Renovation is canceled

During the modernization of the alarum cruiser, Admiral Kuznetsov, replace the granite missile system with a more modern one, most likely will not. This was reported by Interfax with reference to an informed source.

"For financial reasons, the replacement of the granite missile system with another is unlikely to be carried out," the source noted. According to him, modernization will be primarily associated with the replacement of four boilers of the main energy installation. Two of them have already been manufactured at the Baltic Plant of the United Shipbuilding Corporation.

At Admiral Kuznetsov, radar and electronic weapons, an aviation navigation complex will also be modernized. “So far, there is no clarity about which enterprise the modernization will be carried out and about the time of the start of work,” the source noted.

"At the moment, the aircraft carrier is technically combat and the 35th ship repair plant. However, under the conditions of preparation of deck aircraft pilots, who, after a recent" business trip "to the banks of Syria, spent a certain time on vacations, now they need to fulfill certain regulations in order to get admission to flights from the aircraft carrier," the source said. According to him, Admiral Kuznetsov with an air wing on board will be able to go out at sea in early autumn.

On April 22, a source in the defense and industrial complex said that repairs with the modernization of Admiral Kuznetsov, which returned in February from a combat campaign to the shores of Syria, will cost almost 40 billion rubles , the price has already been agreed. Work should begin in September at the 35th Shipyard in Roslyakovo near Murmansk, a source noted. They are planned to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2020.

The source said that the granite missile system will be replaced by the Caliber-NK complex. The cruiser’s air group will remain mixed, it will still include heavy Su-33 fighters and light MiG-29K/cube.

On March 17, sources reported that the repair of Admiral Kuznetsov could take about five years and cost the state more than 20 billion rubles . On the eve of the need to send the cruiser for repairs, the Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced.

Earlier it became known that Russia spent from 7.5 to 10 billion rubles on the Syrian campaign of Kuznetsov and escort ships. As RBC calculated , the cost of the campaign includes food expenses, fuel, combat sorties, the cost of lost deck fighters and "combat" allowances. The real cost of the campaign may be greater, since the data on the use of the underwater fleet and the weapons of the group of ships during the operation were not published by the military department.

The campaign in the Mediterranean Admiral Kuznetsov began on October 15, 2016. On November 15, the Aviation Office "Admiral Kuznetsov" struck the first blows to Syria . During the Middle Eastern campaign, the aircraft carrier lost two aircraft. On November 14, the MiG-29 fighter crashed when landing . On December 5, the Su-33 fighter rolled out of the deck and collapsed into the water. The pilots in both cases managed to eject.