Editing Kirov-class battlecruiser (section)

===Weapon systems===
[[File:Nuclear cruiser Kirov.jpg|thumb|''Admiral Ushakov'' (ex-''Kirov''), [[lead ship]] of the class, next to the {{sclass|Slava|cruiser|2}} {{ship|Russian cruiser|Marshal Ustinov||2}}.]]

The ''Kirov'' class's main weapons are 20 [[P-700 Granit]] (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) missiles mounted in deck, designed to engage large surface targets. Air defense is provided by twelve octuple [[S-300 (missile)|S-300F]] launchers with 96 missiles and a pair of Osa-MA [[Battery (artillery)|batteries]] with 20 missiles each. ''Pyotr Velikiy'' carries some S-300FM missiles and is the only ship in the Russian Navy capable of ballistic missile defence.<ref name=rian20120920>{{cite web |url=http://en.ria.ru/mlitary_news/20120920/176091963.html |title=Russian Warship Tests Missile Defense Capability |website=RIA Novosti |date=20 September 2012 |access-date=28 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922115858/http://en.ria.ru/mlitary_news/20120920/176091963.html |archive-date=22 September 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> The ships had some differences in sensor and weapons suites: ''Kirov'' came with [[Metel Anti-Ship Complex|Metel]] anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missiles, while on subsequent ships these were replaced with [[Tor missile system#3K95 Kinzhal (naval variant)|3K95 Kinzhal]] (Russian: Кинжал – dagger) surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems. The ''Kinzhal'' installation is in fact mounted further forward of the old SS-N-14 mounting, in the structure directly behind the blast shield for the [[Bow (ship)|bow]] mounted RBU ASW rocket launcher. ''Kirov'' and ''Frunze'' had eight {{convert|30|mm|in|2|abbr=on}} [[AK-630]] [[close-in weapon system]]s, which were supplanted with the [[Kashtan CIWS|Kortik]] air-defence system on later ships.

Other weapons are the automatic {{convert|130|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} AK-130 gun system (except in ''Kirov'' which had two single {{convert|100|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} guns instead), 10 {{convert|21|in|mm|adj=on|0}} torpedo/missile tubes (capable of firing [[RPK-2 Vyuga]] ASW missiles on later ships) and ''Udav''-1 with 40 anti-submarine rockets and two sextuple [[RBU-1000]] launchers.
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| footer            = The aft sections of ''Kirov'' (left) and ''Frunze'' (right) showing differences in weapons fit – ''Kirov'' has a pair of single 100 mm guns, and two pairs of AK-630 CIWS mounts either side of the flight deck, whereas ''Frunze'' has a twin 130 mm turret and eight 3K95 "Kinzhal" VLS in place of the CIWS mounts.
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Russia is developing a new anti-ship missile to equip ''Kirov''s called the [[3M22 Tsirkon]], which is capable of traveling at [[hypersonic]] speeds out to at least {{convert|620|mi|nmi km|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ruspolitica.ru/post/raketyi-tsirkon-okonchatelno-opredelili-tehnologicheskoe-prevoshodstvo-rossii-nad-ssha/ |title=Ракеты "Циркон" окончательно определили технологическое превосходство России над США |trans-title=The "Zircon" missiles definitively determine Russia's technological superiority over the United States |date=28 October 2016 |website=Ruspolitica.ru |language=ru |access-date=18 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610111543/http://ruspolitica.ru/post/raketyi-tsirkon-okonchatelno-opredelili-tehnologicheskoe-prevoshodstvo-rossii-nad-ssha/ |archive-date=10 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2732278 |title=Для гиперзвуковых крылатых ракет в России создано принципиально новое топливо |trans-title=A fundamentally new fuel has been created in Russia for hypersonic cruise missiles |date=17 March 2016 |website=vesti.ru |language=ru |access-date=25 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529064513/http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2732278 |archive-date=29 May 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>