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 plane never entered serial production, but it did contribute mightily to the overall design and development of future Russian aircraft.

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 ...

The Russian Navy will have a nuclear-powered ... Russia’s Krylov State Scientific Center showed the conceptual project of a medium aircraft carrier with a nuclear reactor and an auxiliary ...

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.

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.

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 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 ...