What Russia Thinks about America's Aircraft Carriers

November 28, 2021 Topic: Aircraft Carriers Region: World Blog Brand: The Reboot Tags: RussiaUS NavyRussian NavyFord-Class CarrierBlack SeaNATO

What Russia Thinks about America's Aircraft Carriers

Indeed, it is well past time to shelve the pervasive big deck culture that has persisted against all evidence and common sense within the U.S. Navy and Congress too.

Lyle J. Goldstein is Research Professor in the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) at the United States Naval War College in Newport, RI. In addition to Chinese, he also speaks Russian and he is also an affiliate of the new Russia Maritime Studies Institute (RMSI) at Naval War College. You can reach him at [email protected]. The opinions in his columns are entirely his own and do not reflect the official assessments of the U.S. Navy or any other agency of the U.S. government.

This first appeared earlier and is being reposted due to reader interest.

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