Russia to build new aircraft carrier after 2020
Moscow, July 27 Russia will begin building new aircraft carriers after 2020, in a bid to give a major boost to the country's ability to deploy air power abroad, navy chief Viktor Chirkov has said.
China is building two indigenous aircraft carriers as part of a broad modernisation programme that has rattled nerves regionally, sources said yesterday, as the government confirmed it was refitting an old Soviet carrier for training.