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- From: TWZ101@psuvm.psu.edu
- Subject: Re: Carrier info.wanted !
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- Organization: Penn State University
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:30:56 GMT
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- From TWZ101@psuvm.psu.edu
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- Other nations with aircraft carriers include:
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- India: 2 (Vikrant/Viraat)
- Argentina: 1 (Vienticinco de Mayo)
- Brazil: 1 (Minas Gerias)
- Italy: 1 (Giuseppe Garibaldi)
- Spain: 1 (Principe de Austurias)
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- The Italian and Spanish ships are ski-jump equipped for operating both
- helicopters and Harriers; the Brazillian and Argentinean ships are getting old
- and probably nearing retirement (we saw how effective the Argie ship was in
- the Falklands in '82). The Indian vessels are also getting old, and reports
- are that a replacement for one of them is under construction.
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- Both Japan and Thailand have been tossing around the idea of acquiring
- some form of small carrier/helo assault ship, and it seems that eventually the
- Japanese will get one, but not for several years.
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- The former Soviet Republics also have a number of carrier-type vessels in
- various stages of disrepair.
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- 2 x Moskva Class (Moskva and Lenningrad)--very old, close to retirement--
- operate only KA-25/27 helicopters
- 4 x Kiev Class (Kiev, Novorosysk, Minsk, Kharkov(?))--early/mid-1970s
- ships with ski-jumps for Yak-38 "Forgers" and ASW helos; some
- of these are in awful states of repair and need immediate over-
- hauls or scrapping
- 1 x Admrial Kuznetsov--full deck carrier, but I believe it has a ski-jump
- as well; operates 40-50 aircraft, Su-27K is main fighter; now
- under Russian control
- 1 x Varyag--Still under construction, I think under Ukrainian control;
- reports last year said it was to be sold to China, but all
- parties involved deny it; would need lots of work to get
- functional
- 1 x ??--nuclear powered carrier under construction?
- 1 x ??--conventional powered carrier under con., like Kuznetsov
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- T.Z.
- "Knowledge, was it worth such torment/
- To see the far side of shadow?"--G.T.
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