{
  "id": "kuznetsov",
  "name": "Kuznetsov Class (Project 11435 Class)",
  "aliases": [
    "Admiral Kuznetsov Class"
  ],
  "domain": "naval",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "Aircraft carrier",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1990,
  "operators": [
    "CHN",
    "RUS"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 2,
  "summary": "The Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier, Soviet designation Project 11435, is a class of fixed-wing aircraft carriers operated by the Russian and Chinese navies. Originally designed for the Soviet Navy, the Kuznetsov-class ships use a ski-jump to launch high-performance conventional aircraft in a STOBAR configuration.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 304.5,
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Draft",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "10.5 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Displacement (standard)",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "46,640 tons",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "displacement_t",
      "v": 59440,
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Displacement (full load)"
    },
    {
      "k": "propulsion",
      "v": "4 x TV12-4",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Engine power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "200,000 total shp; 4 shafts",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kt",
      "v": 30,
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "range_km",
      "v": 7130,
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "3,850 nm at 29 knots; 8,500 nm at 18 knots;12,000 nm at 10 knots"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Endurance",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "45 days",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "SA-N-9 Missiles FSC",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "4 x MR-360 Podkat (Cross Sword) fire control for SA-N-9 missiles",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Hot Flash FSC",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "8 x 3P-87 (Hot Flash) fire control (on Kortik mounts)",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Laser Optronic",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x Bob Tail telescoping optronic director and 3 x Tin Man TV/IR/laser optronic",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Laser Warning System",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "4 x Spektr-F (Half Cup) laser warning",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "3D Air Search Radar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x MR-710 Fregat-MA (Top Plate-B) 3D air search radar",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Air Search Radars",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "2 x MR-320M Topaz (Strut Pair) air search radars",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Navigation Radars",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "3 x MR-212/201 Vaygach-U (Palm Frond) navigation radars",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Carrier Approach Radars",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "2 x Fly Trap carrier approach radars (for aircraft landing)",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Hull Mounted Sonar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x MG-365 Zvezda M-1 hull-mounted low-frequency",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Water Washdown System",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Rocket Decoy",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "2 x twin PK-2 decoy rocket launchers and 2 x 10-round fixed PK-10 decoy rocket launchers",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Aircraft Facilities: aircraft",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "12 x Su-33 Flanker-D fighters; or 4 x MiG-29KUB 2-seat; and 20 x MiG-29K single-seat fighters",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Aircraft Facilities: helicopters",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "14 x Ka-27PL Helix-A ASW helicopters; 3 x Ka-29RLD Helix AEW helicopters; 2 x Ka-27PS Helix-C SAR helicopters",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Aircraft Facilities: take-off of fixed wing aircraft",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "For take-off of fixed wing aircraft, Admiral Kuznetsov uses a ski-jump at the end of her bow. On take-off aircraft accelerate toward and up the ski-jump using their afterburners.",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Aircraft Facilities: ski-jump take-off",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "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 (75–87 mph) requiring an aircraft design which will not stall at those speeds.",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Aircraft Facilities",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "The KUZNETSOV can carry a maximum of 50 aircraft divided between 26 fix-wing aircraft and 24 helicopters.teh number of aircraft or helicopters can be increased by decreasing the number of the other embarked platforms.",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "v": "AK-630 Close-In Weapon System (CIWS); Kashtan Close-In Weapon System (CIWS); SA-N-11 Grison (9M-311); SS-N-19 Shipwreck (P-500 Granit); SA-N-9 Gauntlet (Kinzhal)",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "hulls",
      "v": 3,
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "Hulls listed in the source card"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "AK-630 Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)",
      "role": "Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)",
        "Caliber": "30 mm",
        "Rate of fire": "4,000–5,000 rounds/min"
      },
      "range_km": 5,
      "qty": "6 x AK-630 Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kashtan Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)",
      "role": "Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)",
        "Caliber": "30 mm"
      },
      "qty": "8 x Kashtan Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)"
    },
    {
      "name": "SA-N-11 Grison (9M-311)",
      "role": "Surface-to-Air Missile",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Surface-to-Air Missile",
        "Guidance": "Radio Command guidance",
        "Warhead": "Continuous-rod and steel cubes",
        "Warhead weight": "9 kg",
        "Speed": "900 m/s",
        "Length": "2,560 mm"
      },
      "range_km": 8
    },
    {
      "name": "SS-N-19 Shipwreck (P-500 Granit)",
      "role": "Anti-Ship Missile",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Anti-Ship Missile",
        "Guidance": "inertial w/command update, active radar/IR inertial w/anti-radar homing",
        "Warhead": "750 kg conventional high-explosive; or 500 kiloton nuclear",
        "Speed": "Mach 1+",
        "Launcher": "12 x SS-N-19 Shipwreck (P-500 Granit) SSM launchers",
        "Length": "10 m"
      },
      "range_km": 630,
      "qty": "24 x SS-N-19 Shipwreck Anti-Ship Missiles"
    },
    {
      "name": "SA-N-9 Gauntlet (Kinzhal)",
      "role": "Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM)",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM)",
        "Warhead": "conventional high-explosive",
        "Warhead weight": "15 kg",
        "Launcher": "24 x SA-N-9 Gauntlet (Kinzhal) 8-cell vertical SAM launchers"
      },
      "range_km": 12,
      "qty": "192 x SA-N-9 Gauntlet (Kinzhal) Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM)"
    }
  ],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Admiral Kuznetsov",
      "text": "Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov was designed by the Neva Design Bureau, St. Petersburg, and built at the Nikolayev South Shipyard (Chernomorskoye Shipyard) in the Ukrainian SSR.",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Liaoning",
      "text": "The second hull of the Kuznetsov class took a much more roundabout route to active service. Known first as Riga and then Varyag, she was laid down by the Nikolayev South Shipyard in 1985 and launched in 1988.",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Shandong",
      "text": "The second Chinese aircraft carrier was constructed in China according to a modified design, known as Type 002. The ship was laid down in 2013 at the Dalian naval shipyard and was launched on 26 April 2017.",
      "src": [
        "weg-kuznetsov"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "carrier",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/kuznetsov.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-kuznetsov": {
      "title": "Kuznetsov Class (Project 11435 Class) Russian Aircraft Carrier",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Kuznetsov_Class_Project_11435_Class_Russian_Aircraft_Carrier",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}