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Khrushchev had killed the capital ship for good, or so Soviet doctrine said. Then a submarine hunter began absorbing missions, one requirement at a...
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Khrushchev had killed the capital ship for good, or so Soviet doctrine said. Then a submarine hunter began absorbing missions, one requirement at a...
Russia's navy just spent 27 years and four times the contract price rebuilding a single Soviet cruiser. The Nakhimov emerges with more missile cells...
Every other navy gave up on the nuclear-powered surface warship. Russia kept one. After a refit lasting more than two decades and costing billions,...
After almost 30 years in the shipyard, Russia's nuclear battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov, the most heavily armed surface warship in the world, has finally returned...
Russia’s nuclear-powered battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov has begun sea trials in the White Sea after spending nearly three decades undergoing modernization. Satellite imagery recently captured...
The Russian Navy has upgunned, modernized, and revamped its massive yet somewhat antiquated Cold War-era battlecruisers by adding advanced interceptor missiles, close-in ship defenses,...
The Kirov-Class Was Built to Hunt U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Using P-700 Granit Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles When Russia’s nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov finally...
Russia’s Kirov-class battlecrusier Admiral Nakhimov is back in the water and moving under its own power for the first time since the late 1990s,...
Synopsis: This piece traces the rise and fall of the Soviet Kirov-class battlecruisers, enormous nuclear-powered “Sea Eagles” built to intimidate NATO carrier groups and...
Russia is working to return its Kirov-class battlecruisers to full service, equipped with S-300 air-defense systems. The battlecruisers are undergoing repairs as Russia looks...