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} |} ''Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov'' ((ロシア語:Адмира́л фло́та Сове́тского Сою́за Кузнецо́в) "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov") was built by the Black Sea Shipyard, the sole manufacturer of Soviet aircraft carriers, in Mykolaiv within the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The initial name of the ship was ''Riga''; she was launched as ''Leonid Brezhnev'', embarked on sea trials as ''Tbilisi'', and finally named ''Kuznetsov''.〔Sovetskii Avianostsy, S.Balakin & V.Zablotskiy, Moscow 2007〕 She is an aircraft cruiser (heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser (TAVKR) in Russian classification) serving as the flagship of the Russian Navy. She was originally commissioned in the Soviet Navy, and was intended to be the lead ship of her class, but the only other ship of her class, ''Varyag'', was never completed or commissioned by the Soviet, Russian or Ukrainian navy. Later, this second hull was sold to the People's Republic of China by Ukraine, completed in Dalian and launched as ''Liaoning''.〔"(China's Aircraft Carrier Ambitions: Seeking Truth from Rumors )." Storey, I.; Ji, Y. ''Naval War College Review''. Winter 2004, Vol. 57, No. 1. 〕 ''Kuznetsov'' was named after the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov. ==Role== While designated an aircraft carrier by the West, the design of the ''Admiral Kuznetsov''-class implies a mission different from that of either the United States Navy’s carriers or those of the Royal Navy. The term used by her builders to describe the Russian ships is (TAVKR or TARKR) – "heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser" – intended to support and defend strategic missile-carrying submarines, surface ships, and naval missile-carrying aircraft of the Russian Navy. ''Admiral Kuznetsovs main fixed-wing aircraft is the multi-role Sukhoi Su-33. It can perform air superiority, fleet defence, and air support missions and can also be used for direct fire support of amphibious assault, reconnaissance and placement of naval mines.〔KnAAPO. ("The Su-33 single-seat carrier-based fighter" ).〕 The carrier also carries the Kamov Ka-27 and Kamov Ka-27S helicopters for anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, and small transport. For take-off of fixed wing aircraft, ''Admiral Kuznetsov'' uses a ski-jump at the end of her deck. On take-off aircraft accelerate toward and up the ski-jump using their afterburners. This results in the aircraft leaving the deck at a higher angle and elevation than on an aircraft carrier with a flat deck and catapults. The ski-jump take-off is less demanding on the pilot, since the acceleration is lower, but results in a clearance speed of only 120–140 km/h (75–85 mph) requiring an aircraft design which will not stall at those speeds.〔Gordon, Yefim & Davidson, Peter. 2006. "Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker", p. 54. Warbird Tech Series, vol. 42. ISBN 978-1-58007-091-1.〕 The ''cruiser'' role is facilitated by ''Kuznetsov's'' complement of 12 long-range surface-to-surface anti-ship Granit (SS-N-19) (NATO name Shipwreck) cruise missiles. This armament justifies the ship's Russian type designator "heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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