File:Admiral Kuznetsov.jpg

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Admiral Kuznetsov and Pyotr Velikii moored in Severomorsk are preparing for departure to the Syrian coast, October 14, 2016.

Sources

Armaments

  • Supposed to have 12 below deck launchers of "Granit" anti-ship missile, with hatches at the base of trampoline in the middle. Not well seen one way or another on recent videos.
  • anti-aircraft "Dagger" (4 modules - 192 missiles), "Dirk" (8 modules - 256 missiles and 48 thousand shells.), front and rear on a side , just outside the main deck
  • SU-27K (aka SU-33) or MiG-29K, and choppers Ka-27 and/or Ka-31.

Area Closures?

Cassad refers to this website, which in turn refers to http://notaminfo.com/, and talks about firing exercises, area closures, by Kuznetsov battle group off Latakia coast (map) on November 10-15 and 17-22. Could not find it elsewhwre, or on notaminfo.com --Resup (talk) 21:50, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Interfax confirms exercises on November 10-15 and 17-22, and reports that "strikes on militants on the distant outskirts of Aleppo" will be conducted "in the coming hours" --Resup (talk) 19:12, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Kuznetsov fighter jets performed aerobatic display -report. Russian MoD stated the purpose of the deployment is fighting terrorism. --Resup (talk) 19:48, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

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current00:58, 15 October 2016Thumbnail for version as of 00:58, 15 October 2016960 × 719 (52 KB)Resup (talk | contribs)"Admiral Kuznetsov" on the raid in Severomorsk is preparing for departure to the Syrian coast. [http://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/3011299.html Cassad] (with more photos), October 15, 2016. Category:Russia

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