Initially, it was supposed to return the cruiser to the fleet back in 2018, however, the huge amount of work and related technical problems significantly shifted these deadlines. At the end of 2015, the cruiser was delivered to the Sevmash filling pool and dismantling of old equipment began. In 2013, a state contract for the repair and modernization of Admiral Nakhimov was signed with Sevmash. In the early 2010s, against the backdrop of problems with the construction of new large warships and a general decrease in their numbers in the fleet, the idea of returning to life and carrying out a deep modernization of the Orlanes appeared. Fortunately, in 1998, the Russian Navy managed to complete and commission the fourth cruiser of the 1144 project, the Peter the Great, which has since de facto been the flagship of the Russian Navy and the most striking symbol of its power.
In the absence of funding and the inability to carry out adequate repairs, the ships quickly became worthless. However, the ensuing disintegration of the Soviet Union and the degradation of its armed forces caused by the catastrophic economic crisis led to the rapid loss of combat capability of the Eagles. Project 1144 cruisers are able to successfully solve the whole range of tasks facing large warships - striking enemy ships, providing air defense and anti-submarine defense for connecting ships.īefore the collapse of the USSR, three cruisers of this project were put into operation - Kirov, Admiral Lazarev and Admiral Nakhimov. The ship’s radio-technical and sonar armament is also impressive - from survey and multi-purpose radar stations to specialized radars for detecting low-flying targets. The Eagles have a huge arsenal of weapons on board, impressive even today - 20 heavy Granit supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles (ASMs), two long-range S-300F Fort anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM), with a total of 12 launchers with eight missiles in each, Osa-MA or Dagger short-range air defense systems, six Kortik anti-aircraft gun and missile systems, Vodopad anti-submarine missile system, three Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopters. In the West, these ships are even singled out as “battle cruisers”. The cruisers of this project became the most powerful ships built in the USSR, and are still the largest non-aircraft carriers in the world. The Admiral Nakhimov is the third of four Project 1144 Orlan heavy nuclear missile cruisers built. Consider the arguments for and against the reincarnation of the old cruiser and try to figure out whether it is worth the money? However, since the start of the program, disputes regarding the feasibility of costly modernization of Admiral Nakhimov have not ceased. As a result of this modernization, an already elderly cruiser should not only gain a second life, but also become a real floating fortress and become the most powerful ship of the Russian fleet.
Underlying these tactical goals was a broader strategic purpose: the Kirov battlecruisers were to operate in conjunction with a planned nuclear-powered aircraft carrier fleet to project Soviet power across the world.One of the largest shipbuilding programs of the modern Navy of Russia is the modernization of the Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear missile cruiser. Navy’s carrier battle groups at risk, boasting a vast arsenal of torpedoes and anti-ship cruise missiles to threaten aircraft carriers and strategic submarines alike. The Project 1144 Kirov class later grew into the more versatile mission purpose of holding the U.S. Leveraging the naval weapons and targeting innovations of the past decades, the Soviet shipbuilding industry set out to design a battlecruiser-that is, a lighter and faster variant of battleship-for the discrete purpose of destroying U.S. But even as western navies concluded that the age of the battleship had passed, the USSR saw an opportunity to build a large surface vessel of unprecedented scope. These ships were increasingly seen as too expensive, and too vulnerable, to justify their steep procurement and maintenance costs. By the 1970s, the colossal battleships of WWI and WWII fame had fallen sharply out of favor with the world’s leading navies.
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