Russia's navy chief said Wednesday that the country needs to build at least one new aircraft carrier in addition to the one now in service, Russian news agencies reported.
“The navy will have several aircraft carriers,” Admiral Vladimir Masorin was quoted as saying by the Interfax-Military news agency. “We don't need to have 12 aircraft carriers like the United States, but we need such ships.”
The ITAR-Tass news agency quoted Adm. Masorin as saying that Russia will build “one or two aircraft carriers,” although he did not say when.
The post-Soviet funding squeeze has badly hurt the once-formidable navy, prompting it to abandon a large number of big vessels and keep most others docked for years because of shortages of fuel and spare parts.
Thanks to booming oil prices, however, the armed forces have seen a slow revival and increased budgets. Adm. Masorin attended an event marking the start of construction of a new frigate at a St. Petersburg shipyard – the first big surface ship to be built in 15 years.
He said the navy would commission 20 such frigates capable of carrying long-range antiship cruise missiles.
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