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.

To Star Trek fans, meanwhile ... Say “Privyet (Hello)” to the Kirov-class battlecruisers. For present-day contextual purposes, the Naval Encyclopedia roughly defines “battlecruiser ...

4 Points You Need to Know: The Soviet Union’s Kirov-class guided-missile cruisers, launched in the late 1970s, were among the largest non-aircraft carrier warships built since World War II.

There is no doubt that Russia's Kirov class super-sized nuclear cruisers are charismatic fighting machines. Bristling with sensors and weaponry, and seemingly alien in design when compared to ...

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

It’s not going well. The 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, which starved Russian shipyards of funding and forced the navy to lay up three of its four Kirov-class battlecruisers, still is ...

The tweet shared from the former Army staff sergeant’s account featured the Pyotr Velikiy, a Kirov-class battlecruiser in the Russian navy. The tweet was deleted soon after some members of the ...

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.