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Russia: will the new aircraft carrier have a catamaran hull?
Atypical solution that can cause problems
![A Sukhoi Su-33 parked on the landing deck of "Admiral Kuznetsov" aircraft carrier](https://avionews.it/resources/big/c5a809e6ba5d95dbd0ac131242256287.jpg.webp)
Russia would be building the first light aircraft carrier equipped with a semi-catamaran hull that should hypothetically allow it to operate indifferently in coastal and ocean waters, transporting between 24 and 28 Sukhoi Su-33 and MiG-29K aircraft and about a dozen of Kamov Ka-27 helicopters. The ship would have a displacement of between 40 and 45 thousand tons, or rather less than half of the US...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency