Summary and Key Points: The Russian Navy’s sole aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, is widely regarded as a carrier in name only due to its persistent technical issues and operational failures.

The Admiral Kuznetsov is Russia's only aircraft carrier and serves as the flagship of the Russian Navy. Commissioned in 1990, it belongs to the Kuznetsov-class and was designed during the Cold War ...

This system, in place on the Admiral Kuznetsov, requires the carrier to launch its planes via a ski-jump ramp on the front of the carrier—drastically cutting down their available takeoff weight ...

MOSCOW, December 5. /TASS/. Russia’s Sukhoi-33 fighter jet crashed in the Mediterranean while landing on The Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement ...

MOSCOW, April 22. /TASS/. Repairing with simultaneous modernization of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier is due to begin in September at a plant near Murmansk, and the cost will make almost ...

The Admiral Kuznetsov is Russia's sole aircraft carrier, which the Liaoning is based on. Both ships have the same size, speed, and feature the "ski jump" platform. The Kuznetsov lacks the ...

China, a rising great power, has two conventional carriers resembling the Kuznetsov, but the country is working on a third carrier that could be the country's first modern flattop. Russia ...