russia has officially acknowledged the collapse of the main symbol of its mythical \u201cnaval greatness.\u201d The country\u2019s only aircraft carrier, admiral kuznetsov, is being prepared for decommissioning. According to media reports, the russian ministry of defense has halted the modernization of the \u201cmorally and physically obsolete\u201d ship and plans to send it for scrapping.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f For years, admiral kuznetsov was sacred to russian propaganda: the \u201conly one,\u201d the \u201clargest.\u201d It was portrayed as a symbol of russia\u2019s naval power. But in the end, it became a symbol of inflated ambitions and technological decline.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f The story of this cruiser is a chronicle of humiliation. It became a laughingstock around the world \u2014 constant breakdowns, fires, tugboat relocations from port to port, and endless repairs since 2017 that drained significant state funds.<\/p>\n
russia\u2019s navy is already going through hard times after a series of successful attacks by Ukrainian naval drones and aircraft in the Black Sea. The decommissioning of the kuznetsov is not just a technical decision \u2014 it\u2019s the abandonment of illusions and an acceptance of reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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