Russian Ministry of Defense
The Russian Navy’s sole aircraft carrier is steam-powered and displaces 58,600 metric tons. The Admiral Kuznetsov is temporarily out of service for a midlife overhaul that is expected to extend its service life by 25 years, but the work has been plagued by external hiccups. The maintenance period started in 2017, but the following year Russia’s largest floating dry dock, the PD-50, sank nearby and one of its 70-ton cranes crashed into the Kuznetsov’s flight deck, leaving behind a 200-ft.22-hole. The fix will cost the Russian military about $1 million. In December 2019 a fire onboard killed two people and another 14 suffered injuries from the fire and smoke inhalation. The damage is estimated to have cost $1.5 billion.
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