russian aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov”, put into operation 30 years ago, and at present – on repair, after modernization, “for a long time will serve our great marine power. I think another 10-15 years , maybe even more. ” “Here we will not have breakdowns. Such confidence is,” said the manager.
Korolev assured that “domestic industry, OSK is able to perform the most ambitious tasks, including building a modern aircraft carrier.” “Sometimes building the ship is much easier than to repair it, and most importantly – complete this process. This is completely different approaches and the level of professionalism of all participants in the implementation of the project – production workers, engineers and designers,” the manager said.
Deputy Director General of the Corporation added that atomic cruiser “Admiral Nakhimov” atomic cruiser, introduced into the executivence of 33 years ago, will be released in 2023. Korolev did not rule out that after the commission of Admiral Nakhimov, OSK will be engaged in the repair of a 33-year-old cruiser “Peter Great”.
In June, the American edition of 19FortyFive wrote that “Admiral Kuznetsov” is in poor condition. The publication noted that the overhaul and modernization of the ship began in 2017, but after almost half of the decade, it was not completed with him.
In April, the American magazine The National Interest stated that “Admiral Nakhimov” may be “resting with the world.” To the conclusions about the “death” of the cruiser, who in August last year, Forbes called the potentially most powerful surface-in-law of the warship in the world, in the publication came, analyzing the delays of the cruiser to the Russian fleet.