Editing Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier (section)

===Hull and flight deck===
The hull design is derived from the 1982 {{sclass|Kiev|aircraft carrier|4}},<ref name="navytech">{{cite web |title=Kuznetsov Class (Type 1143.5) Heavy Aircraft Carrying Cruiser, Russia |url=http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/kuznetsov/ |website=Naval Technology.com |access-date=22 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129092817/http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/kuznetsov/ |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> but is larger in both length and beam. The ''Kiev''-class ships had only an [[angled flight deck]], with surface weaponry on the foredeck. The ''Kuznetsov'' class is the first Soviet carrier to be designed with a full-length flight deck. The ship's 12 anti-ship cruise missiles are located in launchers below the flight deck, just aft of the ski-jump.

The aircraft carriers are of a [[STOBAR]] configuration: Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery. Short take-off is achieved by using a 14-degree [[Aircraft ski-jump|ski-jump]] on the bow. There is also an [[Flight deck#Angled flight deck|angled recovery deck]] with arresting wires, allowing aircraft to land without interfering with launching aircraft. The flight deck has a total area of {{convert|14700|m2|sqft}}. Two aircraft elevators, on the starboard side forward and aft of the island, move aircraft between the hangar deck and the flight deck.