The scenario reuses Kirov-class cruiser machinery and hull experience in a larger carrier form. The estimated ship is light-fleet-carrier-sized, with an island and capacity for roughly forty to fifty aircraft. Soviet access to ordinary ship steel, crews, destroyers, and cruisers would make the design easier to integrate into the emerging Northern and Pacific fleets than a heavily armoured capital ship. This is a purpose-built carrier that reduces risk by scaling familiar machinery and industrial practice, rather than a direct cruiser conversion.
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A Kirov-derived Soviet light fleet carrier
The operational Soviet design is sketched as a scaled-up Kirov-class hull carrying roughly 40-50 aircraft.