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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 ‘Battleship’ Message for the Navy

-Russia is pouring billions of dollars and decades of work into resurrecting a Kirov-class nuclear battlecruiser, Admiral Nakhimov, as the likely future flagship of its navy. -On the surface, the ship ...
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Which Would Have Won: The USS Iowa or a Kirov-Class Battlecruiser?

Key Point: This hypothetical engagement between a Kirov-class battlecruiser and the USS Iowa demonstrates the superiority of guns over missiles in certain scenarios. It’s 1988. World War Three has ...
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Battleship vs. Nuclear Battlecruiser: Who Would Have Won a Shootout?

Here's What You Need To Know: A hypothetical 1988 engagement between NATO and the Warsaw Pact demonstrates the superiority of guns over missiles in certain scenarios. It’s 1988. World War Three has ...