Russia's Krylovsky State Research Center (KRSC) has developed a new multipurpose heavy aircraft carrier design called Project 23000E or Shtorm (Storm).
A scale model of the ship is going to be demonstrated for the first time at the International Maritime Defence Show 2015 in St Petersburg from 1-5 July, Valery Polyakov, the deputy director of KSC, told IHS Jane's .
"The Project 23000E multipurpose aircraft carrier is designed to conduct operations in remote and oceanic areas, engage land-based and sea-borne enemy targets, ensure the operational stability of naval forces, protect landing troops, and provide the anti-aircraft defence," Polyakov said.
The design has a displacement of 90-100,000 tons, is 330 m in length, 40 m wide, and has a draft of 11 m. It has a top speed of 30 kt, cruising speed of 20 kt, a 120-day endurance, a crew of 4-5,000, and designed to withstand sea state 6-7. Currently it has been designed with a conventional power plant, although this could be replaced by a nuclear one, according to potential customers' requirements.
NBF - India and China are the main likely customers for 100,000 ton supercarrier. China could buy one in order to learn the technology. However, Russia has never built a carrier of this size. Russia also had a lot of problems with an aircraft carrier project they performed for India.
The 45,000 ton aircraft carrier project was an upgrade of a mothballed Soviet carrier. The project ending up costing $2.2 billion instead of $974 million and it was years late. The builder Sevmash spent a few years extorting more money for the project.
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