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

Russia is modernizing its Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruiser, Admiral Nakhimov, a Cold War-era warship designed to ...

A look back in history reveals how U.S. battleships played a key role in accommodating the long-range weapon system known as the Tomahawk cruise missile.

With the collapse of Soviet Russia, most of these Kirov-class ships — being both expensive ... Cold War criticism of Russia’s battlecruisers followed similar lines: Their missiles were simply ...

The Pyotr Veliky—translated as Peter the Great—was the last of four Kirov-class battlecruisers constructed during the late Soviet era. With a staggering displacement of 28,000 tons, it remains the ...

Admiral Nakhimov is one of four Kirov—class battlecruisers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. At that time, they were the most formidable surface warships in the world. With a displacement of ...

This reactor was developed in the 70s of the last century specifically for battlecruisers of this class ... The NK-3 nuclear reactor and its place on the the Kirov-class battlecruiser But despite the ...

The hulking Kirov-class nuclear powered battlecruisers were symbols of Moscow’s naval strength during the later Soviet era. A generation later, they’re symbols of Moscow’s slow naval collapse. The ...

Russia decided to replace the Pyotr Velikiy, one of two remaining Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers, with the Admiral Nakhimov due to high maintenance costs and limited use. Andrey ...

Despite being so massive, the presence of these twin nuclear reactors meant that the Kirov-class battlecruisers were the fastest surface combatants of their size at the time of their debut.