Russia’s investment in the Admiral Nakhimov may yield short-term prestige—but long-term effectiveness demands a shift to more ...

After being docked for over two decades, Russia’s Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruiser, the Admiral Nakhimov, is finally ...

Russian state media acknowledged that the Admiral Nakhimov had been out of service since 1999—but noted that it had undergone ...

MOSCOW, May 30. /TASS/. Performance trials of the heavy nuclear-powered missile battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov are scheduled for late 2023, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said.

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 battlecruisers were designed to project power and deter Western navies, but their obsolescence in the face of carrier-based warfare and the immense cost of construction rendered them utterly ...