Here's Why America (and the World) Still Fears Russia's Kirov Class Warship

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Here's Why America (and the World) Still Fears Russia's Kirov Class Warship The Kirovs (Project 1144) originated as nuclear-powered antisubmarine cruisers, designed to either hunt American missile submarines or protect Soviet nuclear “bastions” from U.S. and British attack boats. At the time of their initial conception, the Soviets did not focus on anti-ship capabilities in their surface ships. However, improvements in missile technology, combined with the increasing threat posed by American surface vessels and especially American carriers, made it possible to imagine a ship that could combine surface, subsurface, and antisubmarine warfare capabilities. The ship that could fulfill all of these missions was immensely large by Cold War standards. Built around the P-700 Granit surface-to-surface missile system, the Kirovs could threaten Western carrier battle groups while also carrying out an anti-submarine role. Displacing twenty-six thousand tons, the Kirovs dwarfed previous Soviet surface ships. Indeed, the United States itself had not constructed surface warfare vessels of this size since World War II. Only aircraft carriers and large, flat-decked amphibs exceeded the Kirov’s in size. Watch the video for more: https://youtu.be/F-zahEUYd2Y Make sure to share this video with your friends! The massive thanks to everyone for watching and all of your support! (video/thumbnail picture just for Illustration) ©️ COPYRIGHT / LICENSING ———————————————— If anyone has an issue with any of the footages please send me an e-mail to (kaisarjustin20@gmail.com) and the video will be taken down immediately. Related Topics: #MilitaryUpdateTodays