tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (06/06/90)
From: tek@CS.UCLA.EDU
Here are some items of interest taken from the article
"The Soviet Navy in 1989: A US View" by RADM T.A. Brooks, USN
(Director of Naval Intelligence) in the May 1990 issue of the
USNI Proceedings (Naval Review).
As 1989 ended, the second Tbilsi class carrier (65ktons), the Riga was
fitting out. Su-27, MiG-29 and Su-25 aircraft were tested for carrier
use. Construction continued on the Ulyanovsk, which is the first unit
of a larger (75ktons), possibly nuclear powered, followup class. The
fifth hull in the Kirov class was cancelled. The sixth and probably
last Typhoon SSBN was launched. The sixth Delta IV was also launched.
Most ships and subs scrapped this year were long obsolete already.
(Three of the old subs sank en route to foreign scrapping yards.)
Development continued on the VSTOL Yak-41 (possible Yak-38
replacement), An-74 AEW, and the A-40 (ASW?) seaplane. Soviet Naval
Aviation replaced more Badgers and added some Su-17 and Su-24
aircraft, which were transferred from Frontal Aviation.
The MiG-23 squadron at Cam Ranh Bay was shipped back to the Soviet
Union. All flyable Badgers left also, leaving Bear D and Bear F
aircraft. One submarine and some small combatants remain. Deployments
and flights to the Mediterranean, Cuba, Syria (Tartus), Libya, and
Angola (Luanda) were cut back this year.
-ted
Ted Kim
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