There is no comparison IMHO between rebuilding an old ship like Gorshkov (which, even before years of sitting on the dock in neglect, was already written off as ‘not economically salvagable’ after an engine room fire) and building a new ship cleanly from scratch. Not to mention the difference in incentives: it is in the Russian/yard interest to extract whatever money they can from India, while this may not necessarily be the case when building for the domestic customer i.e. russian navy. Sevmash builds submarines with a displacement similar to a Kirov class cruiser, not exactly peanuts, not the simplest of ships. By 1995, Sevmash had constructed 125 submarines, including all the Northern Fleet’s SSBNs. Regardless of Sevmash’s capabilities, which notably included nuclear powered ships, Severodvinsk IIRC is where the only sufficiently large dock is…. it comes together.
Very fair point ! Given that all previous Russian carriers, Kiev, kuznetsov etc were built in what is now the Ukraine, i wish the Russains luck. Very true, that if they can build a Typhoon , then a carrier should be ok ! We shall see.
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