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moskva is undecided. for now, the cruiser remains at sevastopol’s 13th ship repair plant (13 srz) with a caretaker crew. and the navy option 1 is a “de*p modernization” costing perhaps 40-50 billion rubles the navy lacks. it would be “de*per” than marshal ustinov’s (which was really a protracted overhaul). the northern fleet’s ustinov was laid up at zvezdochka from 2011 until late 2016. but with moskva, the superstructure would reportedly be modified to accommodate a vls for the kalibr-nk to replace the ship’s aged gorshkov-clas* frigates (project 22350) could be built with funds not spent on moskva. in 2018, moskva was expected to begin a three-year repair at sevastopol’s sevmorzavod — a zvezdochka affiliate.. that three-year repair is actually option 3, a middle point between “de*p modernization” and scrapping. and it’s usually the choice. spend to return its kuznetsov carrier to service (before pd-50 sank damaging the flight deck in the process).. moskva was active in the med supporting russian operations in syria from 2014 through early 2016, but has been virtually inactive since.. at some point, the navy will also have to decide what to do about the third and final slava-clas* cg, the pacific fleet’s varyag. it has. bolshakov writes about why the russian air forces would lose a battle with the united states. russia’s purported fifth-generation su-57 fighter — yet to enter series production — might (as the vks and okb sukhoy insist) be superior to american f-22 and f-35 fighters, but bolshakov says the u.s. would still win. sukhoy chief designer mikhail strelets claims the su-57 combines and surpas*es the capabilities of the f-22 and f-35 in one fighter. the choice of the index 57 — sum of 22 and 35, he says, was a coincidence but still indicative. . however, bolshakov points out, the u.s. has 187 f-22 and 320 f-35 aircraft in its operational inventory at present. russia has no su-57. the f-22 is 28 years old, and the f-35 at 18 is still suffering growing pains. and russia, bolshakov concludes, has clearly not lost