23 Nov 2012 14:20

Development of new aircraft carrier for the Russian Navy will be completed by 2020 - commander-in-chief

MOSCOW. Nov 23 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian Navy needs modern aircraft carriers and the appearance of the new vessel is already being developed, Admiral Viktor Chirkov, commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, said.

"My personal opinion is that we really need that [the construction of a new aircraft carrier," Chirkov told reporters on Friday.

"We need to understand what the aircraft carrier should be like and, most importantly, the need to have vessels of such class," Chirkov said.

Chirkov specified that the work on the aircraft carrier project is to be completed under the state armaments program through 2020.