Just getting your hands on a flattop is hardly enough.
Here s What You Need to Know: Not all bad aircraft carriers are Russian. The U.K. and France have both sold to poorer navies decommissioned flattops that probably should have been permanently retired. In 2000 the Brazilian navy acquired the former Foch from Paris for $12 million.
Imposing, flexible, able to sail fast and launch devastating air strikes at long range, aircraft carriers are the ultimate expression of national power. And many of the world’s best-armed countries are acquiring them. China, Russia, India, Brazil, the U.K., France, America.
But just getting your hands on a flattop is hardly enough. For every example of a country that succeeds in deploying a functional carrier and matching air wing, there’s a counter-example: a flattop hobbled by mechanical problems, stricken by age, sidelined by bad design or stuck with warplanes that simply don’t work.
Генконструктор Иноземцев о двигателе ПД-14, вернувшем Россию в высшую лигу мировой авиации
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Flattop Failure: These Aircraft Carriers Are Total Pieces of Junk
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От Манделы до кремлевского червя
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