The Soviet Union’s Kiev-class “heavy aviation cruisers” were ambitious but ultimately flawed warships of the Cold War. Functioning as hybrids between a guided-missile cruiser and an aircraft carrier, ...

At the tail end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union produced a number of unique aircraft carriers. Known as the Kiev class, the carriers were the Soviets’ initial foray into the world of fixed ...

With Japan's fleet decimated, soon the war would be over. The U.S. aircraft carrier had won the day. Cold War Carriers. Bettmann // Getty Images. The USS Forrstal, the world's first super-carrier.

The Cold War Hybrid Between Battleships and Aircraft Carriers. November 26, 2019. By: Robert Farley. Share. Share this link on Facebook; Share this page on X (Twitter) ...

In the Cold War, the Soviets developed an array of platforms to launch cruise missiles against U.S. carrier battle groups, including submarines, surface ships, and aircraft.

By the end of the Cold War when the USSR was split up and its remaining territories became part of the Russian Federation, the government couldn't afford to maintain its existing carriers.

China is reviving an ekranoplan design dubbed the "Bohai Sea Monster," echoing the Soviet "Caspian Sea Monster", a vessel ...

The Cold War era saw the advent of the Kiev-class aircraft carriers and later the Kuznetsov-class, ... We ordered these aircraft carriers according to when they were commissioned.

America’s longest-serving aircraft carrier in the 20th century, the USS Midway shot down MiGs in North Vietnam in 1965 and played a key role in the Cold War and Operation Desert Storm.