The abandonment of Admiral Kuznetza is cursed, Russia threatens to be superpower without aircraft carrier

Moscow – the only one aircraft carrier belonging Russia, Admiral Kuznetov, who came from the Soviet era, is now on the verge to stay behind. Thus, the Russian fleet will officially become a military superpower without aircraft carriers.

Admiral Kuznets has been undergoing major repairs since 2018. Previous messages of the Russian media said that this aircraft carrier will be equipped with various air defense systems, updating the driving machine, launch repair and complex weapons that will be ready for battle.

However, Russian newspapers; News, On July 11, it is reported that the Russian Ministry of Defense (Rumod) will probably cancel the project for the modernization of Admiral Kuznets. Referring to anonymous sources that are considered reliable, the report says that the improvement and modernization program is currently in a delay.

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The Russian military commander and the United Shipbuilding Corporation must immediately make the final decision regarding the fate of the aircraft carrier, called the “damned ship”.

According to reports, several high -ranking officials of the Russian Military Fleet supported the decision to deactivate the only aircraft carrier of Russia.

The former commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sergei Avakinta, quoted in the report, said that the Russian fleet did not need aircraft carrier in classical form.

With the reason why the aircraft carrier is just a heavy platform that can be destroyed in a minute with modern weapons, he calls the aircraft carrier expensive and ineffective sea weapons.

Admiral Avakianta added that the Nirawak robotic system and aircraft carriers, and not classic aircraft carriers, are the future.

“The future belongs to the system of robotics and the aircraft carriers of Viravak. If a decision has been made to terminate the repair, then the only thing left is to cut the Admiral of the Kuznets in the scrap metal and throw it away, ”he said, said, said, said. Eurasian timesSunday (07/13/2025).

Although the statement of Avakins sounded bold, he was not the first to express this opinion. Some global military analysts also questioned the use of aircraft carriers on the modern battlefields, where accurate ballistic missiles, hypersonic missiles and cheap drones prevail.