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🇷🇺 Kirov sınıfı kruvazör
Naval · Sevmash / Baltiysky Zavod (Project 1144 Orlan) — Rusya/SSCB 🇷🇺 · 1980 (öncü gemi); Admiral Nakhimov modernizasyon ~2026
A nuclear-powered Soviet/Russian heavy battlecruiser; at ~28,000 tons full load it is the largest surface combatant in the world other than a carrier. The Admiral Nakhimov modernization swaps the old P-700 Granit for Kalibr/Oniks/Zircon and adds S-400F.
Specifications
- Class / Project: Kirov class — Project 1144 Orlan, nuclear-powered heavy cruiser (NATO: battlecruiser)
- Full load displacement: ~28,000 tons (24,300 tons standard)
- Length / Beam: ~252 m length; ~28.5 m beam
- Propulsion: CONAS — 2 nuclear reactors + steam; virtually unlimited range
- Speed: 32 knots (~59 km/h)
- Original main armament: 20× P-700 Granit (SS-N-19) heavy anti-ship missiles
- Modernized VLS (Nakhimov): ~174-176 vertical launch cells; Kalibr + Oniks + Zircon hypersonic via UKSK/3S14
- Air defense: S-400F/Fort-M (long range) + Pantsir-M point defense
- Gun: AK-192M 130 mm (modernized) / AK-130 twin-barrel (original)
Beats: Slava sınıfı kruvazör, Type 055 Renhai (ham deplasman ve füze yükü)
Loses to: Arleigh Burke Flight III (Aegis/SPY-6 ağ-merkezli hava savunması), Ticonderoga sınıfı (entegre savaş sistemi olgunluğu)
Only 2 ships exist (Pyotr Velikiy active, Admiral Nakhimov in modernization); a Cold War design whose huge signature and high operating cost make its modern combat value debatable.
Related systems
Related systems (Naval): TCG Anadolu, TF-2000, Atmaca, AKYA, ORKA, MARLİN SİDA, Hisar Sınıfı ADKG, MİLGEM, Reis Sınıfı, ULAQ