cruiser was very popular in World War I and World War II, but with the birth of destroyers, cruisers were gradually forgotten by many countries, because cruisers and destroyers overlap in positioning and functions, and destroyers are more flexible than cruisers. At present, only a few countries are still building cruisers. The Soviet Union built a cruiser during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was named the Kirov-class nuclear-powered cruiser. It is known as the world's largest cruiser. So do you know where this Kirov-class nuclear-powered cruiser is? What other warships can’t compare? First of all,
must have a very large tonnage. The first Kirov-class cruiser had a tonnage of 28,000 tons, and it was already close to a light aircraft carrier. Love-class cruisers are basically 22,000 tons in tonnage. The reason why it was built so large was mainly because at that time the Soviet leaders had a special liking for large weapons. Everything can be built as large as possible, like Ivan, the largest bomb in history, and The largest nuclear submarine "Typhoon class" was built during that time.
Since the tonnage is so large, its engine must be very large. If the size of the engine is small, the power it can provide is naturally limited. Kirov-class cruisers will certainly not be able to sail freely at sea. This cruiser is equipped with a total of 2 pressurized water reactors and 2 boilers. It also uses nuclear power. The total power has reached 150,000 horsepower. It can be said to be quite amazing. Few warships compare Get over.
In addition, its internal space is also very large. Although it is not capable of carrying many carrier-based aircraft like aircraft carriers, it means that it can carry more types of missiles, including long-range ship-to-air missiles and short-range missiles. There are more than two hundred in total. There are also several fully automatic guns, which are simply a maritime mobile missile library. It can be said that it is very difficult for cruisers of other countries to catch up with Kirov-class cruisers in terms of firepower.
At the beginning, the Soviet Union built several Kirov-class cruisers, but now most of them have been decommissioned or directly sealed, mainly because Russia's own funds are insufficient to support so many large-tonnage cruisers. However, the Russian Navy still retained two ships. Among them, the "Admiral Nakhimov" Russia hopes to be used for transformation and upgrading, but I don't know exactly what it started. In short, it should be a very remote event.
