How powerful is the Kirov class battlecruiser? Today we will talk about the Kirov class, nuclear-powered guided-missile cruisers of the Soviet Navy and Russian Navy. The Kirov class has the official name as Project 1144 or sea eagle. The Soviet classification of the ship-type is "heavy nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser". The ships are also referred to as battlecruisers due to their size and general appearance. The Kirov class hull design was also used for the Soviet nuclear-powered command and control ship SSV-33 Ural. The lead ship of the class, Kirov (renamed Admiral Ushakov in 1992), was laid down in June 1973, launched on 27 December 1977, and commissioned on 30 December 1980. When she appeared for the first time in 1981, NATO observers called her "Baltic Combatant I". She is currently in reserve. Out of five, four ships are constructed between 1974-1998. In 2022 one is still operating, another one is undergoing refit, and the other two have been retired.

Armament:
1 x twin Ak-130mm dual-purpose gun
20 x P-700 Granit AShM
96 x S-300F Fort SA-N-6 Grumble surface-to-air missiles
64 x 3K95 Kinzhal point-defense SAM, 
8 × AK-630 six-barreled Gatling 30 mm guns, 
6 x CADS-N-1 Kortik gun missile systems. 
2 x RBU-1,000 ASW rocket launchers
1 x RBU-12,000 ASW rocket launchers 
10 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
 
Sensor
Voskhod MR-800 Air search 3D radar
Fregat MR-710, S-Band, 3D, Air, and Surface search radar
2 × Palm Frond navigation radar
Horse Jaw LF hull sonar
Horse Tail VDS Variable Depth Sonar


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