In the 1960s, the Soviet Union set out to create a revolutionary naval weapon - the Kirov-class battlecruisers, ...

What You Need to Know: The Russian Navy’s decision not to modernize the Pyotr Veliky, one of two remaining Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers, underscores the vessel's diminishing value.

The Russian Navy isn't exactly the biggest and baddest around — the country only has one aircraft carrier, and it's not functional, after all. Since the country invaded Ukraine in 2022, its ...

The Kirov-class vessels are equipped with 96 S-300F, 40 4K33, and 192 3K95 short-range surface-to-air missiles, in addition to six Ak-630 close-in weapon systems for defense. Additionally, these ...

These refitted Kirov class battlecruisers will supposedly feature a whole new set of sensors and subsystems, and most ominously, weapons. Russia's TASS news agency reports that the ships will ...

The 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, which starved Russian shipyards of funding and forced the navy to lay up three of its four Kirov-class battlecruisers, still is wreaking havoc on fleet planning.

February 12, 2014: Russia has begun a four year long overhaul of the Admiral Nakhimov, one of four Kirov class battlecruisers. This overhaul was initially supposed to begin in 2005, but got delayed by ...

This seems most evident with Russia's largest surface warships: its Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers, Admiral Nakhimov and Pyotr Velikiy, and the Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's sole ...

The Russian navy just got a lot closer to doubling, from one to two, its fleet of Kirov-class nuclear battlecruisers. But don’t get too excited. Even with two giant cruisers, the Russian navy ...

Earlier this year (April) Russia decided, as many expected, to scrap two of its four Kirov class battlecruisers. These two ships were removed from active duty in 1990 and 1994 with the hope of later ...

What You Need to Know: The Russian Navy’s decision not to modernize the Pyotr Veliky, one of two remaining Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers, underscores the vessel’s diminishing value.