"The USSR Once Had Big Aircraft Carrier Dreams" Topic
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Tango01  | 12 Jan 2021 8:57 p.m. PST |
"In the late 1960s, the Soviet shipbuilding industry began to develop its first nuclear-powered aircraft cruiser. Project 1160 Orel ("Eagle") was a nuclear-powered supercarrier with a displacement of around 80,000 tons. Orel would have featured steam catapults, carrying as many as seventy aircraft. In line with the Soviet concept of a "heavy aviation cruiser," the proposed supercarrier would have differed from its western counterparts with a robust onboard arsenal of sixteen P-700 Granit anti-ship cruise missiles. By the early 1970s, the project was abandoned due to cost concerns and succeeded by the smaller and much less ambitious Kiev class of conventionally powered carriers…"
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And there is a Russian Navy plan to build a 100,000 ton super carrier ….
"Navy Mystery: Why Doesn't Russia Go Aircraft Carrier Crazy?" link Amicalement
Armand |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 13 Jan 2021 4:49 a.m. PST |
From The National Interest website |
| Old Wolfman | 13 Jan 2021 11:23 a.m. PST |
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| Thresher01 | 13 Jan 2021 9:29 p.m. PST |
They still do, though I can't see how they'll ever be able to afford to build even one. |
| Barin1 | 14 Jan 2021 2:09 a.m. PST |
If there is a political will, it can be built. However i doubt it – there're plans to build helo carriers, with larger displacement than Mistral, and of course it will always be a concept fight between supporters of carriers and nuclear subs. As subs are cheaper to build and maintain, they'll be getting priority financing.
Happened first time in Khrushev's era…. |
| Tango01 | 14 Jan 2021 12:29 p.m. PST |
Thanks Barin!. Amicalement
Armand |
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