Rather, it waited until 1975 to launch its first aircraft carrier, the Kiev, though it had two Moskva-class helicopter carriers in its employ since 1967. Since launching the Kiev, Russia produced ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Soviet Union could never allocate enough of the country’s resources to build a real fleet of aircraft carriers. There was always some other ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued orders to the command of the cruiser Moskva, currently in ... "A French aircraft carrier task force is to approach your area soon.