The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced that the heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will be armed with the latest Pantsir-M anti-aircraft missile and artillery systems (SAM). newspaper reports “News” Citing sources in the Russian ministry of defense.
According to the addressees of the publication, a new integrated air defense control system will be activated on board. According to sources, it will automatically recognize targets, divide them between anti-aircraft systems and eliminate them.
It was also noted that special facilities were built on the cruiser for storage, maintenance and preparation for combat use of high-precision aviation weapons for the Kuznetsov air wing.
Earlier, the head of the United Shipbuilding Company, Alexei Rakhmanov, said that the only Russian aircraft carrier, the aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov, will return To the combat power of the Russian Navy in 2024.
In December last year, it was reported that the Russian aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov was at the Murmansk shipyard. dead fire. The fire on the cruiser was assigned a difficulty number of 2, meaning the work of three firefighters or six crews on tank trucks.