Russia’s Kirov-class battlecruisers are the definition of a prestige program: spectacular, singular, and strategically unwise. –Admiral Nakhimov spent roughly a quarter-century out of service before ...

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. -Often ...

State-run news outlets claim that the Admiral Nakhimov could set sail for trials as soon as this summer. Moscow has depleted many of its military-related reserves amid its ongoing Ukraine invasion.

Russia's navy has had limited involvement in the war in Ukraine. But the war may be affecting Russia's plans to modernize and upgrade its navy. Ongoing problems with the Russian navy's biggest ...

In that year Russia began a four year long overhaul of the Admiral Nakhimov, one of four Kirov class battlecruisers. This overhaul was initially supposed to begin in 2005, but got delayed. The upgrade ...

Admiral Nakhimov will be returned to service so that Moscow can lay claim to operating the largest non-aircraft carrier surface combatant in the world today. After multiple delays and setbacks, the ...

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

June 13 (Reuters) - Russia's modernised and repaired heavy nuclear-powered missile battlecruiser the Admiral Nakhimov will return to service by the end of 2024 following testing in September of this ...