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The largest cruisers in the world, having roughly the same displacement as a World War One battleship, sometimes termed in the West by that much-loved Speculative Fiction term "battlecruiser", (they even have some armor, albeit only in boxes around reactor rooms, missile launchers & CIS) and the Russians call them [[LongTitle "heavy nuclear missile cruisers"]] (or more literally, "heavy atomic rocket cruiser", [[LongTitle to save time]] call it a battlecruiser). Nuclear powered, they carry the "Shipwreck" and also the "Starfish", as well as a ''[[MacrossMissileMassacre lot]]'' of [=SAMs=] (including naval version of S-300 missiles) and torpedoes with nuclear capability. Only one is in active Russian service, the other one undergoing refits and the final two laid up and scrapped due to their condition making them unable to be modernised to the Russians' satisfaction, with the active vessel being ''Pyotr Velikiy'' ("Peter the Great"). It is now the flagship of the Russian Northern Fleet and is the ultimate example of the type.
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The largest cruisers in the world, having roughly the same displacement as a World War One battleship, sometimes termed in the West by that much-loved Speculative Fiction term "battlecruiser", (they even have some armor, albeit only in boxes around reactor rooms, missile launchers & CIS) and the Russians call them [[LongTitle "heavy nuclear missile cruisers"]] cruisers" (or more literally, "heavy atomic rocket cruiser", [[LongTitle to save time]] time call it a battlecruiser). Nuclear powered, they carry the "Shipwreck" and also the "Starfish", as well as a ''[[MacrossMissileMassacre lot]]'' of [=SAMs=] (including naval version of S-300 missiles) and torpedoes with nuclear capability. Only one is in active Russian service, the other one undergoing refits and the final two laid up and scrapped due to their condition making them unable to be modernised to the Russians' satisfaction, with the active vessel being ''Pyotr Velikiy'' ("Peter the Great"). It is now the flagship of the Russian Northern Fleet and is the ultimate example of the type.
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Russia's current sole aircraft carrier (full name ''[[LongTitle Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov]]''- "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov", after the commander of the Soviet Navy during the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Great Patriotic War]]), formerly ''Tbilisi'', then ''Leonid Brezhnev'', then ''Riga''. Like the "''Kiev''" class, it carries surface-to-surface missiles, namely ''twelve'' "Shipwrecks", although its (large) SAM capability is only for point defence. However, it is a full-length carrier, carrying Su-33 "Flanker-D" aircraft. Conventional-powered, with a ski-jump, but no catapults, thus limiting the Su-33s to anti-air loads only. Carries navalised Su-25s (for training) as well, as well as Ka-27 "Helix" helicopters. Was originally planned to be equipped with two catapults before Defense Minister Ustinov removed them. While the ski-jump arrangement is less effective, it's also much cheaper.
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Russia's current sole aircraft carrier (full name ''[[LongTitle Admiral ''Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov]]''- Kuznetsov''- "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov", after the commander of the Soviet Navy during the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Great Patriotic War]]), formerly ''Tbilisi'', then ''Leonid Brezhnev'', then ''Riga''. Like the "''Kiev''" class, it carries surface-to-surface missiles, namely ''twelve'' "Shipwrecks", although its (large) SAM capability is only for point defence. However, it is a full-length carrier, carrying Su-33 "Flanker-D" aircraft. Conventional-powered, with a ski-jump, but no catapults, thus limiting the Su-33s to anti-air loads only. Carries navalised Su-25s (for training) as well, as well as Ka-27 "Helix" helicopters. Was originally planned to be equipped with two catapults before Defense Minister Ustinov removed them. While the ski-jump arrangement is less effective, it's also much cheaper.
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A new Russian SSGN, designed for multiple roles. It appears to be a successor to both the "Oscar" and "Akula" families, with nuclear cruise missile capability. Subject to the massive amount of smoke, mirrors and decoys that is the Russian Navy, it has been subject to severe delays. Wiki/TheOtherWiki says the first one, ''Severodvinsk'' will be commissioned in 2010 and it will be highly automated. We shall see.
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A new Russian SSGN, designed for multiple roles. It appears to be a successor to both the "Oscar" and "Akula" families, with nuclear cruise missile capability. Subject to the massive amount of smoke, mirrors and decoys that is the Russian Navy, it has been subject to severe delays. Wiki/TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki says the first one, ''Severodvinsk'' will be commissioned in 2010 and it will be highly automated. We shall see.
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Alfas used lead-bismuth alloy coolant, instead of sodium.
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* It's reactor coolant was unusual to say the very least and used liquid sodium! Yes, molten metal and the reactor had to be kept very warm so that the sodium didn't solidify. extensive facilities were built at the submarines pens at Severomorsk to keep the reactors at this crucial temperature, if the sodium solidified (in rare cases it did) it meant the entire submarine had to be written off as there was no way to heat the sodium up again. also like all submarines the reactor was built into the sub itself, so it couldn't even be swapped out.
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* It's reactor coolant was unusual to say the very least and used liquid sodium! lead-bismuth alloy! Yes, molten metal and the reactor had to be kept very warm so that the sodium alloy didn't solidify. extensive Extensive facilities were built at the submarines pens at Severomorsk to keep the reactors at this crucial temperature, if the sodium alloy solidified (in rare cases it did) it meant the entire submarine had to be written off as there was no way to heat the sodium alloy up again. also Also like all submarines the reactor was built into the sub itself, so it couldn't even be swapped out.
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''Slava'', the first ship of the class, is now called ''Moskva''. It was, apparently, slightly damaged by a Georgian vessel (a Project 206 patrol boat) in the recent Russia-Georgia war, making a tactical withdrawal while another ship sunk the attacker. Two additional ships are in Russian service, ''Marshal Ustinov'' (originally ''Admiral Flota Lobov'') and ''Varyag'' (originally ''Chervona Ukrayina''). An incomplete fourth ship has been sitting around in Ukraine for decades with no additional work done (under the name ''Ukrayina''), and Russia was on the verge of purchasing it for completion until the deal was ruined by the Maidan revolution.
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''Slava'', the first ship of the class, is now called ''Moskva''. It was, apparently, slightly damaged by a Georgian vessel (a Project 206 patrol boat) in the recent Russia-Georgia war, making a tactical withdrawal while another ship sunk the attacker. It was later deployed during the 2022 Ukraine-Russia Conflict only to be lost to a pair of anti-ship missiles. Two additional ships are in Russian service, ''Marshal Ustinov'' (originally ''Admiral Flota Lobov'') and ''Varyag'' (originally ''Chervona Ukrayina''). An incomplete fourth ship has been sitting around in Ukraine for decades with no additional work done (under the name ''Ukrayina''), and Russia was on the verge of purchasing it for completion until the deal was ruined by the Maidan revolution.
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The largest cruisers in the world, having roughly the same displacement as a World War One battleship, sometimes termed in the West by that much-loved Speculative Fiction term "battlecruiser", (they even have some armor, albeit only in boxes around reactor rooms, missile launchers & CIS) and the Russians call them [[LongTitle "heavy nuclear missile cruisers"]] (or more literally, "heavy atomic rocket cruiser", [[LongTitle to save time]] call it a battlecruiser). Nuclear powered, they carry the "Shipwreck" and also the "Starfish", as well as a ''[[MacrossMissileMassacre lot]]'' of [=SAMs=] (including naval version of S-300 missiles) and torpedoes with nuclear capability. Only one is in active Russian service, the other one undergoing refits and two more still in reserve, with the active vessel being ''Pyotr Velikiy'' ("Peter the Great") which was initially called the ''Yuri Andropov'' when laid down in 1986 - it was severely delayed. It is now the flagship of the Russian Northern Fleet and is the ultimate example of the type.
Four built, a fifth being scrapped under construction.
* ''Kirov'' itself (now in RL called ''Admiral Ushakov'' and is currently being refitted) is sunk in ''Literature/RedStormRising'' by a Norwegian submarine.
* It also collides with another ship in ''Threads''.
Four built, a fifth being scrapped under construction.
* ''Kirov'' itself (now in RL called ''Admiral Ushakov'' and is currently being refitted) is sunk in ''Literature/RedStormRising'' by a Norwegian submarine.
* It also collides with another ship in ''Threads''.
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The largest cruisers in the world, having roughly the same displacement as a World War One battleship, sometimes termed in the West by that much-loved Speculative Fiction term "battlecruiser", (they even have some armor, albeit only in boxes around reactor rooms, missile launchers & CIS) and the Russians call them [[LongTitle "heavy nuclear missile cruisers"]] (or more literally, "heavy atomic rocket cruiser", [[LongTitle to save time]] call it a battlecruiser). Nuclear powered, they carry the "Shipwreck" and also the "Starfish", as well as a ''[[MacrossMissileMassacre lot]]'' of [=SAMs=] (including naval version of S-300 missiles) and torpedoes with nuclear capability. Only one is in active Russian service, the other one undergoing refits and the final two more still in reserve, laid up and scrapped due to their condition making them unable to be modernised to the Russians' satisfaction, with the active vessel being ''Pyotr Velikiy'' ("Peter the Great") which was initially called the ''Yuri Andropov'' when laid down in 1986 - it was severely delayed.Great"). It is now the flagship of the Russian Northern Fleet and is the ultimate example of the type.
Four built, a fifth being scrapped underconstruction.
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* ''Admiral Ushakov'', the lead ship which had been the ''Kirov'' in Soviet times.
* ''Admiral Lazarev'', initially called the ''Frunze''.
* ''Admiral Nakhimov'', initially called the ''Kalinin''.
* ''Pyotr Velikiy'', which was initially called the ''Yuri Andropov'' when laid down in 1986 - it was severely delayed and was the only vessel of it's class that had been commissioned after the fall of the Soviet Union.
* ''Kirov''itself (now in RL called ''Admiral Ushakov'' and is currently being refitted) is sunk in ''Literature/RedStormRising'' by a the Norwegian submarine.
submarine ''Kobben''.
* It also collides withanother ship the USS ''Callaghan'' in ''Threads''.
Four built, a fifth being scrapped under
* ''Admiral Ushakov'', the lead ship which had been the ''Kirov'' in Soviet times.
* ''Admiral Lazarev'', initially called the ''Frunze''.
* ''Admiral Nakhimov'', initially called the ''Kalinin''.
* ''Pyotr Velikiy'', which was initially called the ''Yuri Andropov'' when laid down in 1986 - it was severely delayed and was the only vessel of it's class that had been commissioned after the fall of the Soviet Union.
* ''Kirov''
* It also collides with
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* The ''Kirov'' features as the main ship in John Schettler's alternate history epic novel series, the ''Kirov'' Saga.
