In a blow to NATO, a mere eight years into its three-year overhaul, and after sinking in its dry dock, going on fire, having a crane fall on it, losing its entire crew to facilitate an illegal invasion, having most of its reconstruction materials embezzled and going on fire again, Russian media is suggesting that strategic rust reserve and occasional environmental disaster Admiral Kuznetsov might not be returning to "service" after all...

#FailureFriday

@DreadShips

Looks new in that pic which means... it always smoked that much?

@tarheel yup, it's pretty much always been like that (one of the things the refit was supposed to do was convert it to burning something that couldn't be detected by blocking out the sun from 200 miles away)