Soviet aircraft carrier on fire in Chinese lagoon
A former Soviet aircraft carrier that became a popular tourist attraction in China caught fire in a lagoon close to Shanghai.
Footage shows The Minsk, once a jewel of the mighty Soviet Pacific fleet, engulfed in a huge blaze over the weekend, with thick smoke and large flames lighting up on the night sky.
Firefighters spent over 24 hours trying to contain the fire, which Chinese state media said happened during renovations for it to become the centrepiece of a new military theme park.
There were no casualties reported and the cause of the fire is still being investigated. Pictures later showed extensive damage to the warship’s superstructure, with charred pieces of metal protruding from its main deck.
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36 comments
Where the sound is?
😐They will blame the West .
The West will believe them .
Oh Wow! That's goin to be a lot of money in a junk shop👍👍
🤣🤣🤣
America behind it
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if a country can't build an aircraft carrier, they aren't a BOSS, they a Player…it takes a technologically able society to build an aircraft carrier…..how many does America have? yeah, that's right, we MAKE THOSE HERE
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It failed to pay the docking fee in BRICS
It's a decommissioned tourist attraction. Hope no one was harmed.
Soviet?
Soviet carrier 😂 Thing is ancient
Was built in Ukraine by Ukrainians as all ships what russians have because all what russians have is hijacked from others nations. russians never even built any tall ship, all of them they have were hijacked from Germany after the 2 WW.
Made in Russia standard 😂😂😂😂
Made in chiiinaaaa😂😂😂
Now thats some evidence….😂😂
The Minsk hasn't been an operational ship for 30 years. It's been fighting several scrapping attemps and a time as a theme park attraction in China for nearly that long. I guess the current 11-year refit was not working out and the insurance payout is the next best option.
It's an omen
China testing it's fire extinguisher performance.. 😅
Result was very poor and out dated,🫢
Russia has one aircraft carrier, admiral Kuznetsov..this is not that
He wants return to the fyords
😂😂😂
Telegraph, your captions are misleading.
Oh those cigarette bud ends. I'm on my way but I'm on fire😅
Probably falling debris from a drone which they shot down…
It's a self-destruction implement that they built in. Their Navy is historically terrible shitebags.😂
The kuznetsov class ships really are cursed. Even when not in Russian hands it gets on fire somehow
Is that made of wood and rubber tyres.?
Like all ruzzian ships nowadays, there becoming a thing of the past
only chinese and russian technology can do that.
#senditzelinsky
#LettheBIGdogsEAT
สาทรจีน or hungry ghost festival
No 😮 , Very unusual !
Check its insurance policies. This is possibly some form of insurance fraud happening. Perhaps probably.
Coincidence that this is a Kiev Class carrier?
I think… probaby!