The U.S. has purchased and leased some catamaran ships, but nothing nearly the size of the proposed Russian aircraft carrier. The HSV 2 in the photo has a displacement of less than 5 percent the size of the Russian design. (U.S. Navy)
TASS: Russia's ship design bureau comes up with catamaran aircraft carrier concept
The manufacturer stated that the ship’s underwater part is the project's 'key distinguishing feature'
MOSCOW, October 2. /TASS/. The Krylov State Research Center has come up with a fundamentally new design concept of what may become Russia’s future semi-catamaran aircraft carrier, the center’s spokesman told TASS.
The model of a future non-nuclear multirole aircraft carrier was presented for the first time at the Army-2018 forum at the end of August. The proposed project has no name yet.
"The semi-catamaran design of the ship’s underwater part is the project’s key distinguishing feature," the spokesman said.
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Update: Russia is proposing a revolutionary catamaran carrier (We Are The Mighty)
WNU Editor: I am skeptical that it will ever be built.
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