[wastoute]

Wait. They were “Getting ready for War!” Just two days ago.

[central_va]

According the anti carrier crowd, this is the best thing that could happen to the Red Navy. Heck, I think some of our armchair admirals would just as soon scuttle or CVN force the way they talk so negatively about them.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Ivan has had a raft of problems with that single carrier they have. They should rename it the Jinx-ski.

[W.]

Perhaps they could fill it with helium.

[lurk]

Imagine the luxury of being a sailor on that floating smoke machine.

[Joe Brower]

Perhaps of interest. This was Russia's only working carrier, wasn't it? Except it's not working so well any more.

[RinaseaofDs]

Don’t know how much stock to put into this, but they could just as easily go to a drydock in a friendly country and get it done.

It would be more expensive, but you could get it done.

Anyway, that sort of sucks for the Russians. I believe they are adversaries. What do you call a bunch of countries that spied on a sitting US President and tried to game an election?

I don’t call them allies.

National interest beats all.

[libstripper]

The Kuznetsov has become a LST on those rare occasions when it can function under its own power.

[McGruff]

“The Swedish-made PD-50 drydock reportedly sank”

A Volvo?

[DannyTN]

Am I the only one that thinks a submersible dry dock sounds cool.

[DannyTN]

Am I the only one that thinks a submersible dry dock sounds cool.

[Jimmy Valentine]

They need to tow it to Gdańsk and hire the Poles to fix it.

[RightGeek]

Sucks to be them

[blam]

When I read these articles, I am still surprised when I remember that the economy of Texas is larger than Russias'.

All they have is nukes.

[csvset]

Six to 12 months to refloat the drydock 🤔 Has anyone other than the Russians chimed in on this ? That seems like an extremely long amount of time.

[Billthedrill]

As a result of the sinking, a crane fell on the carrier’s deck leaving a hole above the waterline that measures 4 by 5 meters.

Whoa. Big hole. That's gonna make the DCA real cranky.

(DCA is Damage Control Assistant. Navy joke). Touchy business. Floating drydocks are, after all, designed to sink, just not quite that far. The drydock is lying on its side in 160 feet of water, so diving it won't be straightforward and raising it may be impossible. And they can't retrofit the carrier without it because they've been chopping the boilers out to replace them. Some details HERE. The concern is that the cost of the operation may make both drydock and carrier irrecoverable.

[PIF]

Perhaps the Bremerton Naval Shipyard, Washington would be a good alternative ...

[BlueLancer]

Don't tell me that you've lost another aircraft carrier ...

[Chode]

[Rebelbase]

At least the floating garbage fire is out.