Looks like they are building new Kilos

yes, both for Russia and Vietnam

So Furke-4 and Poliment are two different radars? Is Furke being used as a stopgap till Poliment-K is ready?

Furke-4 has the same role as SMART-L in relation to APAR.

Oh baby! Gorshkov is getting closer to completion!

Nice to see Furke-4 finally on the top, hopefully it will perform better than the smaller sister. As well as slightly modified Puma.
Missing main gun (has not made even to test range yet) and plank-wood Poliment probably will not prevent the ship from sea tests.

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Regarding the claim that Russia does not have a drydock @ Sevmash big enough for a “large” carrier:

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?177598-Upgrading-the-Admiral-Russia%E2%80%99s-Kuznetsov&p=4881450&viewfull=1#post4881450

Technically, that is a launch basin not a dock. No cranes. No block building.

#16 is ready
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Since the ship will undoubtedly be going into dock for serious work, I wonder if Russian Navy will allow the use of Kuznetsov again for MiG-29K training to make up lost time.

That may be unneccessary. I’m under impression that delayed the return for repairs in order to finish the flight tests.

There are two types of asbestos – definitely cancerogenic amphibolous asbestos, which has been banned and chrysotilic asbestos which is soluble and therefore much less dangerous as it doesn’t accumulate in the lungs. The second type is not banned by the Rotterdam convention and is used in US, China and Russia. India nevertheless requested “no asbestos whatever”.

Vik still is capable to make 23 knots under 5 boilers which was the reason to continue the flight tests and repair the boilers later.
The designer of the boilers has stated that the warranty period was only 10 months (:confused:) and the designer and the actual producer of the boilers Baltiysky Zavod are disputing who is responsible and will have to pay for repairs and delay fine, if any. This has nothing to do with Sevmash shipyard or India.