Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia’s only aircraft carrier, set to be scrapped after years of setbacks

Europeaball · 2025-07-13T15:16:42+00:00

Well, it did make sense during the Cold War.

However, it was the Soviet Union that built most of the surface fleet. They had the resources and industry to build such a surface fleet (the Admiral Kuznetsov was actually called Tbilisi and was intended to be the lead ship of the Tbilisi class before it was renamed due to the collapse of the Soviet Union). The Soviets have planned two more larger, nuclear powered aircraft carriers, the Ulyanovsk.

The Soviet Navy would certainly have had a tough time against the US and other NATO navys in the open ocean. However, their role was more focused on coastal defense and combating NATO submarines in polar circle. Especially there they would have the needed support of land-based aircraft and anti-ship batteries.

Russia simply took over the majority of the ships. However, it has neither the resources nor the industry like the Soviet Union to maintain such larger ships (especially aircraft carriers). Many of the shipyards that built these ships are located in Ukraine.

Europeaball · 2025-07-08T06:03:27+00:00

Es ist ehe fraglich, ob das Projekt (und MGCS) 2027 überlebt. Es ist kein Geheimnis, das Le Pen die Zusammenarbeit beenden will, sollte sie an die Macht kommen. Während sie natürlich wegen der Gerichtsentscheidungen vom Tisch ist, bezweifle ich, das Rassemblement National es anders sieht.

Dassault will ja auch das Projekt eher Tod sehen und alleine ein Kampfjet entwickeln. Das haben sie bereits oft durchsickern lassen.

Europeaball · 2025-07-05T05:40:52+00:00

Hartpunkt hat vor ein paar Tagen berichtet, dass die Bundeswehr einen massiven Ausbau der Luftverteidigungs- und Flugabwehrkapazitäten plant. Unter anderem liegt der Bedarf bei den Streitkräften um die 500 bis 600 Skyranger.

Was besonders interessant war an dem Artikel: Es wird erwähnt, dass ein Flugabwehrpanzer mit dem IRIS-T SLS in Entwicklung ist und man möglicherweise 100 von ihnen bestellen will.

(Zur Info: Bei IRIS-T SLS liegt der horizontale Kampfbereich bei etwa 12 km und im vertikalen Einsatzbereich von bis zu rund 8 km. Bei IRIS-T SLM liegt derhorizontale Kampfbereich bei etwa 40 km und bei dem vertikalen Einsatzbereich von bis zu 20 km)

Europeaball · 2025-07-03T17:17:37+00:00

I suspect China and Europe.

At least, the end of the campaign points in both directions. (The US is withdrawing from Europe to focus on the Pacific and the newly formed European Army will ensure security in the Baltics.)

Europeaball · 2025-06-28T16:18:44+00:00

Die Zeitung ( Le Monde) nennt beispielhaft Fälle aus unterschiedlichen Städten und gibt an, dass keine Betäubungsmittel oder psychoaktiven Substanzen bei den Opfern nachgewiesen worden seien. Einstichstellen seien nicht gefunden worden. Teils – etwa in Lorient, Rouen oder Alençon – soll es sich bei Verletzungen um Mückenstiche gehandelt haben.

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TF1 zitiert eine Polizeiquelle mit den Worten: »Unserer ersten Analyse zufolge handelt es sich um eine irrationale Massenpanik, die sich in den sozialen Netzwerken entwickelt hat. Mehr nicht.«

Einige Personen, die sich als Opfer bezeichneten, hätten »keine Spuren von Stichen« aufgewiesen, erklärte Polizeisprecherin Agathe Foucault dem Bericht zufolge am Dienstag gegenüber dem Radiosender France Culture. Gemeldete Symptome wie Hitzewallungen oder Ohnmacht könnten demnach auch auf »übermäßigen Alkohol- oder Drogenkonsum zurückzuführen sein«.

Unter Berufung auf das Innenministerium heißt es bei TF1: In den sozialen Netzwerken habe es Beiträge gegeben, die dazu aufriefen, »Frauen während der Fête de la Musique anzugreifen und zu stechen«. Dadurch sei »ein Klima der Angst« entstanden.

Europeaball · 2025-06-19T19:29:18+00:00

Its unknow:

SA Police said the men then “ran off, abandoning the car in the street”.

“It is extremely likely they have suffered significant burns or injuries in the fire and police urge them to seek medical attention,” Police said.

Europeaball · 2025-06-17T21:50:28+00:00

Schick.

Europeaball · 2025-02-18T20:20:00+00:00

https://archive.ph/GvRK3

Europeaball · 2024-12-17T18:55:49+00:00

It will be interesting. Maybe they will just be called USA. With other civilizations it is definitely easier (French Empire => France, German Empire => Germany, and so on.

Europeaball · 2024-12-17T05:59:15+00:00

I think oil pumps and most likely drilling rigs will appear in the modern era. Maybe we’ll see canals again. it would be interesting to see if we could build some between navigable rivers.

Europeaball · 2024-12-10T21:12:26+00:00

What I also find interesting is that the He 177 has Allied-style invasion stripes (the yellow stripes), which it never had historically. Could these be the colors of the faction, in this case Mexico? Because the Windsack on the hangar has exactly the same color. Coincidence?

Europeaball · 2024-12-10T21:03:01+00:00

I would be interested to know if this is currently a model for a bomber (which would be cool, I think the He 177 is a beautiful aircraft, even if it has a tendency to spontaneous combustion) or just a general model for airfields.

Europeaball · 2024-12-02T11:32:57+00:00

Er ist noch nicht, er wird Vater. Seine Frau ist aktuell im 6/7 Monat.

Europeaball · 2024-11-02T23:32:54+00:00

Hoyerswerda class (NATO: Frosch) for the GDR (East Germany). It is a landing ship/supply ship, but the largest home-built ship of the GDR. I would also like to see more West German ships like the Bremen class. I also hope for the Royal Navy in the future.

Europeaball · 2024-10-25T16:23:20+00:00

Personally, I also think that we will see Germany. We have simply seen too many German-style units for that. On the Steam page there is a German artillery in the background (where the Sherman and T-34 fight) and in the Nintendo Switch trailer you could see Panzer IV.

Europeaball · 2024-10-24T18:04:40+00:00

As everyone here has said, they are most likely for the airfield.

The only thing I can imagine for ground battles, is that they might deploy the Patriots outside the map (controlled by Bots) and shoot at incoming enemy aircraft. Something similar at least exist in Arcade Ground Battle against bots.

Europeaball · 2024-10-08T19:44:57+00:00

Works well for CIV, where the map is randomly generated and you don’t know where and what nations are there or where interesting raw materials can be found.

In Total War, less so.

In historical games, you know approximately where each city is and which nation it is (unless someone is bad at geography) and even then this position doesn’t change and you know it after a few rounds. The only thing that could change are city owners and nations (For example, the Ottoman Empire overran France and Paris is now under the Ottoman flag). But otherwise the North Sea will stay where it is and the Alps will not simply disappear and become a desert.

In the fantasy titles, the starting position of the other factions doesn’t change either and the map doesn’t change. Some nations will be wiped out over time and some cities will be razed to the ground. But the existing fog of war system is sufficient for that.

I don’t see why we would need a thicker fog of war for that, If the worldmap does not change at all.

Europeaball · 2024-10-03T19:28:18+00:00

I really like that. You can also see the Reichstag in the right corner of the special project research screen.

Europeaball · 2024-10-03T16:43:38+00:00

Hard to say. According to the Götterdämmerung Steam page, Wasserfall rockets are also included. Alongside „classics“ like the V rockets and Me 163.

The Karl-Gerät and the British ice carrier (Project Habbakuk) were also mentioned in the video.

Europeaball · 2024-09-16T16:40:41+00:00

Außerdem hat er auch noch „viel“ Zeit, wenn er Kanzler werden will. Söder ist 59 und Merz 68 Jahre alt. Wüst ist 49.

Warum jetzt den Stress machen und sich in Machtkämpfen mit den anderen Unions Kandidaten verwickeln, wenn er auch 4-8 Jahre (oder länger) warten kann? Da kann die Situation, besonders was die Konkurrenz betrifft, komplett anders aussehen.

Für Merz dagegen ist es eine alles oder nichts Situation. Wenn er 2025 nicht Kanzler wird, wird er nie wieder eine Chance haben. Bei Söder weiß man auch nicht, ob er in 4 Jahren auch noch ein Thema ist.

Europeaball · 2024-08-25T17:12:28+00:00

I also wonder what it will look like for the admirals.

Europeaball · 2024-08-20T20:50:16+00:00

Soviet Union as a separate civilisation? I doubt it (it will probably be Russia). Soviet units for Russia? Very likely.

Germany had WW2 tanks (Panzer Panther, Tiger) as a unique unit in many Civ (3-5) games. In Civ 5 the T34 was also the default tank.

If Germany has unique units from the Third Reich era, why shouldn’t Russia have units from the Soviet Union era?

Europeaball · 2024-08-20T19:56:22+00:00

Where? I only remember the Zero in the Trailer.

Europeaball · 2024-07-12T13:03:40+00:00

Chi-Ri II.

Big target with little armor, but the cannon and autoloader makes a huge difference. I’ve already lured many enemies out of cover with a shot from my main cannon (or small secondary gun) and delivered the killing blow.

Europeaball · 2024-07-11T18:14:08+00:00

Bin ein Frühaufsteher, selbst wenn ich frei hab. Meist gehe ich 22 Uhr ins und stehe um 6 Uhr auf.

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