04.08.2005, 13:18
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Zitat:What China is Doing with the Varyag
The mystery, of what China is doing with the former Russian aircraft carrier Varyag, continues. The Chinese appear to be doing some kind of work on the Varyag, one of two Kuznetsov class that Russia began building in the 1980s. Originally the Kuznetsovs were conceived of as 90,000 ton, nuclear powered ships, similar to American carriers (complete with steam catapults). Instead, because of the cost, and the complexity of modern (American style) carriers, the Russians were forced to scale back their goals, and ended up with the 55,000 ton (full load ) ships that lacked steam catapults, and used a “ski jump” flight deck instead. Nuclear power was dropped, but the Kuznetsov class was still a formidable design. [...]
Even the Kuznetsov had twelve aircraft size P-500 “Shipwreck” anti-ship missiles. These were launched from tubes mounted beneath the flight deck. The Kuznetsovs also had 24 anti-aircraft missile launchers, as well as 30mm close-in guns, anti-torpedo decoy rockers and lots of radars and electronics. Thus the Chinese have much to learn from how the Varyag, and it’s 3,800 compartments, and 16 kilometers of internal passageways. [...]