And I love the Boris Badunov phrasing in the translation!

Another chapter in that extended essay on carriers is particularly interesting: Part II. Ideological Bomb - http://rusnavy.com/science/hull/russiancarrier/2/

It's particularly revealing, not only for how similar those debates are to our own, but even the fact that Russians are having those debates at all. The author, of course, certainly backs the Party Line.

I predict the Russians are going to have trouble with their advanced carrier designs. They certainly have the engineering talent and industrial experience to build them, but will they be able to develop the human resources to maintain and operate them? One of the things that strikes you about carrier ops in our navy is not just how complex it is, but the realization that all that chaotic flight deck ballet is being carried out primarily by teenagers.