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Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Moscow set to upgrade Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier

Admiral Nikolai KuznetsovThe Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov, currently the only aircraft carrier serving as the flagship of the Russian Navy, will be upgraded, the media reported, quoting Navy sources.

The aircraft carrier, due to enter a dry dock in 2012, will be re-launched in 2017.

Originally laid as the Leonid Brezhnev in 1982, launched as the Riga in 1985 and renamed as the Tbilisi in 1987, the warship received her current name in 1990.

Western analysts call her a ship of a thousand names.

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