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  Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Varyag was to be a Kuznetsov-class multirole aircraft carrier.
On 3 November, Varyag was caught in a force 9 gale and broke adrift while passing the Greek island of Skyros.
The most visible modification done to the Varyag is that her island has been painted in a dark red colour.
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Vice Premier of the Russian Federation Viktor Khristenko, who is a co-chairman of the Russian-Vietnamese intergovernmental commission for trade, economic, scientific and technological cooperation, conducts negotiations with his counterpart Vu Khoan in the Vietnamese capital More details...
Russian Minister for Antitrust Policy Ilya Yuzhanov is going to take part in the two-day Global Forum on Competition hosted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to open in Paris Thursday More details...
A memorial plaque and the monument to Russian seamen were open in Incheon (South Korea) to commemorate heroes of the Varyag cruiser More details...
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 All News 2003 on www.Aviapress.com. Model kits, Military Books and Magazines - the choice of the whole internet.
Its basic armament of short-range guided missiles and strategic cruise missiles enables it to deliver nuclear strikes to targets with preassigned coordinates.In the future, after the aircraft is equipped with high-precision conventional weapons it may also be used against mobile or tactical targets.
The latter is placed in starboard main engine nacelle to be employed as APU and to generate additional thrust in takeoff and cruise flight.
The new aircraft reached a maximum speed of 425 km/h (cruising speed with a 2000 kg bomb load was 380 km/h).
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 Aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Some cruisers and capital ships of the inter-war years often carried a catapult launched seaplane for reconnaissance and spotting the fall of the guns.
To militate against the expensive connotations of the term "aircraft carrier", the new Invincible class carriers were originally designated "through deck cruisers" and were initially helicopter only craft to operate as escort carriers.
The Russian Federation is currently developing a new aircraft carrier design.
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