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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Russia set to build new aircraft carrier

Admiral Nikolai KuznetsovRussia's state-controlled United Ship-Building Corporation (USBC) has disclosed some specifications of a new-generation aircraft carrier currently being developed for the country's Navy.

Unlike Soviet-era aircraft cruisers of the Kiev class, the nuclear-powered ship with a displacement of 60,000 metric tons will not carry any cruise missiles.

Analysts have speculated that the new aircraft carrier's design would be based on that of the Admiral Kuznetsov and Ulyanovsk, the last Soviet-era carrier, or even a new 40,000-ton aircraft carrier ordered by the Indian Navy and being co-designed by Russian specialists. The latter's keel was laid on February 28, 2009.

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous4/3/09 19:17

    hmmm... didnt know Russian Scientists were involved in the design of India's carrier. Can u please elaborate?

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