Aircraft Carrier Development in Soviet Naval Theory

Authors

Charles C. Petersen

Abstract

Few developments in recent years have so captured the attention of naval specialists as the mounting evidence of a Soviet effort to design and deploy a carrier capable of accommodating conventional takeoff-and ­landing (CTOL) aircraft. To some observers, who expected the Soviets to remain in the business of producing V /STOL aircraft carriers like Kiev and Minsk, this probably came as something of a surprise. To others, however, the CTOL carrier is Kiev's natural evolutionary successor, a logical next step in the Soviet Navy's long quest to take airpower to sea.

Recommended Citation

Petersen, Charles C. (1984) "Aircraft Carrier Development in Soviet Naval Theory," Naval War College Review: Vol. 37: No. 1, Article 2.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol37/iss1/2