Aircraft
Russians Discuss Future Carrier Plans, Eyeing India
The Nevskoye ship design bureau released this simplified image of a possible next-generation Russian aircraft carrier. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
The Nevskoye ship design bureau released this simplified image of a possible next-generation Russian aircraft carrier. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

A MiG-29KUB factory development prototype made a successful landing on the deck of the INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier on July 28, according to Russian Aircraft (“MiG”). The Indian carrier is undergoing sea trials in the Barents Sea after modernization and refit from its previous life as a Soviet heavy cruiser. Test pilots Mikhail Belyaev and Nikolai Diorditsa were at the controls for the first landing, and a few days later they performed the first takeoff from the carrier and then made a second successful deck landing.

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