Because, Russia…

When Russian fanboys put up posts like the ones in the Norwegian air force thread that is fine of course, but pointing out that the Kuznetsov has crippling engine problems that have seen the ship in dock most of its existence is somehow “anti Russian.”

The Kuznetsov is a failed project… due to its crippling engineering deficiencies it has only barely operated over its life and its replacement is already being discussed despite its relatively young age. Despite all the fanfare about its deployment, it is bringing ~15 fighters to Syria, where they will be able to operate only lightly loaded due to its lack of catapults.

how exactly is Kuznetov a failed project?. without Kuznetov Russia would not have been export this whole MIG-29K/Viki combo. this development/ training paid by itself everything to keep the knowledge. without Kuznetov there wont have been this extensive training of Ka-52K.
Now Kuznetov is moving to the only battle that matter to Russia in 21st century. i am sure the quantity of quality of strikes from kuznetov will be better than any other carrier done in recent history.how you know how many fighters/choppers/cargo it is bringing?. fighters can always flow directly to it once its in the theater. just wait and watch the show.

if its defective. they wont be sending it on 6 month voyage. It is not Chinese and Indian carrier that only stay inside there ocean. we have to see its strike operation and how much is night time.

Engines aside, Russia imports far more from China and relies a lot on Exports to China for its GDP. for China, Russia is only a small part of both import and export.
China has some new engines coming out that will end the need for Russian engines, the last area where it imports from Russia.

China fans don’t care about Russia beyond its Russian fan boys.
China’s enemy has been and always been Japan and lately, South Korea.

China imports far more important stuff from Russia. when you look at the whole picture of importance.
Chinese uranium centrifuge and nuclear reactor is based on Russian tech. C919 titanim is from Russia. only Russian provide the cheapest fresh air and water.

Chinese has to compete with SKorea and Japan/Vietnam for Russian market. there is ramazan kadyrov that time to time attract surplus capital from middleast.

http://www.asianmetal.com/metal_cron/index_lunshi_leirangqi_en.shtml

The above data show that profits of China’s titanium enterprises are a bit higher than Japan’s enterprises but far below those of US and Russian companies, and profits of Russian enterprises are higher than US titanium companies.

For reasons of the above conclusion, almost 80% of titanium materials are applied for aerospace and military industry with high added value in Russia, and profits of Japan’s titanium products are mainly for civil use with few profits despite perfectly manufacturing and high exports. Product structure decides profits, and profits of products with cutting-edge technology or for high end market are high.

I did, did you?

Do you honestly think navies spend their time practicing firing ropes to tugs? Is that a core skill for Russian sailors on the Kuznetsov?

“Gee, the carrier didn’t break down this deployment, let’s practice towing it anyway to get ready for next time…”

obviously they will practice towing procedures on the biggest vessel they have in the navy. isn’t that logical. Russian navy has done very reliable operations supporting more than 100k combatants in Syria for past 5 years and still maintain 10 ships/subs in mediterranean for missile strikes and protection of terror boats.

Just because it was able to get its engines working again doesn’t mean they didn’t break…

The idea that they would be “training” to tow an aircraft carrier in high seas is just laughable.

The MIG-29K were also trained on Kuzentov. so it is highly likey they were training for Viki delivery to India incase. Russia ships are highly reliable. just look at Sryian express for almost 5 years continuous supply.

more preparation.

http://tass.com/defense/907982

Russian Black Sea Fleet to get two Varshavyanka subs Oct 25 and Nov 25 — manufacturer

Also production rate of long missile is high for navy. airforce and ground force will be separate.

http://tass.com/defense/907916
Russian Navy received more than 100 Kalibr, Onix missiles in 3rd quarter

Well EU is partner in F-35 and I think MTU also played part in F119. but i don’t think they can make the whole product. EU will grow old and poor before it can become power.