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    is a class of STOBAR aircraft carriers operated by the Russian and Chinese navies. Originally designed for the Soviet Navy, the Kuznetsov-class ships...
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    Soyuza Kuznetsov (Russian: Адмира́л фло́та Сове́тского Сою́за Кузнецо́в, "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov") is an aircraft carrier (heavy...
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    design of the ship is a modified version of and similar to the Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier originally made for the Soviet Navy. Shandong was constructed...
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    2019. Originally laid down in 1985 for the Soviet Navy as the Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier Riga, she was launched on 4 December 1988 and renamed Varyag...
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    treaty reasons such as the Russian Kuznetsov-class aircraft carriers or British Invincible-class aircraft carriers are included however. Amphibious assault...
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    Type 003 class (NATO/OSD Fujian class). It succeeds the Type 002 Shandong which is described as a modified Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier. It is China's...
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    third-generation heavy aircraft cruiser Kuznetsov with Su-33 in the 1980s (Plan 1143.5/Order 105) and the Varyag aircraft carrier (Plan 1143.6/Order 106)...
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    is a designation for the Kiev and Kuznetsov-class ships. They are a cross between a cruiser and an aircraft carrier. Aviation cruisers have close-in weapon...
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    War. The N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy and the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, as well as the Kuznetsov-class carrier class, are named in his...
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  • Specifically, they were all ASW helicopter carriers or aircraft cruisers, including the Admiral Kuznetsov, the only carrier still in service with the Russian Navy...
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    carrier-based aircraft (also known as carrier-capable aircraft, carrier-borne aircraft, carrier aircraft or aeronaval aircraft) is a naval aircraft designed...
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  • There have been two Russian aircraft carriers laid down as Riga Riga, an Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier laid down in 1981, renamed Leonid Brezhnev...
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    The Kiev class, Soviet designation Project 1143 Krechyet (gyrfalcon), was the first class of fixed-wing aircraft carriers (heavy aviation cruiser in Soviet...
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    Baku (Russian: Баку) was a Kiev-class aircraft carrier of the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1987 to 1996. In 1991 the ship was renamed Admiral...
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    23000 or Shtorm (Russian: Шторм, lit. 'Storm') is a proposal for an aircraft carrier designed by the Krylov State Research Center for the Russian Navy....
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  • Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier, which carries both aircraft and an array of conventional armament (the class is sometimes termed a "heavy aircraft-carrying...
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    aircraft carrier classes in service List of sunken aircraft carriers Timeline for aircraft carrier service "Aircraft carrier | Define Aircraft carrier at Dictionary...
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  • by Ukraine Marshal Ustinov Varyag Moskva Kuznetsov-class aircraft carriers are designated as heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers by the Russian Navy because...
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  • A ship class and an aircraft carrier have been named Admiral Kuznetsov after Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974), who was the People's Commissar...
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  • bureau Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov This page lists people with the surname Kuznetsov (Кузнецов),...
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    76 vs. homing torpedoes Kiev-class aircraft carrier Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier Kirov-class battlecruiser Udaloy-class destroyer "UDAV-1". warfare...
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  • 1983. Unusually for an aircraft carrier, the Kuznetsov-class also carried 12 Granit launchers. This gave the Admiral Kuznetsov an additional primary attack...
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  • carriers and these will be larger and will carry more fighter-planes than Liaoning. The 67,500 ton ex-Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag (Kuznetsov class)...
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    final Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier 2020 15 July – USS Tripoli (LHA-7) commissioned, the second and last Flight 0 America-class helicopter carrier before...
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    Hermes/Viraat (UK/India) Invincible-class aircraft carriers (UK) Juan Carlos I (Spain) Kuznetsov-class aircraft carriers (Soviet Union/Russia/China) Príncipe...
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  • (Russian: Орёл pr: "Or'yol", Eagle) was Soviet Union's planned aircraft carrier class developed in the 1970s to give the Soviet Navy a true blue water...
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  • Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov Kuznetsov-class aircraft carriers, named after the Admiral Kuznetsov Admiral Kuznetsov Strait, Bering Sea This disambiguation...
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  • The Type 004 aircraft carrier is a supercarrier of the People's Liberation Army Navy's aircraft carrier programme being constructed since 2024. Like the...
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    A carrier battle group (CVBG) is a naval fleet consisting of an aircraft carrier capital ship and its large number of escorts, together defining the group...
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    Kamov Ka-31 (category 1990s Soviet military aircraft)
    the Ka-252RLD, was primarily intended to serve on Kiev-class and Kuznetsov-class aircraft carriers, but also on other ships with a helicopter deck. Two...
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