Admiral Gorshkov, 1/2400

Being the fourth and last ship of the Kiev-class carriers, the Admiral Gorshkov (originally Baku) serves as a test-bed for weapon systems that will be installed into the (then) future Kuznetsov-calss carriers. As such, it sees major difference in sensor system and weaponaries than the previous ships.

 

The most visible changes include:

Twin barrel turrents are replaced with 100mm single barrel ones re-positioned in front of the bridge, this freed up space for additional anti-ship missiles.

The replacement of rail launchers with vertical launch systems (VLS).
The addition of passive electronically scanned array (PESA)

 

The bridge has been re-designed to accomodate these systems.

 

These test-bed systems will eventually be incoporated into the Kuznetsov-class carrier and the Baku itself will be further re-fitted into the INS Vikramaditya.