(See) Raketenkreuzer der Kirow-Klasse

[Schneemann]

Mal was neues von den alten Kolchern:

Cold War Battlescruiser, Modern Price: Russia’s Costly Admiral Nakhimov Upgrade

[11/02/2026]

At around 28,000 tons Russia’s Kirov-class is the largest and most heavily armed surface combatant in the World. One of these Soviet-era steel titans, Admiral Nakhimov, has recently emerged from a decade-long and hugely expensive modernization, ready to take her place as the pride of the modern Russian Navy. Yet in the meantime drone warfare, like we are seeing the Black Sea, is challenging this investment. But the money has already been spent. [...]

The Russian Government has spent billions of dollars, some estimate as much as $5 billion, to modernize the Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov. [...] The future of such large surface combatants in the age of uncrewed warfare seems increasingly questionable. Even before drones, concentrating so much money and firepower in a single hull was open to challenge. But now it is even more doubtful. While drones cannot currently perform all the roles of crewed vessels, the threat they create and the way that they are reshaping naval warfare is real. It is not just whether drones can sink or disable the ship, it is whether it is a wise investment. [...]

Large capital ships, while they may be particularly impressive in peacetime, are not much better defended than the Russian ships hiding in Novorossiysk in the Black Sea. They aren’t meaningfully better armoured. Perhaps, learning from the loss of Moskva, the money spent on adding new long range air defences and cruises missiles to Nakhimov could have been better invested in fire suppression and damage control systems. [...]

It’s also only a single ship and it looks increasingly likely that the other two major warships, her sister ship Peter the Great and the carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, will be retired. Possibly it’s intended only for show, for waving the flag abroad and in naval parades.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...lecruiser/

Auch wenn vieles nicht von der Hand zu weisen ist, etwa die Gefahr durch Drohnen, so teile ich dennoch die Kritik im Artikel an großen Schiffen nicht immer. Zumal es, wenn alle Systeme arbeiten, extrem schwierig ist, die mehrfach gestaffelte Luftabwehr einer solchen Einheit zu durchdringen. Deswegen ist auch das Moskwa-Beispiel nicht unbedingt zielführend, denn bis heute gibt es Spekulationen, ob denn an Bord alles funktioniert hat und ob alle Systeme bemannt waren, als der Kreuzer getroffen wurde. (Und da kann man durchaus Zweifel anbringen.) Im Falle der betreffenden Klasse dürfte dies auch ein gewichtiger Faktor sein - zumal ich mir nicht so sicher bin, dass die russische Industrie dieses Schiff wirklich ausreichend modernisieren kann.

Schneemann