Topic

Kirov Class Battlecruisers

Also searchable as Orlan Class, Project 1144, Project 1144 Orlan.

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  1. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:22:22Kirov refits and Russian fleet resource choicesNotable Point
  2. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:29:49How small construction orders preserve Russian shipyard skillsQ&A
  3. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    37:11Gorshkov and Soviet ocean-going naval powerNotable Point
  4. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    39:14Soviet deployments and the cost of diverting NATO forcesNotable Point
  5. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    1:04:08Launching a rapid anti-shipping strikeChapter
  6. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    1:06:22Damage can end a surface raider's freedomNotable Point
  7. Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live
    2:20:38SSV-33 Ural, a Kirov-sized spy ship without a berthChapter
  8. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    1:32:38Can a frigate navy sustain Russian status?Q&A
  9. Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?
    7:56Why a Lider-class destroyer would be more than an escortNotable Point
  10. Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?
    34:49Ageing capital ships carry Russia's status burdenNotable Point
  11. Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?
    45:56The status-ship gap could last into the 2040sChapter
  12. How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...
    46:32Visible warships create a deterrence gradientNotable Point
  13. Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet
    41:41Sejong pairs exceptional missile density with two helicoptersNotable Point
  14. What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)
    48:39Soviet blue-water growth changes the alliance calculationChapter
  15. What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)
    1:19:00Sea Eagle gives eight carriers a Soviet-raider missionChapter
  16. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:00:17What belongs on a 40,000-ton surface combatantQ&A
  17. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:44:10Kirov and the proposed Trump-class status roleQ&A
  18. Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?
    35:32American and Soviet cruisers served different strategic needsChapter
  19. Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?
    37:05Soviet cruisers beyond the bastionsNotable Point
  20. Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)
    2:53:47A modern Kirov would carry diplomatic weightQ&A
  21. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    2:03:10Why Kirov acquired the battlecruiser labelQ&A
  22. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    3:33:29An Alaska-sized nuclear missile cruiser instead of Long BeachQ&A
  23. Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:50:00Which navy might build the next battlecruiser?Q&A
  24. Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:51:11Nakhimov's long absence and decade of modernizationNotable Point
  25. Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?
    19:08Kirov-class cruisers as an offset strategyChapter
  26. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:04:33A modern British cruiser based on Kirov's missionQ&A
  27. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)
    46:32Why old Soviet cruisers are poor modernization candidatesQ&A
  28. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:47:14A Kirov-derived missile ship against the wartime Japanese NavyQ&A
  29. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:37:53HMS Vanguard survives into the Falklands eraQ&A
  30. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    1:51:41Strike doctrine supported Kiev, Kirov, Slava, and KuznetsovNotable Point
  31. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    2:47:33Soviet programs already answered an American strike cruiserQ&A
  32. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    2:49:10More Kirovs would increase Western missile loadsQ&A
  33. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:24:02NATO discovers an 80,000-ton Soviet missile shipQ&A
  34. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:05:05Kirov-class cruisers with six-inch gunsQ&A
  35. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:00:13Why a politically driven 15-inch cruiser might still matterQ&A
  36. 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?
    23:24A visible presence ship between a frigate and a carrier groupChapter
  37. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    58:12Sizing a guided-missile battlecruiser's VLS batteryQ&A
  38. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    9:12Ship labels follow mission and the force required to answer themNotable Point
  39. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!
    2:04:23Why missile-era naval power is harder to visualizeNotable Point
  40. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!
    2:08:06Armor and splinter protection on modern warshipsNotable Point
  41. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:47:06A British Kirov with a different missile batteryNotable Point
  42. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    59:56A Chinese heavy missile cruiser for global presenceQ&A
  43. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II
    22:49Is there still a place for a large missile cruiser?Q&A
  44. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    7:03:35Royal Navy submarines were the first answer to Kirov groupsQ&A
  45. Ramblings Emergency Broadcast
    2:05:44Why a missile salvo can overwhelm a KirovNotable Point
  46. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    4:34:51Russian cruiser readiness in late 2024Q&A
  47. Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...
    3:27:12Extra missile launchers depend on the ship's missionQ&A
  48. Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.
    1:27:51Commissioned life versus active life for the Kirov classQ&A
  49. Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.
    3:05:41What would make a modern battlecruiser?Q&A
  50. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    4:10:49Maintenance in a larger hypothetical Russian fleetQ&A
  51. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    1:53:34What Admiral Nakhimov's refit revealsQ&A
  52. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    2:54:10A 16-inch Alaska would not replace Iowa's postwar prestigeQ&A
  53. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    4:32:41Kirov as a Soviet status shipQ&A
  54. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    1:18:34Why hypersonic weapons may revive very large cruisersQ&A
  55. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    43:26Reagan-era heavy cruisers become Kirov-scale missile and gun shipsQ&A
  56. Stalingrad Class: Stalin's Ship Dreams - KSS2 S7 Comment Response
    14:39Why wartime weapons do not erase peacetime naval presenceNotable Point
  57. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    1:11:48Retaining or retiring Russia's large Soviet-era ships exposes the replacement problemQ&A
  58. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    1:35:35Why Kirov received undersized reactorsQ&A
  59. Who killed the Battleship? / Why no more battleships?
    12:14A battleship still needs a task groupChapter
  60. Who killed the Battleship? / Why no more battleships?
    22:22Cost, capability, and the missing peer threatChapter
  61. Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    2:58:51Type 83, paper Russian projects, and a larger Type 055Q&A
  62. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    35:45Does the modern battlecruiser still exist?Q&A
  63. Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?
    55:02Politics could sustain a big-gun arms raceNotable Point
  64. USS Long Beach: Comment Response
    24:18How strike-cruiser numbers could answer KirovNotable Point
  65. Slava Class: Comment Response
    39:25Why a larger Kirov backup was impracticalQ&A
  66. Stalingrad Class Battlecruiser: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 7
    6:40Why Stalingrad counts as the last gun battlecruiserNotable Point
  67. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    3:06:10Which Soviet major warships were actually available in 1980?Chapter
  68. Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover
    32:59Nuclear cruisers and fast task groupsChapter
  69. Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History
    2:11:31Which modern warship would most impress observers in 1914?Q&A
  70. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    29:27Kirov exposed the politics behind cruiser comparisonsNotable Point
  71. US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed
    1:08:15Pyotr Velikiy carried the nuclear-cruiser story into 2022Notable Point
  72. Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...
    59:51Truxtun tests nuclear power in anti-submarine warfareNotable Point
  73. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    1:21:11Did Soviet missile preferences already produce an arsenal ship?Q&A
  74. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    4:09:51Kirovs served as capital ships and differed from hull to hullChapter
  75. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    4:12:04A surviving Soviet Union might have revived US strike cruisersNotable Point
  76. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    4:13:02Hospital ships could answer Soviet prestige only where aid was welcomeNotable Point
  77. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    4:21:18Slava cruisers filled gaps beneath the KirovsChapter
  78. Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?
    0:00Slava as the Kirov program's backup cruiserChapter
  79. Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?
    7:24Slow construction exposes the backup roleNotable Point
  80. Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?
    15:11P-500 Bazalt shows the off-the-shelf tradeoffNotable Point
  81. Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?
    1:05:10Staggered construction made the class internally unevenNotable Point
  82. USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...
    35:22Sea Orbit's route reveals what nuclear power does and does not solveChapter
  83. Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?
    43:20Kirov as a prestige capital ship beside SlavaChapter
  84. Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?
    49:09Why shadowing Kirov became a political problemNotable Point
  85. Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?
    1:04:48Gorshkov's succession and the programs that continuedNotable Point
  86. Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?
    1:12:03Kirov's political pressure and the Iowa responseNotable Point
  87. Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-65
    1:14:03Gorshkov's Kirov concept made presence part of deterrenceNotable Point
  88. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    3:44:22How Russia might use four modernized KirovsQ&A
  89. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    4:02:55Why Russian nuclear-powered ships receive closer oversightQ&A
  90. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    2:07:35Kirov, Slava, and the late Soviet cruiser programChapter
  91. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    3:09:21Why heavily armed Soviet ships were not simply unstableQ&A
  92. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    41:33Capability tiers for modern frigates and destroyersNotable Point
  93. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    1:05:11How long Stalingrad-class ships might have servedQ&A
  94. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    3:11:07Kirov as the political case for retaining VanguardQ&A
  95. Offset Strategies One to Four
    42:15Carriers, uncrewed aircraft, and the arsenal-ship alternativeChapter
  96. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    0:00Why the Soviet Navy built the Kirov classChapter
  97. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    3:11A nuclear-powered instrument of naval diplomacyNotable Point
  98. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    14:42Project 1144 size and combined propulsionChapter
  99. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    16:11Project 1144 sensors, layered defenses, and aviationChapter
  100. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    19:21Four Kirovs and their post-Soviet namesNotable Point
  101. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    22:20Why the Baltic was a dangerous operating area for KirovNotable Point
  102. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    25:10Kirov in Cold War naval fictionNotable Point
  103. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    30:29Why each Kirov became nearly an individual designNotable Point
  104. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    40:44Assessing whether the Kirov concept succeededChapter
  105. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    43:10Why Kirov is a super cruiser, not a battlecruiserChapter
  106. Kirov Class Cruisers (Soviet Navy)
    0:05The Project 26 Kirovs and their nuclear namesakesChapter
  107. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)
    5:06Why battleship-style armour does not solve the missile threatQ&A
  108. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    1:25:49What could bring a modern battleship-like ship backQ&A
  109. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    3:09:52Russian powertrain options under engine constraintsQ&A
  110. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    1:08:31Why Russian losses increased the value of Kirov-class refitsQ&A
  111. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    2:33:00Type 45 and Kirov make forward concentration a missile-age normNotable Point
  112. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    2:40:59Could energy revenue support two Kirovs?Q&A
  113. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    2:44:25Kirov's nuclear endurance and independent cruiser roleQ&A
  114. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)
    43:56Slava and Kirov divide Soviet flagship dutiesNotable Point
  115. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    2:26:42Kirov class and a one-salvo fleet fightChapter
  116. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    2:30:26Were Kirov-class ships still being built in 2022?Q&A
  117. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    2:31:56Did Soviet Kirov groups reverse the Western carrier model?Q&A
  118. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    2:37:04Do Kirov-class ships need ocean-going tugs?Q&A
  119. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    2:51:47Could a Zumwalt follow-on become a mini-Kirov?Q&A
  120. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    38:19Why the fifth Kirov-class battlecruiser disappearedQ&A
  121. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    2:06:45Q&A: how the Royal Navy shadows a Kirov sortieQ&A
  122. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    1:15:22What might a modern battleship resemble?Q&A
  123. Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions
    4:24:47Cruiser-sized ships remain in several modern fleetsNotable Point
  124. Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…
    51:51Classifying Kirov, Alaska and Deutschland beyond treaty labelsQ&A
  125. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    4:51:00What a modern first-rate warship would look likeQ&A
  126. Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?
    54:44The Soviet answer to layered air defense was missile saturationChapter
  127. The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!
    1:11:38One shipyard limited Kirov-class fleet numbersNotable Point
  128. Bruships 34: Random History
    3:46:21Kirov-class ships, submarine threats, and a naval arms-race counterfactualQ&A
  129. Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy
    21:54Why today's large destroyers are cruisers in all but nameChapter
  130. Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:03:04Kirov as a missile cruiser rather than a battlecruiserQ&A
  131. Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy
    1:31:01Why the Kirov class made strategic sense for the Soviet UnionQ&A