Russia’s light aircraft carrier will feature a semi-catamaran hull, a representative of the Krylov Scientific Center told Russian news agency TASS (see the translation and a model of the design here). “The project is distinguished by the underwater part of a semi-catamaran form,” he said. “Catamaran actually means two hulls …
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