Russia’s Kirov-class nuclear battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov has finally returned to sea after a massive, two-decade-long ...

What You Need to Know: The Kirov-class battlecruiser, a Soviet-era nuclear-powered warship, was once designed to rival U.S. Navy carriers and assert Soviet naval dominance. With advanced radar systems ...

Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: The Kirov-class battlecruisers, initially designed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s to sink U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and hunt American submarines, have ...

Summary and Key Points: In a hypothetical 1988 naval battle, the USS Iowa and a Soviet Kirov-class battlecruiser clash in a fight for naval supremacy. The Kirov, equipped with advanced missiles, would ...

Russia's Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers are among the world's most imposing ships. The Kirovs' fortunes fell along with the Soviet Union, but Russia has invested in upgrading them. See ...

Russia's navy has had limited involvement in the war in Ukraine. But the war may be affecting Russia's plans to modernize and upgrade its navy. Ongoing problems with the Russian navy's biggest ...

These were the four 28,000-ton Kirov-class battlecruisers and Russia's last functioning aircraft carrier, the 65,000-ton Kuznetsov. Why spend all that money on five aging warships? First, it’s about ...

June 13 (Reuters) - Russia's modernised and repaired heavy nuclear-powered missile battlecruiser the Admiral Nakhimov will return to service by the end of 2024 following testing in September of this ...