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 ...

The aircraft carrier Minsk from the former Soviet Union anchors at the Minsk World theme park on May 5, 2005, in Shenzhen of Guangdong Province, China.

A former Soviet aircraft carrier burned in a waterway near Shanghai over the weekend, the latest setback for the decommissioned warship since its conversion into a Chinese tourist attraction.

Soviet Kiev-class aircraft carrier Minsk, February 9, 1983. US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Glenn Lindsey The last Kiev-class ship, Baku ...

To identify the Russian and Soviet Union aircraft carriers used throughout history, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed a catalog of aircraft carriers from Haze Gray, an online database of aircraft carriers.

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 ...

The Soviet Union needed to cut costs following its dismantling in the early '90s, which meant selling off plenty of aircraft carriers.

Summary and Key Points: The Soviet Union developed the Project 949 Granit and Project 949A Antey submarines, known as the Oscar I and Oscar II classes, to counter U.S. Navy carrier battle groups ...

The carrier would likely carry as many aircraft as a U.S. carrier, or around 65 fighters, support aircraft and helicopters. The 100,000-ton vessel would be Russia's largest military shipbuilding ...

Conventionally powered and with a displacement of about 42,000 tons – less than half that of a US Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier – the 896-feet (273 meter) ship could carry ...