Why Russian Fleet Of Carriers Never Came Into Being? #shorts
5,263The Soviet Union concentrated on building battleships, cruisers, and destroyers during the 1920s and 30s, as the world started to focus on aircraft carriers, but why didn't they build a carrier fleet? The answer simply requires a quick glance at the map. Russia recognized the need for a large and potent fleet during the Cold War, but the Soviets again focused more on submarines than carriers, because the Second World War showed that the era of massive battleships was largely finished. However, Moscow recognized the potential for power projection that a carrier could provide, and developed the Moskva class of helicopter carriers in the 1960s. Despite the fact that these warships were not true aircraft carriers, as they didn't have fixed-wing aircraft, the Soviets continued to develop the Kiev class of carriers. At the end of the Cold War, work was underway on the "Ulyanovsk," a projected super carrier, but it was canceled as the Soviet Union fell. As a land power without any overseas bases to support a carrier fleet, Russia simply doesn't require an aircraft carrier. Even the ports on the Baltic Sea are encircled by NATO states, and would be attacked pretty quickly in the event of conflict.
The Soviet Union concentrated on building battleships, cruisers, and destroyers during the 1920s and 30s, as the world started to focus on aircraft carriers, but why didn't they build a carrier fleet? The answer simply requires a quick glance at the map. Russia recognized the need for a large and potent fleet during the Cold War, but the Soviets again focused more on submarines than carriers, because the Second World War showed that the era of massive battleships was largely finished. However, Moscow recognized the potential for power projection that a carrier could provide, and developed the Moskva class of helicopter carriers in the 1960s. Despite the fact that these warships were not true aircraft carriers, as they didn't have fixed-wing aircraft, the Soviets continued to develop the Kiev class of carriers. At the end of the Cold War, work was underway on the "Ulyanovsk," a projected super carrier, but it was canceled as the Soviet Union fell. As a land power without any overseas bases to support a carrier fleet, Russia simply doesn't require an aircraft carrier. Even the ports on the Baltic Sea are encircled by NATO states, and would be attacked pretty quickly in the event of conflict.
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