Russia To Unveil Aircraft Super-Carrier Design At IMDS 2015

A Russian naval design bureau will unveil a new design for a massive aircraft carrier at an International Maritime Defense Show 2015, held from 1st to 5th of July 2015 in St. Petersburg.

It will be unveiling the Project 23000E, or Shtorm-class, super-carrier that is design by the Krylov State Research Center. It appears similar to one teased by Russian Defense Ministry television channel TV Zvezda earlier this year, magazine IHS Jane's reported Friday.

“The Project 23000E multipurpose aircraft carrier is designed to conduct operations in remote and oceanic areas, engage land-based and sea-borne enemy targets, ensure the operational stability of naval forces, protect landing troops, and provide the anti-aircraft defense,” Krylov State Research Center deputy director Valery Polyakov was quoted as saying.

The new super-carrier would likely be part of a future armament program, as Russia's shipbuilding industry is currently unable to take on such a project, and the navy's near term strategy is to build up its fleets of smaller vessels.

The $400 billion worth rearmament program until 2020 intended to revamp the country's armed forces and restore the Russian navy's ability to project power abroad.