Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes that Michael Fallon earlier in an interview with The Telegraph stated that the Russians would look at the giant aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth with envy and admiration. The Ministry of Defense of Russia commented on the words of the head of the British military department.

In response, Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, accused the British minister of frank ignorance of naval science.

Konashenkov stressed:

"Unlike the aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov, equipped with antiaircraft, antisubmarine and anti-ship missiles, Granit, the new military ship" Queen Elizabeth "is just a convenient large-scale naval target".

A source in the country's defense-industrial complex said earlier that the cruiser of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Kuznetsov" is awaiting modernization this year.. In particular, the ship will replace four of the eight boilers of the power plant.

In addition, he will receive the latest means of communication, navigation, combat control and the EW system.