SOVIET BUILDING BIG NAVY
Battleships And Carriers 7.30 p.m.) LONDON. Nov. 29. Reuter's Moscow correspondent learns that Russia is building a bigger and more modern fleet and undoubtedly intends to become a major naval Power within the next few years. Shipbuilders, with the help of British and American gift ships and captured enemy vessels, arc busy designing new units, especially major warships and aircraftcarriers. The correspondent points out that Russia, historically a Continental Power, new possesses new outlets to the sea, both east and west. The Red Fleet, which previously was a “small ship” organisation. lagged behind the Army and • Air Force in technical development.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23372, 1 December 1945, Page 5
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