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Aerial port bow view of the Soviet Kirov class nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser FRUNZE underway.





Project 1144.2 soviet navy Kirov class war ship

Russian nuclear-powered missile cruiser "Peter the Great" in Cape Town, South Africa

Kirov class heavy cruisers are the largest and most powerful surface warships in the Russian Navy and the largest and most powerful warships in the world.
Armament: 20 P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) AShM
14 SS-N-14 Silex ASW cruise missiles (Ushakov only)
12x8 (96) S-300PMU Favorit SA-N-6 Grumble surface-to-air missiles (Ushakov, Lazarev, Nakhimov)
96 S-400 (SA-NX-20 Gargoyle) long-range SAM (Pyotr Velikhy)
192 9K311 Tor (SA-N-9 Gauntlet) point defense SAM

By deploying a navy flotilla in the southern Caribbean , including the warship Peter the Great, Russia gets to assert itself as a power that can make itself felt anywhere in the world, even in America's back yard. The deployment of the Peter the Great led flotilla is also seen as a response to a planned deployment of anti missile defense systems in Eastern Europe.Venezuela,
The official line is that the joint maneuvers, which include the Peter the Great, one of Russia's most powerful warships, is simply a good will exercise between two friendly countries.
Russian Warship 'Peter the Great' Arrives at Venezuela
Russian Kirov Class Cruiser Project 1144.2 Peter the Great ( Petr Velikyy )

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The Heavy Missile Cruise Ship, peter the great Project 1144.2 was is the fourth Kirov class nuclear powered battlecruiser of the Russian Navy, originally named Yuri Andropov. It is the flagship of the Northern Fleet.

The ship is armed with the Granit (Nato designation SS-N-19 Shipwreck) long-range anti-ship missile system.
and S-300F Air Defence Missile with twelve launchers and 96 vertical launch air defence missiles. The Kirov Class provides the capability to engage large surface ships and to defend the fleet against air and submarine attack.

Pyotr Velikiy missile cruiser project 1144

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The Russian Navy Kirov class project 1144.2 RFS Pyotr Velikiy peter the great heavy Guided Missile Cruiser (Nuclear Powered) CGN
specification
Displacement: 28,000 (Full Load)
dimensions
Length: 252 m (830 feet)
Beam: 28.5 m (94 feet)
Draft: 9.1 m (30 feet)
Propulsion: 2-shaft CONAS, 2× KN-3 nuclear propulsion with 2× GT3A-688 steam turbines
140,000 shp
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Essentially unlimited with nuclear power at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement: 710
Sensors and
processing systems: Radars
Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar, foremast
Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar, main mast
2 × Palm Frond navigation radar, foremast
Sonar:
Horse Jaw LF hull sonar


Horse Tail VDS (Variable Depth Sonar)
weapon: 20 P700 Granit Anti-ship missile (SS-N-19 Shipwreck)
96 S400 long-range air defense missile (SA-NX-20 Gargoyle)
192 9K311 Tor (SA-N-9 Gauntlet) point defense anti air missile
44 OSA-MA (SA-N-4 Gecko) PD SAM
2x RBU-1000 305 mm anit submarine rocket launchers
2x RBU-12000 (Udav-1) 254 mm ASW rocket launchers
1 twin AK-130 naval gun
10 533 mm ASW/ASuW torpedo tubes, Type 53 torpedo or SS-N-15 ASW missile
6x CADS-N-1 Kashtan missile/gun system (Nakhimov, Pyotr Velikhy)
Armour: 76 mm plating around reactor compartment, light splinter protection
Aircraft carried: 3 helicopters
Aviation facilities: Below-deck hangar

russina nuclear-powered battlecruiser pyotr velikiy

Pyotr Velikiy Peter the Great is the fourth Kirov class battle cruiser of the Russian Navy, originally named Yuri Andropov.It is the flagship of the Northern Fleet.On September 8, 2008, it was announced that the Pyotr Velikiy would sail to the Caribbean Sea in order to participate in naval exercises with the Venezuelan Navy,led by the nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruiser Pyotr Veliky - one of the world’s largest heavily-armed nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers - will participate with the Venezuelan fleet in the Caribbean naval exercise in November 2008. . This action would represent the first major Russian show of force in that sea since the end of the Cold War. After finishing the naval exercises with the Venezuelan Navy the task group did a short visit in Cuba. The visit lasted December 19-23

On January 11, 2009, the chief of the Russian General Staff announced that the Pyotr Velikiy and six other russian warships would participate in a joint naval exercise with the Indian navy later the same month.[4] On the way to India the Kirov-class cruiser made a three-day visit to Cape Town in South Africa.

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Yuri Andropov Pyotr Velikiy April 18, 1998 Project 1144 Kirov class heavy cruisers It is the flagship of the Northern Fleet.

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The Kirov class battlecruisers are the largest and most powerful surface combatant warships in the Russian Navy and among the largest and most powerful in the world. Originally built for the Soviet Navy, in Russia they are usually known by the designation Project 1144 Orlan
The Kirov class's main weapons are 20 × P-700 Granit (SS-N-19) Shipwreck missiles mounted on deck, designed to engage large surface targets, and air defense is provided by 12 × 8 S-300F launchers with 96 missiles and 2 × 20 Osa-MA with 40 missiles
Displacement: 24,300 tons Standard, 28,000 (Full Load)
Length: 252 m (830 ft)
Beam: 28.5 m (94 ft)
Draft: 9.1 m (30 ft)
Propulsion: 2-shaft CONAS, 2× KN-3 nuclear propulsion with 2× GT3A-688 steam turbines
140,000 shp[1]
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)