Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!spool.mu.edu!olivea!uunet!lll-winken!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!amdcad!military From: deichman@cod.nosc.mil (Shane D. Deichman) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: USSR Carriers Message-ID: <1991Jun12.012822.25831@amd.com> Date: 10 Jun 91 15:44:05 GMT Article-I.D.: amd.1991Jun12.012822.25831 References: <1991Jun10.022944.11392@amd.com> Sender: military@amd.com Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego Lines: 32 Approved: military@amd.com From: deichman@cod.nosc.mil (Shane D. Deichman) cpjrc@groper.jcu.edu.au (Jarrod R Camp) writes: > A friend has just told me about a new Russian carrier which carries Su-27's, >and dosen't use a catapult, but a large ski-ramp! Actually, referring back to Rex Buddenburg's posting last week, the Soviet "carriers" are nominally referred to as "ASW Cruisers" (due primarily to restrictions on passage through Turkey at the mouth of the Black Sea. Origi- nally called "TBILISI" (for the capital of the Georgian SSR), the Kremlin renamed it "Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Gorshkov;" there may have been another permutation involving the name "Brezhnev," but I think that was probably another ship. Since the Soviets haven't endeavored to develop steam catapult technology, they use the "ski jump" (like on Spain's "Principe de Asturias") to provide the necessary parameters for launch. >Apparently 3 more are >planned for the future. Could someone out there provide a bit more info on >this subject? With the present internal turmoil in the Soviet Union, and a steadily decaying economic infrastructure, I doubt Gorbachev would want to exacerbate his present situation by building more "carriers." -shane -- deichman@cod.nosc.mil