On the aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov" during the repair and modernization is unlikely to replace the missile system. On this Saturday, May 13, Interfax told its own source. According to him, the reconstruction will mainly be connected with the replacement of four boilers of the main power plant. As noted, two of them have already been manufactured at the Baltic plant. The interlocutor of the agency noted that "for financial reasons, the replacement of the Granit missile system by another is unlikely to be carried out". At the same time, "radar and radio-electronic weapons, an aviation navigation complex" will be modernized. The source also noted that it is not yet known exactly where the work will be carried out, as well as the timing of their commencement. "At the moment, the aircraft carrier is technically combat-ready and is at the 35th Shipyard, but according to the conditions for training the pilots of the deck aviation, who after a recent" trip "to the coast of Syria spent some time on vacation, now they need to follow certain regulations in order to obtain Admission to flights from an aircraft carrier, "he explained.. - According to the logic of events, an aircraft carrier with an air wing on board will be able to sail to the sea roughly in the beginning of autumn ". In late April, it was reported that repair and modernization of the aircraft carrier will begin in September at a plant near Murmansk.

It was also noted that the Granit missile system installed at the Admiral Kuznetsov will be replaced by Caliber-NK, and the universal vertical launchers 3С14 will be unified for the launch of supersonic cruise missiles "Onyx" and hypersonic "Zircon". Officially, the date and place of modernization of the aircraft carrier was not reported. "Admiral Kuznetsov" as part of the ship carrier group of the Northern Fleet returned February 8 from a long voyage to the eastern Mediterranean.

Original article: The source told the details of the repair of "Admiral Kuznetsov".