If the Admiral Kuznetsov is decided not to continue repairs, it remains only to take it, cut it into scrap metal and dispose of it,” one admiral said.

The Admiral Kuznetsov, the seemingly cursed “ship of shame,” could be scrapped soon, after a troubled service.

RUSSIA (See Cover) The flag of the Soviet navy now proudly flies over the oceans of the world. Sooner or later, the U.S. will have to understand that it no longer has mastery of the seas.

Much like the United States' Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, the Admiral Kuznetsov-class Russian alternative was named for a Soviet admiral.Nikolai Kuznetsov was born to Serbian peasants. At 15 ...

Admiral Kuznetsov was meant to serve as a symbol of the Soviet Union’s growing technological and military might. How fitting that, even at the outset of its existence, it was a nightmare vessel.

Russia’s “Admiral Nakhimov” Battlecruiser Is Returning to the High Seas. January 14, ... The Kirov-class battlecruisers were designed to be the old Soviet Union’s prestige surface warship.

Who sank the Japanese Fleet? I, said the Russian navy. With my Amur River Flotilla I sank the Japanese Fleet. Writing in Pravda on Russian Navy Day last week, Soviet Admiral I. S. Yumashev gave the ...