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Russia’s Kirov-Class Battlecruisers Are Cursed with the ‘Battleship Disease’

The Soviet Kirov-class battlecruiser was conceived as a nuclear-powered, prestige flagship built to stalk U.S. carrier groups ...
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Russia’s Kirov-Class Battlecruisers Have a Message for the U.S. Navy

Key Points and Summary - Russia’s Kirov-class (Project 1144) were nuclear-powered “battlecruisers” built to shadow and threaten NATO carriers, combining deep magazines, layered air defenses, and ...