The flagship Kirov vessel, Kirov (renamed in 1992 to Admiral Ushakov), was laid down in 1974 and inducted into the Northern Fleet in 1980. Armed with twenty P-700 Granit cruise missiles, ten 533 ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: There is no free lunch in warship design: You can have armor, firepower or speed, but not all three, and armor was the trait that was sacrificed. “There seems to be ...