Russia's military-industrial complex (MIC) is capable of earning billions of dollars on the aircraft carrier \"Admiral Kuznetsov\" of Project 1143.5. The unique cruiser will become a technology demonstrator and will pay for its maintenance many times over, according to journalists atMilitary Watch Magazine.
In their opinion, decommissioning the aircraft carrier would not be the right decision from several points of view. Firstly, it will meet with serious resistance in the field of the Navy and the defense industry, since it took a lot of resources and time to acquire the technologies that allowed building the aircraft carrier.
The ship will allow sailors to conduct maneuvers of any complexity with their strategic partners, China and India, not to mention the military capabilities that the aircraft carrier provides, the journalists emphasized.
From an economic point of view, the \"Kuznetsov\" is a technology demonstrator necessary for selling aircraft-carrying ships, carrier-based aviation, and related military products abroad.
The Russian defense industry earned $2.45 billion on preparing the aircraft carrier \"Vikramaditya\" for India and more than two billion more on exporting MiG-29K fighters for its air wing.
The cruiser \"Admiral Kuznetsov\" of Project 1143.5 will bemothballed, the decision was made at the main command of the Russian Navy.
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