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Alexander Mladenov assesses the operational deployment off Syria of Russia’s ‘Admiral Kuznetsov’ aircraft carrier and her potent air wing.
RUSSIAN CARRIER OPS
MANY OF the world’s major air forces’ fighters and bombers have been involved in military operations over Syria since 2014, but until recently the Russian Navy had been conspicuous by its absence. But the situation changed when the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, known affectionately by the Russians as ‘Kuzya’, deployed to the area and went to war.