Summary and Key Points: The Russian Navy's Kirov-class battlecruisers, despite their formidable design and armament, have proven to be a costly misadventure. -With only one operational vessel left ...

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.

Still, the Russian Navy does exist, and one of its most interesting vessels, the Kirov-class battlecruiser, may be heading to the scrapyard because it's getting too expensive to maintain them.

Soviet Kirov-class nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Frunze, March 25, 1986. ... Other Russian navy sources quickly denied the report to another state media outlet.

The Russian navy just got a lot closer to doubling, from one to two, its fleet of Kirov-class nuclear battlecruisers. But don’t get too excited. Even with two giant cruisers, the Russian navy ...

Sevmash shipyard will deliver the Kirov-class Admiral Nakhimov to the Russian Navy in 2022, yard chief Mikhail Budnichenko told TASS at the Army-2019 international military and technical forum on ...

Tags: Battlecruiser, Kirov Battlecruiser, Russia, Russian Navy, and U.S. Navy Russia’s Huge Kirov-Class Battlecruisers Are The Russian Navy’s Deadly Swiss Army Knife February 6, 2020 ...

The Russian navy Kirov-class battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy in the port of Severomorsk, in February 2016. Lev Fedoseyev\TASS via Getty Images ...

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 ...

The Russian Kirov-class battlecruiser, Pyotr Velikiy, leaves for St Petersburg to take part in a ship parade marking Russian Navy Day. Lev Fedoseyev/TASS (Photo by Lev FedoseyevTASS via Getty Images) ...

GOP Rep. Brian Mast (Fla.) on Sunday mistakenly used a picture of a Russian warship in a tweet celebrating the 244th birthday of the U.S. Navy. The tweet shared from the former Army staff sergeant ...