Editing Kirov-class battlecruiser (section)

{{short description|Class of Russian battlecruisers}}
{{for|the World War II era class|Kirov-class cruiser{{!}}''Kirov''-class cruiser}}
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| Ship image = Kirov-class battlecruiser.jpg
| Ship caption = ''Kirov''-class battlecruiser {{ship|Soviet battlecruiser|Frunze||2}}
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{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Kirov'' class
| Builders = [[Baltic Shipyard]], [[Leningrad]]
| Operators = *{{navy|Soviet Union}}
*{{navy|Russia}}
| Class before = * {{sclass|Kara|cruiser|4}}
| Class after = *{{sclass|Lider|destroyer|4}}
| Subclass = [[SSV-33 Ural|SSV-333 Ural]]
| Subclasses =  
| Cost = 
| Built range = 1974–1998
| In service range = 1980–present
| In commission range = 
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 5
| Total ships completed = 4
| Total ships cancelled = 1
| Total ships active = 1 (1 undergoing refit)
| Total ships laid up = 
| Total ships retired = 2
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Ship type = [[Heavy cruiser|Heavy]] [[guided-missile cruiser]]/[[Battlecruiser#Cold War-era designs|battlecruiser]]
| Ship displacement = * 24,300&nbsp;tons standard
* 28,000&nbsp;tons full load
| Ship length = {{convert|252|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|28.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship height = 
| Ship draft = {{convert|9.1|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship hold depth = 
| Ship decks = 
| Ship deck clearance = 
| Ship ramps = 
| Ship propulsion = * 2-shaft [[CONAS]], 2× [[KN-3 reactor|KN-3]] [[nuclear marine propulsion]] with 2× GT3A-688 [[steam turbine]]s
* {{convert|140000|shp|abbr=on|lk=in}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.janes.com/defence/naval_forces/news/jfs/jfs000908_2_n.shtml |title=Kirov (Orlan) Class (Type 1144.1/1144.2) (CGN) |date=8 September 2000 |website=[[Jane's]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415230911/http://www.janes.com/defence/naval_forces/news/jfs/jfs000908_2_n.shtml |archive-date=15 April 2009}}</ref>
| Ship sail plan = 
| Ship speed = {{convert|32|kn}}
| Ship range = *{{convert|1000|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|30|kn|abbr=on}} (combined propulsion)
* unlimited at {{convert|20|kn|abbr=on}} on nuclear power
| Ship endurance = 
| Ship complement = 710
| Ship sensors = * '''Radars:''' ([[NATO reporting name]]):
** Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) search [[3D radar]], foremast
** Fregat MR-710 (Top Plate) 3D search radar, main mast
** 2 × Palm Frond navigation radar, foremast
* '''Sonar:'''
** Horse Jaw LF hull sonar
** Horse Tail VDS (Variable Depth Sonar)
* '''Combat Management System:'''
** Lesorub-44 combat information control system
| Ship EW = 2 × PK-2 Decoy dispensers (400 rockets)
| Ship armament = * '''Missiles:'''
** 20 × [[P-700 Granit]] (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) [[anti-ship missile|AShM]]
** 96 × [[S-300 (missile)#Sea-based S-300FM (SA-N-20)|S-300F]] ''Fort'' ([[SA-N-6 Grumble]]) [[surface-to-air]] missiles (''Ushakov'', ''Lazarev'', ''Nakhimov''){{Citation needed|date=April 2012}}
** 48 × [[S-300 (missile)#Sea-based S-300FM (SA-N-20)|S-300F]] ''Fort'' and 48 [[S-300 (missile)#Sea-based S-300FM (SA-N-20)|S-300FM]] ''Fort-M'' (SA-N-20 Gargoyle) long-range SAM (''Pyotr Velikiy'')<ref name=rian20120920 />
** 64 × [[Tor missile system#3K95 Kinzhal (naval variant)|3K95 Kinzhal]] (SA-N-9 Gauntlet) Only installed on ''Pyotr Veiliky'' (8 x 8). Space reserved for 128 missiles on ''Admiral Lazarev'', ''Admiral Nakhimov'' and ''Pyotr Veiliky'' [[point defense]] SAM<ref name=rian20120920 />
** 40 × [[9K33 Osa#Variants|OSA-MA]] (SA-N-4 Gecko) PD SAM. Not on Pyotr Velikiy
* '''Guns:'''
** 1 × twin [[AK-130|AK-130 130&nbsp;mm/L70]] [[dual-purpose gun]] (2 × [[AK-100 Naval gun|AK-100]] 100&nbsp;mm/L60 DP guns in ''Ushakov'')
** 8 × [[AK-630]] six-barreled Gatling 30&nbsp;mm/L60 PD guns (''Ushakov'', ''Lazarev'')
** 6 × CADS-N-1 [[Kashtan CIWS|Kortik]] gun/missile system (''Nakhimov'', ''Pyotr Velikiy''<ref name=rian20120920 />)
* '''Torpedoes and others:'''
** 2 × 6 [[RBU-1000]] 305&nbsp;mm ASW rocket launchers
** 1 × 10 ([[Udav-1 anti-submarine system|Udav-1]]) 254&nbsp;mm ASW rocket launchers
** 10 × 533&nbsp;mm ASW/ASuW [[torpedo tube]]s, [[Type 53 torpedo|Type 53]] [[torpedo]] or [[RPK-2 Vyuga]] (SS-N-15) ASW missile
| Ship armour = 76&nbsp;mm plating around reactor compartment, light splinter protection
| Ship armor = 
| Ship aircraft = 3 [[helicopter]]s
| Ship aircraft facilities = Below-deck hangar
| Ship notes = 
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The '''''Kirov'' class''', Soviet designation '''Project 1144 ''Orlan''''' ({{langx |ru| Орлан | translation = [[sea eagle]]}}), is a class of [[nuclear marine propulsion|nuclear-powered]] guided-missile [[heavy cruisers]] of the [[Soviet Navy]] and [[Russian Navy]], the largest and heaviest [[surface combatant]] warships (i.e. not an [[aircraft carrier]] or [[amphibious assault ship]]) in operation in the world. Among modern warships, they are second in size only to large [[aircraft carriers]]; they are similar in size to a [[World War I]]-era [[battleship]]. Defence commentators in the West often refer to these ships as battlecruisers – due to their size and general appearance.<ref>''Armi da guerra'', De Agostini, Novara, 1985.</ref> The Soviet classification of the ship-type is "heavy nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser" ({{langx|ru|тяжёлый атомный ракетный крейсер}}).

The appearance of the ''Kirov'' class (first exemplar commissioned in 1979) played a key role in the [[United States battleship retirement debate|recommissioning]] of the {{sclass|Iowa|battleship|2}}s by the [[United States Navy]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/13/us/pentagon-likes-budget-proposal-but-questions-specifics-military-analysis.html |last= Middleton |first= Drew |title= Pentagon likes budget proposal, but questions specifics |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=13 March 1981 |page=A14}}</ref><ref>Bishop, p. 80.</ref><ref>Miller & Miller, p. 114.</ref>

The ''Kirov'' class hull-design was also used for the Soviet nuclear-powered [[command and control]] ship [[Soviet communications ship SSV-33|SSV-33 ''Ural'']].