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Subject: USSR Carriers
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Date: 11 Jun 91 03:39:32 GMT
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>From: cpjrc@groper.jcu.edu.au (Jarrod R Camp)
> A friend has just told me about a new Russian carrier which carries Su-27's,
>and dosen't use a catapult, but a large ski-ramp! Apparently 3 more are 
>planned for the future. Could someone out there provide a bit more info on
>this subject? 

   That's right. I don't have any of the hard facts in-front of me, but
the USSR carrier, called the Tblisi I think, went to sea a year or so
ago and has completed initial flight trials. If memory serves me right,
it is slightly smaller than a Nimitz class US carrier, although it is
not nuclear powered. It does use an ski-jump instead of catapults. 

  The Soviets call it something like an "aircraft carrying cruiser".

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