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These carriers offer object lessons for all the countries building aircraft carriers today.

MIAMI – A joint venture to build a supersonic passenger aircraft will be set up by Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and Emirati State-owned investment company Mubadala, Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said on Sunday. Previously, the Russian company attempted to make a passenger aircraft based on the Tupolev Tu-160, but later rejected the proposal, choosing to develop a new supersonic aircraft from the ground up. The Tupolev Tu-160 in 2010. Photo: Pavel Adzhigildaev, ...

Russia Couldn’t Have Built the MiG-15 Without Britain’s Help The Soviets knew they had a winner in the MiG-15. Heres What You Need to Remember: The Nene turbojet engine gave the Soviet Union a remarkable leg up in the race to design high-performing jet fighters early in the Cold War. Unlike many short-lived episodes of technological one-upmanship, the baffling British blunder would have battlefield consequences in just a few years. By the end of World War II, it was becoming clear that the...

1997 Yakovlev Yak-9 in Russian WWII Overalls Is a Scary Sight in American Skies 23 Jan 2021, 8:40 UTC · by There were never bigger enemies in the history of the world than the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The two nations held knives at each others’ throats for decades, and came to the brink of war on several occasions. Yet, somehow, clearer minds prevailed, and the world was spared a military confrontation that would have probably brought about the end of civilization. 1 photo Because th...

1945 Yakovlev YAK-3 Is a Red Army Fighter That Made It to California 16 Jan 2021, 8:45 UTC · by There was terrible turmoil in the skies of the planet during the Second World War. For the first time in history, humans had the capability to fight against each other in the sky, in never-before-seen numbers, thanks to the massive advancements made in the aviation industry in the preceding years. 6 photos For what it’s worth, today we mostly remember the incredible machines and pilots the A...

© (L) Andrey Yakovlev RT; (R) FILE PHOTO: Latvian police Global Look/ Victor Lisitsyn The prosecution of journalists, who worked with Russian news outlets in Latvia is nothing but outright "repression" aimed at gagging alternative news sources, particularly those linked to Moscow, one of them told RT. Andrey Yakovlev is a veteran Latvian journalist who founded Baltnews, a local news agency. His problems with authorities began when he handed control of the agency to the Russian Rossiya Segod...

The prosecution of journalists, who worked with Russian news outlets in Latvia is nothing but outright “repression” aimed at gagging alternative news sources, particularly those linked to Moscow, one of them told RT.

Latvia Uses Repressive Means to Restrict Media Freedom - Latvian Journalist Thu 14th January 2021 | 11:12 PM The Latvian authorities use repressive methods to restrict freedom of the press in a bid to silence alternative voices, former editor-in-chief of the Baltnews portal, Andrey Yakovlev, said on Thursday MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 14th January, 2021) The Latvian authorities use repressive methods to restrict freedom of the press in a bid to silence alternative voices, former edito...

January 11, 2021 Everything you always wanted to know about Chinese air power (but were afraid to ask) – Interview with Andreas Rupprecht Few have written more on the subject of Chinese air power than Andreas Rupprecht. We grilled him on the hottest topics in that most dynamic of subjects, Chinese warplanes. China appears to be producing new designs at a greater pace than other nations, is that true, and if so, why? If they indeed are “producing new designs at a greater pace than other na...

Some of these ships were not well made or were kept around long past their retirement dates. Key Point: Aircraft carriers require a lot of care and costly maintanence. Here are a few carriers that perhaps should have had their careers cut short. 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...