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Project 23000 or Shtorm (Russian: Шторм, lit. 'Storm') is a proposal for an aircraft carrier designed by the Krylov State Research Center for the Russian Navy. [1] The cost of the export version (Project 23000E) has been put at over US$5.5 billion, [4] and as of 2017 development had been expected to take ten years. [4]
The list of aircraft carriers of the Soviet Union and Russia includes all aircraft carriers built by, proposed for, or in service with the naval forces of either the Soviet Union or Russia. Although listed as aircraft carriers, none of them (with the exception of the never-built Ulyanovsk ) is a "true" aircraft carrier ( supercarrier ).
Shtorm (aircraft carrier), the Project 23000E (Russian: Шторм, lit. 'Storm'), a proposed future Russian aircraft carrier; Project 206 Shtorm (Russian: Шторм, lit. 'Storm'), a Soviet torpedo boat class, known under the NATO reporting name Shershen-class torpedo boat. Project 206M Shtorm-M (Russian: Шторм, lit.
Iraqi EE-9 Cascavel armoured car hit by Coalition tank fire in February 1991. Coalition aircraft inbound during Operation Desert Shield.. List of Gulf War military equipment is a summary of the various military weapons and vehicles used by the different nations during the Gulf War of 1990–1991.
Aircraft carriers turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific Theater and have been a staple of the U.S. Navy. Building on WWII technology, the Nimitz class allows for better radar, more ...
The Ilyushin Il-2 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-2) is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War.The word shturmovík (Cyrillic: штурмовик), the generic Russian term for a ground-attack aircraft, became a synecdoche for the Il-2 in English sources, where it is commonly rendered Shturmovik, Stormovik [3] and Sturmovik.
Aircraft Engine Top speed Range Ceiling Armament 7.62 mm /.30-cal. 12.7 mm /.50-cal. Cannon Bell P-39 Airacobra: Inline V-12: Allison 389 mph [CONVERT] 525 mi [CONVERT] 35,000 ft [CONVERT] 4 1 × 37 mm Bell P-63 Kingcobra: Inline V-12: Allison 410 mph 450 mi 43,000 ft 4 1 × 37mm Curtiss P-40 Warhawk: Inline V-12: Allison 345 mph 800 mi 29,100 ...
For take-off of fixed-wing aircraft, Admiral Kuznetsov has a ski-jump at the end of its bow. When taking off, aircraft accelerate toward and up the ski-jump using their afterburners. This results in the aircraft leaving the deck at a higher angle and elevation than on an aircraft carrier with a flat deck and catapults.