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Russia: "Admiral Kuznetsov" aircraft carrier operational in 2021

Subjected to maintenance for 2 and a half years

When the maintenance and technological upgrades for the only Russian aircraft carrier -the "Admiral Kuznetsov"- will end, they will have to spend another seven months before seeing it come back into service. Currently the ship is in the Zvyozdochka shipyards and -as reported by "Tass" through the words of the CEO Sergei Marichev- it will remain there for at least two and a half years.Long times but...

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Murmansk, Russia, 07/26/2018 13:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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