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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Russia to build new aircraft carrier after 2015

Russia could start construction of a new aircraft carrier after 2015, the Navy commander said Monday.

At present, Russia has only one operational aircraft carrier, the Nikolai Kuznetsov, which was commissioned in the early 1990s and has recently re-entered service after a prolonged overhaul.

"The ship [Kuznetsov] has been fully overhauled and will serve [in the Navy] for a long time, but not forever, which is why we are planning to design and build a new modern aircraft carrier," Admiral Vladimir Masorin said.

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