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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...
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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...
State Shipbuilding Chief Andrei Kostin Says the Admiral Kuznetsov Will Likely Be Sold or Scrapped In July 2025, Andrei Kostin, the chairman of Russia’s...
Kris Osborn, President of Warrior Maven and former Pentagon expert, evaluates the Amur-class submarine (Project 677/Lada-class export variant). Could it take the place of...
Kris Osborn, President of Warrior Maven and former Pentagon expert, evaluates the Oscar II-class (Project 949A Antey). While historically famed as the "carrier killer"...
Summary and Key Points: As of February 2026, the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet has been effectively neutralized as a dominant regional power. -Despite...
Summary and Key Points: In a move described by naval experts as “absolutely the right move,” the Russian Navy seems ready to retire the...
Russia’s Kilo-class submarine is one of Moscow's most successful naval exports, serving in fleets from China to Vietnam due to its suitability for shallow...
Russia’s “Black Hole” Subs Are Still Lethal—Ukraine Found the Weak Spot The Kilo-class submarine is one of the most widely produced Soviet/Russian attack submarines. ...
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,...
Originally designed for the Soviet Navy, the Kilo-class submarine became one of Russia's most successful military exports due to its affordability and stealth capabilities....