Russia plans carrier deployment to Med

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The Russian Navy's sole aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, is to be deployed to the easternmost sector of the Mediterranean to fly missions against targets in Syria, according to a military source speaking to Russian news agency TASS on 9 July. The carrier will be on station from October until January 2017. "The plan for these carrier pilots to conduct mixed air wing strikes against terrorist groups operating in the Syrian Arab Republic was prepared by the General Staff and is intended to give the crews practice launching from the deck to carry out air-strikes against ground targets," said the source.