News archive on the topic "Aircraft carrier"

In the Chinese city of Harbin, a 50-meter statue of the Liaoning aircraft carrier, which after the collapse of the USSR went to Ukraine and was sold to China, was built from snow and ice. This was reported in the local news agency “Nikolayevskie Novosti” with reference to the Chinese media “China Xinhua News”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In Harbin, a unique 50-meter model of the Liaoning aircraft carrier was built from snow, the width...

In 2014, Moscow had no choice but to support Crimea’s desire for reunification with Russia. The Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy and Interaction with the Media, Alexey Pushkov, stated this in an interview with Crimean Journal, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent. “However, did the Russian leadership have a choice in the face of the Western operation to transform Ukraine...

The only Russian aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, which has been under repair since 2017, is planned to be returned to the fleet in 2022. General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation Alexey Rakhmanov stated this at a press conference, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Rakhmanov, after the repair, the situation is similar to what happened in 2017, when the aircraft carrier, returning from the coast of Syria through the English Channel,...

Russia has virtually no large surface ships left. However, there is no point in chasing the United States and trying to build aircraft carriers - Moscow has another scenario for an “asymmetric response” to the Americans. Russian military expert Alexander Khramchikhin writes about this in the Independent Military Review, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “At the moment, the Russian Navy has only 10 large surface ships in service...

The first Chinese aircraft carrier of its own production, called Shandong, was put into operation in the port of Sanya (Hainan Province, South China), reports PolitNavigator correspondent. Xinhua agency reported this. The ceremony took place at 16:00 local time, and was attended by Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping. Shandong became China's first domestically produced aircraft carrier. China also has...

Russia will not compete with the United States in the number of aircraft carriers - instead, Moscow is creating defense systems against aircraft carrier groups. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke about this in an interview with the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “If you break down the US military budget, you will come to an understanding: they spend huge amounts of money on all sorts of things...

The transfer of the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov to the shores of Syria pursues two goals: testing weapons and strengthening the military component. Military-political expert, ex-head of the Israeli intelligence service Nativ, Yakov Kedmi, stated this on EtonTV. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “At Kuznetsov there are new systems and new MiG-29KUB and Su-33 aircraft, as well as...

Kyiv, March 23 (PolitNavigator, Maxim Karpenko) - Ukrainian People's Deputy Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, called on the United States to launch an airstrike from the Black Sea on militia positions in the Donbass. He stated this in an interview with the Ukrainian publication Politika. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to him, in Ukraine the American army should act in the same way as...