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Glory Days of Naval Aviation - Baku
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A bow view of the Soviet Kiev-Class Aviation Cruiser Baku (CVHG-103) underway off the coast of southern Italy. The ship still lives on as the Indian Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya.
what are those big tubes?
maybe its some sort of rocket or missile launchers...
P-500 Bazalt supersonic anti ship missile..
So this one has the combat capability of a cruiser and carry anti-ship Kamovs???
Or does it relies on choppers for strikes against other ships?
It carried 6 × twin SS-N-12 Sandbox (P-500 Bazalt) SSM launchers (12 missiles) for strikes against other ships. It had 20 Kamov Ka-25 or Kamov Ka-27 helicopters and 12 Yakovlev Yak-38M "Forger" VTOL subsonic fighter to fill various roles. The Forger was to be replaced by the Yakovlev Yak-141 "Freestyle" supersonic VTOL fighter but those plans ended with the Soviet Unioun.
thats heavy armed! they keep producing this carriers?
4 were built:
Kiev (1975–1993) Sold to China where it became an amusement par attraction.
Minsk (1978–1993) Sold to Korea then China who made it a 5-star hotel.
Novorossiysk (1982–1993) Sold to Korea where it was scrapped.
Baku (1987–1991) Converted to a SATOBAR carrier for Indian Navy and renamed INS Vikramaditya. Excepted to enter service by 2014. Note: It's the most expansive conventional powered aircraft carrier to date (2.35 billion USD).