Su-33, placed on "Admiral Kuznetsov", equipped with a subsystem that improves the accuracy of the bombing
"To date, a significant number of deck fighters based on the heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov have been equipped with this equipment," said a source.
On Tuesday, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that “for the first time in stories Russian naval fleet in the fighting ... involved the aircraft carrier cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov. ”
“Today our Su-33 aircraft began working with this cruiser. Before that, we conducted very thorough, thorough intelligence on all targets. Based on this, the main ones are identified - these are warehouses with ammunition, congestions and mainly training centers for illegal armed groups, or to be more precise, terrorists, ”he said.
Later, the representative of the Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov said that the planes from the wing of the "Admiral Kuznetsov" had "destroyed a large gang formation of the group" Dzhabhat al-Nusra "(banned in the Russian Federation)".
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