Why Putin is Embarrassed by Russia's Only Aircraft Carrier

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It sails with dignity... If Dignity was the name of the tug that accompanies it 24/7

The Admiral Kuznetsov is truly a frightening ship. Every time they tug it through danish waters it hits the news here, with worries it will spill oil, or even sink armed with nuclear warheads. I can not think of a more scary ship really!

As a sailor, I can confirm 100% why our ships can run so much longer than other navies. It all boils down to preventative maintenance. I can say that easily 50% of my underway workload was maintenance. Most of it being preventative. Taking apart gear, cleaning it, lubing it and reassembly. Also hours upon hours of cleaning and inspections. We always knew what was about to break and could schedule around it. Pulling into port triggered tons of work to fix things before they broke. The US military understands that a battle is won long before it's fought, and by upkeeping the gear, it will save your life and turn the tide.

The Kuznetsov is not a fire hazard, it's a ship with an autonomous automatic heating system.

I strongly support Russia keeping Kuznetsov going. It’s a great source of video material and gobbles up a big piece of the defense budget. These are good things.

In the US, sailors are rewarded by being assigned to an aircraft carrier. In Russia, sailors are punished by being assigned to an aircraft carrier, mainly the Kuznetsov. And speaking of which, the Russian navy has already formed a navy task force of their own, which is basically the Kuznetsov being escorted by tugboats.

Man if you turned this ship's history into a drinking game, everytime someone says, "But due to budget cuts" you'll be wasted in no time

When your main naval asset becomes a luxury hotel. Worlds most flammable ship lol

I was in charge of finding OSINT (open source intel, ie information that was publicly available) when Kuznetsov went underway to Syria. The memes were plentiful and they were savage 🤣 My favorite had to be a cost-analysis of the deployment, with by far the largest piece of the pie chart being "aircraft crashing into the sea".

“Ship which barely works”. Never change infographics. Never change.

This boat is a sailing Three Stooges Movie. Someone should make a horror film about it. I’ve never heard of one boat having so many accidents. The Dry dock trying to take it to the bottom of the ocean made me lose it. I laughed so hard 😂

Admiral Kuznetsov: I didn't choose the tug life, the tug life chose me.

Worst ship to sail under the Russian flag? The Kamchatka might have something to say about that...

Putin: "hail, Admiral Kuznetsov" Kuznetsov: "end it all, please, just end me"

Tell me your ship is more cursed then the Titanic without speaking. *Holds up a picture of the Kuznetsov

serving in the Russian military seems like a shot at a Darwin award!

I was going to say that no the Kamchatka was worse but then I remembered that the Kamchatka could at least sail under its own power.

US carriers are very reliable, but contrary to the claim at 18:00, they do get major maintenance. As a typical example, the Theodore Roosevelt was taken out of service in 2009 for refueling and upgrades. Four years and $2.6 billion later the ship returned to service. US carriers are not immune from failures either. In 2008, the George Washington had a fire that cost 37 lives and did $70 million of damage. There have also been many snapped cables and crashed planes, as the ocean is a very demanding place to train and fight regardless of who's doing it.

“Pycrete! You take some wood, you take some ice and you get pycrete. He pulled out a gun and the wood shattered, then shot pycrete and the bullet ricocheted and hit someone in the conference room. Then they tried to make a pycrete aircraft carrier but that idea was scraped because that’s a really dumb idea.”