“The Admiral Kuznetsov is conventionally powered by eight gas-fired boilers and four steam turbines, each producing 50,000 hp (37 MW), driving four shafts with fixed-pitch propellers. Her maximum speed is 29 knots (54 km/h), and her range at maximum speed is 3,800 miles (6,100 km). At 18 knots (33 km/h), her maximum range is 8,500 miles (13,700 km).”
seems slow for a fleet carrier and smoky for a gas fired powerplant. maybe they should invest in a Power Commander.
You make the fun of comdrade pootin’s pride and joyski?
After a 5-month deployment those boilers are encrusted inside and I bet “Kuznetsov” isn’t capable of anything near that “29-Knot” top speed.
OTOH, she may have spent most of her “cruise” tied up at a Syrian dock.
She's not gas fired. Oil powered steam turbine.