What You Need to Know: The Russian Navy’s decision not to modernize the Pyotr Veliky, one of two remaining Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers, underscores the vessel's diminishing value.

Summary and Key Points: The Kirov-class nuclear-powered guided-missile battlecruiser, introduced in 1980 by the Soviet Navy, is the largest and heaviest surface combatant warship in service ...