Russian new super aircraft Carrier will have S-500 System

The Russian super aircraft carrier Project 23000-Shtorm, Russian Navy plan to have in next decade, will be equipped with the S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system.

The Shtorm is designed by Krylov State Research Centre to serve the northern fleet and will replace The Admiral Kuznetsov commissioned in 1991. The aircraft carrier will deck about 90 deck based aircrafts and will protected by four types of anti-aircraft missile system. 

Model of Russian Super aircraft carrier Project 22300 Shtorm (Source: Wikipedia)

According Russian sources, the S-500 Prometheus is capable of hitting all existing types of aerodynamic and ballistic targets, detecting the latter at distances up to 800 kilometers. This will make the aircraft carrier invincible, since any attack will be suppressed before reaching it.

“It was reported that the laying of the 1st aircraft carrier of Project 23000-Shtorm may carried out by 2025, and that the basis for its aircraft wing would deck versions of the Su-35 and Su-57 fighter. official sources have not presented even in the form of mock options, As regular (non-deck) version of the Su-57 are under testing.” the article author said.

The Shtorm with the latest S-500K (SAM) Prometheus system (a ship-based version) and deck of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter in its arsenal. The Russian aircraft carrier will simply become an invincible fortress – in fact, It will take down even hypersonic weapons.

Model of Russian Super Aircraft Carrier Project 22300 Shtorm (Krylov State Research Centre)

The displacement of the carrier will 90,000 to 1,00,000 ton with length about 330m will cruise at 25 to 30 knots. The aircraft carrier will be powered by either RITM-200 or RITM-400 with 4 propulsion system. 

Russia is also developing a second aircraft carrier, most likely a nuclear one.

According Russian news agency TASS, the Nevskoye Design Bureau (part of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation]) unveiled the newest Project 11430E ‘Lamantin’ nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. read in next blog...