What You Need to Know: The Soviet Union had ambitious plans to build a powerful aircraft carrier fleet but never fully realized these goals.Despite attempts dating back to the 1920s, projects like ...

The Russian Navy should operate at least four aircraft carriers, Scientific Head of the ... offered for the domestic fleet as well. The Project 23000 was called Shtorm (Storm).

On July 1, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said Russia’s Project 11435 aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will receive the Kamov Ka-52K (NATO reporting name: Hokum-B) helicopter ...

Russia is also focusing to project power in the Pacific and Arctic regions. On top of that, the Russian military is being rebuilt, with plans for new tanks, aircraft carriers, and submarines.

He highlighted its links to Russia's Defense Ministry, saying that it supplies parts for Russian aircraft. The ASTRA Telegram channel, a project run by independent Russian journalists, said a fire ...

China's first aircraft carrier, the Soviet-built Liaoning, was commissioned in 2012 after completing 10 sea trials in 13 months, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

China's first aircraft carrier has entered into service, the defence ministry announced. The 300 meters Liaoning - named after the province where it was refitted - is a refurbished Soviet ship ...

The ex-Soviet vessel, which China bought from Ukraine in 1998, is expected to rotate with China’s second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, in exercises and missions, state-backed Global Times ...