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The Soviet supercarrier
Ulyanovsk would have been a naval behemoth more than 1,000 feet long, with an 85,000-ton displacement.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Great nations have carriers, Russia considers itself a great nation, and therefore the ship would be a symbol of national revival and destiny. In other words, a new carrier would be one more reason to forget the bad old days when the Soviet Union disintegrated.
Had she ever sailed, the Soviet supercarrier
Ulyanovsk would have been a naval behemoth more than 1,000 feet long, with an 85,000-ton displacement and enough storage to carry an air group of up to 70 fixed and rotary wing aircraft.
Russia’s Enormous Ulyanovsk Aircraft Carrier Had Only One Mission
To keep America away from the Motherland.
Here s What You Need to Know: Great nations have carriers, Russia considers itself a great nation, and therefore the ship would be a symbol of national revival and destiny. In other words, a new carrier would be one more reason to forget the bad old days when the Soviet Union disintegrated.
Had she ever sailed, the Soviet supercarrier
Ulyanovsk would have been a naval behemoth more than 1,000 feet long, with an 85,000-ton displacement and enough storage to carry an air group of up to 70 fixed and rotary wing aircraft.