Kirov replaces Ticonderoga as the preferred 1980s choice in the foreign-design exercise. The imagined British ship would operate with a British nuclear carrier and carry a substantially different weapons fit from its Soviet counterpart. Fleet explores the space available for Harpoon or Tomahawk, while Clarke suggests a total in the region of 286 vertical-launch cells. Those numbers are speculative layout estimates. Air-defense options include Sea Dart and Aegis, with a possible vertical-launch Sea Dart development or earlier British adoption of Standard Missile. The discussion uses the large hull and power supply to explore alternative fleet-leader arrangements rather than presenting a completed conversion design.
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A British Kirov with a different missile battery
A British Kirov proposal explores how a large hull might carry Western missiles and air-defense systems alongside a nuclear carrier.