Soviet Kiev Class News Today

While the Vikrant’s commissioning definitely boosts India’s naval capabilities, the overall trend in naval power is clearly shifting away from India. 

The Soviet Union is long gone, but its aircraft carriers live on Benjamin Brimelow Russian conventionally powered aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. The Soviet navy was never known for its aircraft carriers, and the few it operated werent meant for the same kind of operations as their US counterparts. While those carriers didnt do much for the Soviets, a few of them have lived on and are now important naval assets for two of the worlds biggest military powers. After ...