Named to honor a revered USSR Admiral Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, the carrier was designed to support and defend missile-carrying submarines and other aircraft in the Soviet Navy as a “heavy ...

However, during the Cold War, the Soviet Union had several aircraft carriers, some of which were intended for anti-submarine warfare. Here, 24/7 Wall St. is taking a closer look at the Russian and ...

The Russian Navy has enhanced its capabilities by adding an advanced nuclear-powered attack submarine – named Arkhangelsk – ...

Although lacking an aircraft carrier, only five countries ... It also has the second largest tank fleet behind Russia and the second largest submarine fleet behind the US. China has also made ...

The Kirovs were originally conceived to counter the U.S. Navy’s submarines with its large ... alongside prospective nuclear-powered aircraft carriers for global power projection.

MUMBAI, India -- India's navy on Wednesday simultaneously launched a submarine, a destroyer and a frigate built at a ...

The trials were carried out from Oct. 19 – Nov. 6 off the coast of California with the F-35B aircraft conducting ... Japan tracked a Russian submarine passing through the Tsushima Strait and ...

two Russian Il-38 patrol aircraft were tracked on September 14 and 15; two Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft were seen on September 13; and two unspecified Russian ...

Turkey's ambitious naval projects -an aircraft carrier, a destroyer and a submarine -signal a bold bid for naval power and ...