Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier vs MUGEM

AAircraft carriers

Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier

Heavy aircraft cruiser / Aircraft carrier

Credit

Ministry of Defence · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BAircraft carriers

MUGEM

Aircraft carrier

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrierLength

305 m

Length source ↗

MUGEMLength

285 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrierlarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+7%
Draught+9%

MUGEMlarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

305m

285m

Length+7%

All recorded figures & sources

305 m

Length

Single source

305 m (1,000 ft 8 in)^[source]

285 m

Length

Single source

285 m (935 ft 0 in)^[source]

72m

Beam

All recorded figures & sources

72 m

Beam

Single source

72 m (236 ft 3 in)^[source]

72 m

Beam

Single source

72 m (236 ft 3 in)^[source]

11m

10.1m

Draught+9%

All recorded figures & sources

11 m

Draught

Single source

11 m (36 ft 1 in)^[source]

10.1 m

Draught

Single source

10.1 m (33 ft 2 in)^[source]

58,600tmax

> 60,000t>

DisplacementScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

43,000 tonnes

light

Single source

58,600 tonnes

max

Single source

55,000 tonnes

standard

Single source

43,000 t (42,000 long tons ), light 55,000 t (54,000 long tons), standard 58,600 t (57,700 long tons), max^[source]

> 60,000 tonnes

Single source

>60,000 t (59,000 long tons )^[source]

1,500

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Complement

All recorded figures & sources

1,500 people

Complement

Single source

1,500^[source]

54km/hMaximum; Speed

48km/hMaximum; + (maximum)

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

54 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)^[source]

48 km/h

Maximum; + (maximum)

Single source

26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)+ (maximum)^[source]

15,700kmat 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)

19,000km

Range

All recorded figures & sources

15,700 km

at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Single source

7,000 km

at 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)

Single source

8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) 3,800 nmi (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)^[source]

19,000 km

Range

Single source

10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier and MUGEM configuration
Specification	Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier	MUGEM
Crew	—	800+ Embarked Personnel: 950. Up to 2,500 total personnel accommodation (crew + air wing + embarked force + mission staff) ROLE 2+ naval hospital capability (surgical suites, intensive care units, triage ward, burn treatment, trauma stabilization, medical evacuation coordination)^[source]
Power	Steam turbines 80,000 shp (60,000 kW ) 200,000 shp (150,000 kW)^[source]	Integrated hybrid electric power system (HVDC backbone)^[source]
Name	Kuznetsov class^[source]	Milli Uçak Gemisi (National Aircraft Carrier)^[source]
Builders	Chernomorskiy Shipyard 444 Dalian Shipbuilding Industry^[source]	Istanbul Naval Shipyard^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy Soviet Navy (former operator) Russian Navy (former operator)^[source]	Turkish Naval Forces^[source]
Preceded by	Kiev class^[source]	Anadolu class^[source]
Succeeded by	Ulyanovsk -class (USSR — cancelled) Project 23000 (Russia — planned) Type 003 (China)^[source]	—
Subclasses	Type 001 Type 002^[source]	—
Built	1982–2019^[source]	—
In commission	25 December 1990–present^[source]	—
Completed	3^[source]	—
Active	2^[source]	—
Laid up	1^[source]	—
Type	Heavy aircraft cruiser / Aircraft carrier^[source]	Aircraft carrier^[source]
Armament	( Kuznetsov ) 12 × P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) AShMs 192 × 3K95 Kinzhal (SA-N-9 Gauntlet) SAMs 8 × Kashtan CIWS 6 × AK-630 CIWS 60 × UDAV-1 ASW rockets ( Liaoning and Shandong ) 3 × Type 1130 CIWS 3 × HQ-10 SAMs^[source]	32 (2x16) cell MiDLAS vertical launching system 4 × GOKDENIZ CIWS 7 × STOP RWS^[source]
Aircraft carried	30–50 18–32 × fixed-wing aircraft 18–24 × helicopters^[source]	25x Aircraft, 3x Helicopters, 15x UAV^[source]
Aviation facilities	14,700 m 2 (158,000 sq ft) flight deck two aircraft lift bow ski-jump^[source]	15x Aircraft, 3x Helicopters 5x UAV, 2x Aircraft Lifts, USV, UUV.^[source]
Country of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	—
Building	—	1^[source]
Propulsion	—	2 × GE LM6000 gas turbines + 4 × MTU 20V 4000 + 4 × GE APMM (Advanced Permanent Magnet Machine) (IFEP-like integrated electric propulsion) + 2 x CPP^[source]
Status	—	Construction activities are currently underway^[source]First MUGEM-class carrier, currently under construction; no active fleet count.

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Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier

MUGEM

Crew

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800+ Embarked Personnel: 950. Up to 2,500 total personnel accommodation (crew + air wing + embarked force + mission staff) ROLE 2+ naval hospital capability (surgical suites, intensive care units, triage ward, burn treatment, trauma stabilization, medical evacuation coordination)^[source]

Power

Steam turbines 80,000 shp (60,000 kW ) 200,000 shp (150,000 kW)^[source]

Integrated hybrid electric power system (HVDC backbone)^[source]

Name

Kuznetsov class^[source]

Milli Uçak Gemisi (National Aircraft Carrier)^[source]

Builders

Chernomorskiy Shipyard 444 Dalian Shipbuilding Industry^[source]

Istanbul Naval Shipyard^[source]

Operators

People's Liberation Army Navy Soviet Navy (former operator) Russian Navy (former operator)^[source]

Turkish Naval Forces^[source]

Preceded by

Kiev class^[source]

Anadolu class^[source]

Succeeded by

Ulyanovsk -class (USSR — cancelled) Project 23000 (Russia — planned) Type 003 (China)^[source]

—

Subclasses

Type 001 Type 002^[source]

—

Built

1982–2019^[source]

—

In commission

25 December 1990–present^[source]

—

Completed

3^[source]

—

Active

2^[source]

—

Laid up

1^[source]

—

Type

Heavy aircraft cruiser / Aircraft carrier^[source]

Aircraft carrier^[source]

Armament

( Kuznetsov ) 12 × P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) AShMs 192 × 3K95 Kinzhal (SA-N-9 Gauntlet) SAMs 8 × Kashtan CIWS 6 × AK-630 CIWS 60 × UDAV-1 ASW rockets ( Liaoning and Shandong ) 3 × Type 1130 CIWS 3 × HQ-10 SAMs^[source]

32 (2x16) cell MiDLAS vertical launching system 4 × GOKDENIZ CIWS 7 × STOP RWS^[source]

Aircraft carried

30–50 18–32 × fixed-wing aircraft 18–24 × helicopters^[source]

25x Aircraft, 3x Helicopters, 15x UAV^[source]

Aviation facilities

14,700 m 2 (158,000 sq ft) flight deck two aircraft lift bow ski-jump^[source]

15x Aircraft, 3x Helicopters 5x UAV, 2x Aircraft Lifts, USV, UUV.^[source]

Country of origin

Soviet Union^[source]

—

Building

—

1^[source]

Propulsion

—

2 × GE LM6000 gas turbines + 4 × MTU 20V 4000 + 4 × GE APMM (Advanced Permanent Magnet Machine) (IFEP-like integrated electric propulsion) + 2 x CPP^[source]

Status

—

Construction activities are currently underway^[source]First MUGEM-class carrier, currently under construction; no active fleet count.