Russia's Kiev-Class Aircraft Carriers Had Just 1 Mission

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Russia's Kiev-Class Aircraft Carriers Had Just 1 Mission

The Kiev-class aircraft carriers, developed during the late Cold War, represented the Soviet Union's initial venture into fixed-wing naval aviation and its ambition to transition from a land power to a formidable naval power capable of challenging the U.S. Navy.