RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Forty years after her maiden voyage, the “floating Death Star” returns. Russia’s massive Kirov-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser, the Admiral Nakhimov, is completing an incredibly expensive multi-billion-dollar modernization. This Cold War behemoth has been re-armed with Putin’s latest high-tech weaponry, replacing Soviet-era systems with dozens of hypersonis Tsirkon (Zircon) and long-range Kalibr cruise missiles. Operating from Arctic waters, this heavily armed surface combatant can now strike targets as far as the Norwegian Sea, presenting a direct threat to NATO’s northern flank and Atlantic sea lines of communication. The resurrection of this atomic ti

Forty years after her maiden voyage, the “floating Death Star” returns. Russia’s massive Kirov-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser, the Admiral Nakhimov, is completing an incredibly expensive multi-billion-dollar modernization.

This Cold War behemoth has been re-armed with Putin’s latest high-tech weaponry, replacing Soviet-era systems with dozens of hypersonis Tsirkon (Zircon) and long-range Kalibr cruise missiles. Operating from Arctic waters, this heavily armed surface combatant can now strike targets as far as the Norwegian Sea, presenting a direct threat to NATO’s northern flank and Atlantic sea lines of communication. The resurrection of this atomic titan signals Moscow’s desperate push to project naval dominance in the high north.  #AdmiralNakhimov  #KirovClass  #RussianNavy  #Hypersonic  #ArcticWarfare  #MilitaryModernization  #Geopolitics

— @jalle51 Jul 13, 2026