Moscow has remained committed to this boat, with good reason: its ability to hold US aircraft carriers hostage is still remarkably dangerous today.

The result was the Kirov-class battlecruiser, a nuclear-powered behemoth stretching over 250 meters and armed with a devastating arsenal, including 20 P-700 Granit missiles and 96 S-300F Fort ...

It is primarily armed with 24 P-700 ‘Granite’ (NATO designation SS-N-19 Shipwreck) anti-ship missiles. These have a range of nearly 400 miles and can travel at supersonic speeds.

Equipped with long-range P-700 Granit anti-ship missiles and other capabilities, the Oscar class was seen as quite formidable. Over the years and following the collapse of the Soviet Union, ...

They were large for a reason: each Oscar carried two dozen huge P-700 Granit missiles. The P-700 was a large missile designed to kill large ships. The P-700 was thirty-three feet long and nearly ...

Orel is significant because it has reportedly been upgraded to carry P-800 Oniks missiles, replacing the original P-700 Granit anti-ship missiles.

The new missiles would replace the two battle cruisers’ 390-mile range P-700 Granit supersonic anti-ship missile armament. Zircon while the range will likely be shorter-about 250 miles-its sheer speed ...

The submarine’s rubber insulation is allegedly what caught fire. While at sea, the Antaeus is equipped with P-700 Granit antiship cruise missiles. When docked for repairs, however, all ordnance is ...

The nuclear powered cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, which is currently being reworked in the shipyard at Severodvinsk, is expected to be the first capital ship to carry the Zircon, from 2018. Her current ...