Decoding the thread opening article ( neutral from India or if anything pro-Russian ) :
Russian view,
"Russia"
"plans to upgrade and modernize its military" &
"add a new aircraft carrier, known as Project 23000E or Shtorm"
"designed to conduct operations in remote and oceanic areas, engage land-based and sea-borne enemy targets, ensure the operational stability of naval forces, protect landing troops, and provide the anti-aircraft defense"
"80 to 90 aircraft and will feature both ski-jump ramps and catapult launch systems, allowing planes to launch and land on the carrier in a range of possible weather scenarios."
"Introduction of a second aircraft carrier into the Russian navy"
"part of a coherent and feasible global foreign policy"
"is viewed as an urgent strategic threat."
Other folks view,
"In spite of sanctions over Russia's annexation of Crimea and the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Moscow"
"is planning to add a second aircraft carrier to its navy."
"The new aircraft carrier, known as Project 23000E or Shtorm, is still in a very preliminary phase"
( and )
"a scale model of the heavy carrier will be"
"so early in its development that it's currently unclear whether the proposed vessel will be nuclear-powered or if it will use conventional fuel"
"the overall cost of the supercarrier would be "astronomical" and would involve "reorientating a naval industry around producing a ship of significant size.
"
(A)ssuming Russia ever actually builds the ship, the carrier will only be of strategic value if Moscow invests heavily in the development of overseas ports in willing partner countries."
"Russia might not have the resources or the diplomatic capital to pull that off."
It's so hard to gauge! All a matter of what one reads into it really!
Still, see how much a single word
* changes the interpretation?
And a single sentence precision :
Since Russian shipyards could not build Mistrals and had to buy them instead ( Ooops, "almost had to" )
and can't get a safe production line running for the Amurs, what are the chances of a plan for a second LOL
carrier doing anything but replacing, and I am quoting the source, "Russia's only functioning carrier" …
"launched in 1985."?
By me myself and I, apart from the quotes of course.
Just wondering' Tay and good evening kids!
* Admittedly,
and a logogrammatical ligature sign.