The Russian Navy has begun searching for engine designs for a giant nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The length of the new aircraft carrier, which has so far been named "Shturm", meaning "storm" in Russian, is expected to reach about 330 meters.

The carrier will probably be able to carry active aircraft, and it is specifically designed to carry the Sukhoi heavy multipurpose aircraft of the fifth generation Su-4. Russia is now one of the countries that lags behind in the manufacture of aircraft carriers, as it made the most powerful special carrier In 1981 at the time of the Soviet Union.