A model of Project 23000E at the international military-technical forum
Army-2015.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Shtorm class |
Builders | Unknown |
Operators | Russian Navy (planned) |
Preceded by |
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Cost | ~US$5.5 billion (for export version) |
General characteristics | |
Type | Aircraft carrier |
Displacement | 90,000–100,000 tons [1] |
Length | 330.1 m (1,083 ft) [1] |
Beam | 40 m (131 ft) [1] (waterline) |
Draught | 11 m (36 ft) [1] |
Installed power | Nuclear reactor RITM-200 [2] or RITM-400 [3] |
Propulsion | 4 × propellers |
Speed | 25–30 kn (46–56 km/h; 29–35 mph) [1] |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament | Four anti-aircraft systems (unspecified) possibly S-400 missile system |
Aircraft carried |
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Aviation facilities |
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Notes | Dual island design [1] |
Project 23000E or Shtorm ( Russian: Шторм, lit. 'Storm') is a proposal for an aircraft carrier designed by the Krylov State Research Center for the Russian Navy. [1] The cost of the export version has been put at over US$5.5 billion, [4] and as of 2017 development had been expected to take ten years. [4] As of 2020 [update], the project had not yet been approved and, given the financial costs, it was unclear whether it would be made a priority over other elements of Russian naval modernization. [5]
The carrier is being considered for service with the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet as a replacement for Admiral Kuznetsov which was commissioned in 1991. The Nevskoye Design Bureau is also reported to be taking part in the development project. [6] Although the creation of a new aircraft carrier, along with the Lider-class destroyers, has been postponed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, it is still mentioned in the Russia's State Armament Programme for 2018–2027 released in May 2017. [7] According to Russian officials, a new heavy aircraft carrier should be laid down between 2025 and 2030.[ citation needed] In 2020, it was reported that, if built, the carrier might also be fitted with the proposed S-500 surface-to-air missiles. [8]
In early July 2016, the design of the aircraft carrier was offered to India for purchase. [9] [4]