Project 23000 aircraft carrier

'Storm') is a proposal for an aircraft carrier designed by the Krylov State Research Center for the Russian Navy.

[1] The cost of the export version (Project 23000E) has been put at over US$5.5 billion,[4] and as of 2017 development had been expected to take ten years.

[4] As of 2020[update], the project had not yet been approved and, given the financial costs, it was unclear whether it would be made a priority over other elements of Russian naval modernization.

[5] Although the creation of a new aircraft carrier, along with the Lider-class destroyers, has been postponed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, it is still mentioned in the Russia's State Armament Programme for 2018–2027 released in May 2017.

[citation needed] In 2020, it was reported that, if built, the carrier might also be fitted with the proposed S-500 surface-to-air missiles.