Military & Defense September 05, 13:39
The Russian Navy earlier said the Russian
fleet hoped to get a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier by the end of 2030
MOSCOW, September 5. /TASS/. The Russian industry will be able to build aircraft carriers having a displacement of 110,000-115,000 tonnes by 2020, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on the Rossiya-24 round-the-clock TV news channel on Tuesday.
"When we build new shipyards and a huge dry dock in
the Far East, if there is such a contract, it will be possible to create an
aircraft carrier having a displacement of 110,000-115,000 tonnes. We will be
capable of doing that starting from 2020," Rogozin said.
Russia’s future aircraft carrier will cost "far
less" than its US counterparts.
He remarked that contracts for such ships would depend on
the needs of Russia’s General Staff, which determines the need for aircraft
carriers of that class.
Rogozin speculated that the Zvezda shipyard in the Far
East may become a place for building such ships. Work is in progress there to
build a 114-meter-wide dry dock.
"We now have no restrictions regarding the tonnage
of civil or naval ships we may choose to build there," he said.
The Russian Navy earlier said the Russian fleet hoped to
get a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier by the end of 2030. Russian Deputy
Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said the contract for building an aircraft
carrier might be signed by the end of 2025. And Industry and Trade Minister
Denis Manturov said a sketch project of what may become Russia’s aircraft
carrier of the future had been presented to the Defense Ministry.
Original post: tass.com
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