If that missile was shot down, another would rise to take its place. The Kirov cruisers were also designed to be self sufficient in anti-air weapons, the overall armament forming a layered defense ...

Western sanctions are straining Russia’s military-industrial complex, as demonstrated by the prolonged refit of the Admiral ...

Russia's Admiral Nakhimov, a Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruiser, may soon return to service, reflecting Moscow's push ...

Despite earlier speculation that the Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov would never sail again, the Russian Navy has ...

The US Navy had nine nuclear cruisers and one nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service by the time the first battlecruiser, Kirov, was commissioned into the Soviet Navy in 1980. But their sheer ...