Su-33 and 'Admiral
Kuznetzov'.One of the best
videos you ll ever see.amazing
fOOTAGE.MUST SEE!!!The Sukhoi
Su-33 (NATO reporting name
'Flanker-D') is a naval
military aircraft produced by
Russian firm Sukhoi in 1982
for aircraft carriers. It is a
derivative of the Sukhoi Su-27
and was initially known as the
Su-27K. The main d
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Su-33 and 'Admiral
Kuznetzov'.One of the best
videos you ll ever see.amazing
fOOTAGE.MUST SEE!!!The Sukhoi
Su-33 (NATO reporting name
'Flanker-D') is a naval
military aircraft produced by
Russian firm Sukhoi in 1982
for aircraft carriers. It is a
derivative of the Sukhoi Su-27
and was initially known as the
Su-27K. The main difference
from the Su-27 is that Su-33s
can operate from aircraft
carriers. Moreover, unlike the
Su-27, the Su-33 can be
refueled during flight.The
Su-33 first flew in May 1985,
and entered service in the
Russian Navy in 1994. An air
regiment comprising 24
fighters of the type was
formed up on the Russian
Navy's only operating aircraft
carrier, the Admiral
Kuznetsov.Admiral Flota
Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov
(Russian: Адми�?ал
�?ло�?а
Сове�?ского
Со�?за �?�?зне�?ов,
originally named Tbilisi and
then Leonid Brezhnev) is an
aircraft carrier (heavy
aircraft carrying cruiser
(TAVKR) in Russian
classification) serving as the
flagship of the Russian Navy.
She was originally
commissioned in the Soviet
Navy, and was intended to be
the lead ship of her class,
but the only other ship of her
class, Varyag, has never been
commissioned and was sold to
the People's Republic of China
by Ukraine under the condition
she would never be refitted
for combat.Kuznetsov was named
after the Admiral of the Fleet
of the Soviet Union Nikolai
Gerasimovich Kuznetsov.While
designated an aircraft carrier
by the West, the design of the
Admiral Kuznetsov' class
implies a mission different
from that of either the United
States Navy's carriers or
those of the Royal Navy. The
term used by her builders to
describe the Russian ships is
tyazholiy avianesushchiy
kreyser (TAKR or TAVKR) -
'heavy aircraft-carrying
cruiser' - intended to support
and defend strategic
missile-carrying submarines,
surface ships, and maritime
missile-carrying aircraft of
the Russian fleet. This
designation allows the
Soviet/Russian navy to
circumvent the refusal by
Turkey to let aircraft
carriers pass the Dardanelles
and the Bosphorus between the
Mediterranean and the Black
Sea.Fixed-wing aircraft on
Admiral Kuznetsov are
essentially constrained to air
superiority operations. The
carrier also carries aircraft
for anti-submarine warfare
(ASW) operations, as well as
anti-ship missiles.The
limiting of aircraft to only
air-to-air operations is a
result of the carrier's lack
of catapults. With the
relatively short length of a
carrier versus an airstrip, an
aircraft weighted down by
bombs which are much heavier
than missiles; cannot gain
enough velocity to get off the
deck without aid. Large
aircraft armed for strike
mission launched from a
catapult, like the F/A-18E
will often make a short
momentary descent. The
catapults however impart
enough velocity that when
combined with the aircaft's
engines allow it to accelerate
above its stall speed before
crashing into the sea.
(Unarmed or very lightly armed
aircraft however are generally
light enough to immediately
ascend)On September 27, 2006
it was announced that Admiral
Kuznetsov will return to the
Northern Fleet by the end of
the year. The ship will
undergo another modernization
refit, in an attempt to
correct some of its many
technical issues. Admiral
Vladimir Masorin,
Commander-in-Chief of the
Russian Navy, also stated that
several Su-33 fighters
assigned to the aircraft
carrier would return to the
ship after undergoing
maintenance and refits of
their own.

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