According to Russia’s “Caucasus Project” website on August 7 report, before the Russian Navy commander Vysotsky, said in an interview that Russia would build a new generation of aircraft carriers, while also seeking to Tartous port in Syria, including The parking of heavy ships in foreign ports, he caused a lot of these expressions of national media attention surrounding Russia.
The new carrier with a powerful air defense capability
Vysotsky said that although Russia is to discuss the purchase with the French “West Wind”-class amphibious ship, but Russia still plans to build new aircraft carriers, including the Northern Design Bureau Design Bureau and Kwasniewski, including the number of units involved in this task.
In his view, the air force to protect one’s own submarines and destroying enemy submarines, an important means of, if not the Russian Northern Fleet aircraft carrier, submarine-launched missile superiority as it is entirely possible overnight, “zero.”
Technical parameters for the new aircraft carriers, Vysotsky said, “Now is too early to talk about these.” But he said the military hoped that the new carrier has superior air defense capability. In addition, the construction of the new carrier should be commenced under the state plan, rather than in the past, relying solely on government procurement.
In addition, Russia will step up, “Nitka” training center on land the building is expected to be completed by 2012. The training ground will be the Russian aircraft carriers of the major training facilities. 2020, Russia will be equipped with 15 surface ships, the Black Sea Fleet.
Seeking overseas military port in Turkey
Vysotsky talk about another important issue, is the Russian naval base overseas. “We will seek to obtain a better infrastructure, which has parking rights of foreign ports, including ports in Turkey and Greece. Meanwhile, our relations with Italy has becoming more, not rule out the possibility that we will ship the next berth in the Western Mediterranean of the possible. ”
Vysotsky said the Turkish port, which has aroused the concern of many Russian media. Closer relations with Turkey, the Black Sea coastal countries or countries such as Azerbaijan and Georgia, the media, both on Vysotsky’s position was reported. While Vickers said only hope that the Turkish port of ship berthing, and no implicit Which port, but the media in these countries, or that his position for the development of the Black Sea regional security situation has a point role.
In addition to striking the Turkish port, most people should be concerned about Syria’s Tartous port number. Vysotsky said the first Russian ship to seek the port as an end result of their own, then later turn it into overseas military bases, “At present, the Russian Navy only Tartus this a far sea, the future, we will heavy ships parked there. ”
The Soviet Union in 1971 with the signing of the Syrian port of Tartous using the contract, but with the Soviet Union, the Russian navy presence in the Mediterranean end, the Russian warships in Tartous gradually reduce the number of parking.
Russia’s “view report” analysis said that many generals said that even 10 Tartus, can not replace the Black Sea port of Sevastopol’s status. Today, Vysotsky’s statement clearly shows that the Mediterranean is still an important development direction of the Russian Navy, the significance of Tartous would stand out in this context.
