Why Russia still needs aircraft carriers

In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that the Russian Navy’s fleet, along with its aviation, has a crucial role in modern military conflicts. In this regard, the answer to the question about the class and type of warships that are needed by the Russian Navy today is of fundamental importance.

One of the most common types of armed confrontations today is the so-called asymmetric conflict, when there is a collision of the regular army with the irregular, for example, partisan or rebellious groups.

The peculiarity lies in the fact that in this conflict between the strong and weak sides, the weak side departs from the “classical” rules of war.

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