Equally uncertain is the future of Kirov-class cruisers within Russia. These compounds, originally intended to forge opposition to the American aircraft carriers, are now a clouded question as far ...

I couldn’t resist using a second sci-fi franchise reference here), the only remaining nation in the world using battlecruisers is Russia. Say “Privyet (Hello)” to the Kirov-class battlecruisers.

The US Navy had nine nuclear cruisers and one nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service by the time the first battlecruiser, Kirov, was commissioned into the Soviet Navy in 1980. But their sheer ...