Russian Navy desperate for new planes

Russian naval aviation is in critical condition, particularly the aviation units of the Black Sea Fleet, which may lose most of their fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters in the next five to six years.

This problem demands a rapid solution. Otherwise the new warships ordered under the 2011-2020 state rearmament program will be useless.

So far there are no official plans for equipping the navy with new fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.

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