Red Soviet Union

Kiev, the first real aircraft carrier of the Soviet Navy! The brainchild of the Soviet Navy for many years! Historically, this aircraft carrier was just a tasteless aircraft carrier capable of taking off and landing vertical aircraft. After a few years, it never carried the Yak-38 again and became a purely helicopter carrier.

However, this was related to the strategy of the Soviet Union at that time. The Kiev was not an offensive aircraft carrier. Its main mission was to protect its own nuclear submarines, clear enemy nuclear submarines underwater, and prepare for the launch of nuclear bombs. It is said that this kind of aircraft carrier is just the nanny of the submarine.

And now, after Andre's improvement, it has completely become an offensive aircraft carrier. The head of the inclined deck is upturned, allowing the MiG-23K to take off with a ski jump. There are fewer planes, but they also have very powerful attack power.

However, this is a remodeled aircraft carrier after all. The bow is still equipped with a large number of weapons. At the same time, the bridge is tall and the parking area is small. The deck operation and scheduling of the aircraft carrier are very difficult. In fact, this aircraft carrier is only a Soviet aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier in the true sense of the naval aviation is just a substitute before the appearance of the Soviet Union!

But now, as new aircraft carriers are manufactured one after another, the inconvenient Kiev will eventually be decommissioned! This kind of large warship has high operating costs and has no comparable combat power. Therefore, the navy has no objection to Andre's sale of this warship. After selling this ship, there will be new warships to join! They are looking forward to the latest 80,000-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The size of the Pacific Fleet can only have two aircraft carriers at the same time.

However, if the aircraft carrier is dismantled after it is decommissioned, it is definitely a waste, selling it? In fact, the Soviet Union also needs to see which country needs it. After looking all over the world, only India is the most suitable! Indians urgently need a new aircraft carrier replacement!

This is almost hit it off, now, just to see if the Indians can accept it!

200 million rubles, this price is definitely not expensive! Even if you go to the ship breaking yard and disassemble the ship to sell scrap iron, you can sell it for 50 million rubles! For Indians, it's just like picking it up for nothing!

General Kumaramangalam glanced at Rajiv and saw him nodding. Then, General Kumaramangalam said, If the price is 200 million rubles, we can consider accepting it.

We will never treat our Indian friends badly. Andre said: It's just that there are some weapons on this warship that involve our military secrets, so we have to dismantle them, for example, We need to dismantle the P-500 anti-ship missile placed on the front of the warship. Moreover, the operation of this weapon is complicated and requires the cooperation of the satellite system. If it is handed over to you, you will not be able to operate it.

The Kiev-class aircraft carrier, after all, is the treasure of the Soviet Union. There are many top-secret weapon systems on it. Among them, the most important is this anti-ship missile with a range of more than 550 kilometers. This is a killer weapon specially tailored for the US aircraft carrier formation!

This kind of weapon cannot be handed over to India, and if it is handed over to them, they will not be able to operate it.

The disappointment in General Kumaramangalam's eyes flashed. In fact, of course they want this kind of missile! However, it was a top-secret weapon of the Soviet Union, how could it be exported to India at will? If the anti-ship missile launching device and the reloading device at the front end are removed, then the bow of the ship will be empty?

Thinking of this, General Kumaramangalam suddenly had a flash in his mind. If this is the case, just modify it, and the combat effectiveness will be improved to a higher level!

This warship is not called an aircraft carrier by the Soviets, but a heavy-duty aircraft-carrying cruiser. From the right side of the warship, it is a cruiser! Now, remove the weapon system from the bow, simply, just like the third ship of the Kiev class, set up a ski jump deck on the bow!

The biggest advantage of this is that the take-off area and the landing area are separated! Move the ski jump deck on the angled deck to the bow, so that when there are planes landing on the angled deck, it will not affect the take-off of the aircraft in the bow area.

Combat power will rise to a new level!

It is definitely feasible to transform it according to the appearance of their No. 3 ship!

Thinking of this, General Kumaramangalam said: Marshal Andrei, if those weapon systems are removed, can we request some modifications to the aircraft carrier? For example, remove the ski jump deck on the angled deck and change it to The bow comes up? At the same time, expand the area of ​​the hangar below to accommodate more fighter jets.”

Indians are so smart! I was still thinking about how to lure the Indians, let them operate on the aircraft carrier, and then took the opportunity to blackmail a lot of money, but now, the Indians themselves proposed it!

This, of course, is no problem. You mean, change it to the appearance of our No. 3 ship? Andre said.

If it could be changed, the Soviet Union would have changed it long ago, so why sell this aircraft carrier! Transformation is not a simple matter, it is not a matter of cutting a few steel plates and welding a few more steel plates. This kind of transformation is almost equivalent to building a new ship! Experts from the Soviet Union had already assessed that it would not be cost-effective to refit this warship according to the standards of the No. 3 ship, so they added a jump deck to the angled deck and used it as a makeshift.

Now, the Indians want to change, of course they have to be given this chance!

Now, our Black Sea Shipyard has a relatively full construction schedule. Andre said: If you want to transform, you can simply transform it at Kawasaki Heavy Industries in the island country. The last transformation was carried out there. Let them Evaluate and see how much money is needed, it shouldn’t be too much.”

Fool the Indians first, as long as you pay the initial 200 million rubles, you can continue to add funds to them! If you don't add more, then pull this dismantled boat back! The initial funds will never be refunded! This method is the same process as the later Russia's pitting Asan.

Andre is already imagining Ah San's expression two or three years later, it must be quite poignant!

Marshal Andre, when this aircraft carrier joins our Indian Navy, we can't continue to operate the backward MiG-23k carrier-based aircraft. Just after Andre felt that the project had been finished, Kumaramanga General Ram spoke again.

MiG-23k, lag behind? Actually not at all! It adopts a dual-engine modification, and the thrust-to-weight ratio is quite powerful. Coupled with the design of the variable-sweep wing, it has a wide flight envelope and excellent performance! Moreover, the continuous improvement of electronic equipment has kept the MiG-23k at the forefront. Among other things, in its own internal confrontation exercises, the MiG-23k has even repeatedly defeated the MiG-29, which made the Mikoyan Design Bureau feel very embarrassed. Stupid.

And now, Ah San actually said that the MiG-23k is behind!

Then what plane do you want? Andre asked.

We want a third-generation aircraft. General Kumaramangaram said, For example, like your latest aircraft carrier-based aircraft Su-33.