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 Kirov-class battlecruiser’s design incorporated nuclear propulsion, representing a true evolution for the Soviet Navy away from traditional oil or coal-powered warships. Onboard Equipment ...

The main point of the Kirov-class battlecruiser was to knock out America’s vaunted carrier force and to scatter American submarines. Soviet naval planners, however, had other ideas for the ...

I couldn’t resist using a second sci-fi franchise reference here), the only remaining nation in the world using battlecruisers is Russia. Say “Privyet (Hello)” to the Kirov-class battlecruisers.

With the possible exception of the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, no ships in the Russian Navy are as important or held in such high regard as the Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers.

On April 18, the battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy marked 25 ... 1144.2 Orlan missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky (NATO reporting name: Kirov class) is the Russian Northern Fleet’s flagship and the world ...