> For a comparison the Kuznetsov is carrying 3 Mig-29K and maybe twice as many Su-33 Though they dropped one of the MiG-29s in the ocean a couple of days ago..

> For a comparison the Kuznetsov is carrying 3 Mig-29K and maybe twice as many Su-33 Though they dropped one of the MiG-29s in the ocean a couple of days ago... But that's still a magnitude more powerful than what most second / third-tier countries can summon from their entire armed forces. For example in Africa, perhaps only Algeria, Morocco, Angola and South Africa would have any hope of taking-on such a force, and that's not even considering the carrier's escorts.