Standing longer than swimming: the RF was postponed the cruiser "Admiral Nakhimov" by 2026
Initially, they planned to complete the repair and modernization of the ship by 2024. The Defense Express observers were told about it on June 19. The authors of the material write that the next postponement of the timing of the cruiser continues the absurd history, which began in 1997, when the ship was sent for repair. The fact is that more than $ 5 billion has been spent on the project today, however, the Russian fleet has not yet received the promised weapon with 80 Caliber or Onyx missiles.
"Here you can even identify a certain paradox in that the Russians repair their" Admiral Nakhimov "twice as long as this ship has time to swim at all," the observers were ironically. According to them, this situation has surpassed even the famous case with another Russian aircraft carrier - "Admiral Kuznetsov", whose repair was also engaged for a long time. It is quite noteworthy that the condition of the ship from Russian propagandists has not been reported a long time ago.
It is possible that analysts continue that Admiral Nakhimov will no longer be able to go out into the sea. The last mention of this cruiser in the Russian media was in November 2023, when the shipbuilding enterprise "Sevmash" planned to launch two reactors, which are the basis of the cruiser. However, there was no information about whether this start was done. The Kremlin seems to see no alternative other than to complete work on Admiral Nakhimov.
This is due to the need to replace the formal flagship of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation - the atomic cruiser "Petr the Great" of the same project 1144 "Orlan", which has been in "suspended status" since 2023 and is probably already planned for writing. We will remind, in 2023 the TASS agency reported that the only heavy atomic rocket cruiser "Petr the Great" of the Navy of the Russian Federation can be withdrawn from the combat warehouse of the Russian Navy.