![]() ![]() It was an eight-year project to launch and along with its sister ship, the HMS Prince of Wales, it forms part of a UK defense program worth 6 billion pounds ($7.65 billion). The HMS Queen Elizabeth, which relies on escort ships for protection, cost 3 billion pounds (3.4 billion euros or $3.8 billion) to build. "With this in mind, it is in the interest of the British Royal Navy not to show off the 'beauty' of its aircraft carrier in open waters any closer than from several hundred miles," Konashenkov remarked. The Admiral Kuznetsov entered service in 1991 and is Russia's only aircraft carrier Image: Reuters/Norwegian Royal Airforce/NTB Scanpix "Unlike the Admiral Kuznetsov, which is equipped with anti-aircraft and anti-submarine missiles and especially Granit missiles to hit ships, the British aircraft carrier is nothing but a big, convenient target in the sea," he wrote. Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Thursday that Fallon's comments "prove a clear lack of naval knowledge." Read: Jets from Russia's aircraft carrier set to launch strikes on Syria Read: Russia's hypersonic missile ratchets up arms race ![]() British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said at the launch that the Russians would look at it "with a little bit of envy."įallon then called Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, a "dilapidated" ship, prompting the Russian defense ministry to issue a stern warning to the British while issuing what appeared to be a veiled threat to their new ship. The HMS Queen Elizabeth, Britain's most advanced and biggest warship, embarked on its maiden voyage this week. ![]()
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