Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, was originally designed to deploy a “missile farm” that was more powerful than the airplanes it launched from its deck. The downsides of the ...

What You Need to Know: Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, is a unique hybrid vessel, combining aircraft-launching capabilities with a formidable array of missile systems. Designed ...

News outlet Ukrainska Pravda reports that the Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft which crashed in Russia’s Belgorod region near the Ukrainian border on Wednesday was carrying missiles, ...