Russia only has 1 Carrier. It is followed by a Ocean going tug since it breaks down quite frequently. The US would have scraped a like carrier 30 years ago. Re

Russia only has 1 Carrier. It is followed by a Ocean going tug since it breaks down quite frequently. The US would have scraped a like carrier 30 years ago. Reading the article, it took the US 40 years, 12500 aircraft and the death of 8500 pilots to get the Navy and Marines to a point where carrier landings were as safe as land based landings. Russia and China have a long way to go. A very long way to go.