Calling all Admiral Kuznetsov (Адмирал Кузнецов) fans

[Mr. Church]

Some old footage of Admiral Kuznetsov in the Black Sea launching and recovering MiG-29Ks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3AMB7ZFF3Q

Hull pennant number 111 visible too.

[Mr. Church]

An interesting little two part documentary on the Russian MoD Youtube channel about the Kuznetsov's 2016 voyage to the Mediterranean prior to her seeing combat for the first time in Syria:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8flm6IWGcCg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peyrsUgJhko

It's in Russian but if you go into settings on Youtube you can get auto-translated subtitles. Subject to all the usual caveats of auto-translate. It has some nice onboard views and closeups of the aircraft. Should anyone want to model her as she appeared then.

[chuck]

What is the huge cylindrical object above island and immediately below the Fregat/top plate radar? It looks like it is either a huge dielectric radome covering a very large rotating antenna inside, or some kind of circular phased array.

[Timmy C]

What is the huge cylindrical object above island and immediately below the Fregat/top plate radar? It looks like it is either a huge dielectric radome covering a very large rotating antenna inside, or some kind of circular phased array.

There's an interesting discussion here: https://www.key.aero/comment/1483129

Rezistor-K4 TACAN(Tactical Communications and Navigation) system for the ship's aircraft

Also in this image posted on http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-PLAN-CV. ... ocId219042