Russiansoviet Aircraft Carrier Carrier Aviation Design Evolution Hugh Harkins by Hugh Harkins 9781537534848, 153753484X instant download after payment.

Российские и советские авианесущие корабли от ранних проектов и трофейного Graf Zeppelin до Киева, Минска и Адмирала Горшкова. This first volume focusses predominantly on the operational design genesis of the major aircraft carrying vessels of the Soviet era, the Project 1123 Moskva Class Anti-Submarine Warfare helicopter carrying Cruisers and the Project 1143-1143.4 Kiev and Improved Kiev Class Heavy Aircraft Carrying Cruisers. In 2016, there were five Russian/Soviet designed and built aircraft carriers in existence, three of which were in operational service the Project 1143.5 Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union, Kuznetsov in Russian Federation naval service, the INS Vikramaditya (formerly the Project 1143.4 Heavy Aircraft Carrying Cruiser Baku/Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union, Gorshkov) in Indian naval service and the incomplete former Soviet Project 1143.6 Varyag in service with the Peoples Liberation Army Navy of China as the Liaoning. The other two carriers, the Project 1143 Kiev and Minsk Heavy Aircraft Carrying Cruisers had been decommissioned and formed museum exhibits in China.