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During the later part of the cold war i.e 80s the Moskova class was clearly obsolete as ASW ships, did the soviets think of turning the Moskva /Leningrad class ships from their original ASW role to Assault Carriers for their naval marines to deal with the localized conflicts

Could they carry larger helicopters like Ka-27 and /or Mi-8/ Mi-24

How many troops can they carry ?

Can they be used alongside Ivan Rugov assault ships ?

How will their missile armament be modified , the M-11 Shtrom are dual role ASUW and AAW weapons and likely be retained

but RPK-1 Vikhr rocket ASW can be replaced by either SSN-14 silex which are dual role ASW /ASUW

RBU can also be used for shore bombardment /back up ASW

Torpedo tubes replaced in 1970s and 57 mm guns can be replaced by additional guns maybe ? like 4 x 76 mm guns or 2 x 130 mm guns which can be used for ASUW and shore bombardment ? or maybe 2 mounts of BM-21 rockets

The Ka-25 ASW helos can be converted to transport helos each with 12 troop capacity , maybe adapted to carry Mi-8?

any other suggestions ?
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