Vladimir Putin is in luck. Your admired nuclear battlecruiser ‘Admiral Makhimov’ has returned to the sea, modernized and with a mission for the moment. Impress the world.
The ‘Admiral Makhimov’ ability It far exceeds those of the so-called ‘Trump class’ war cruisers blessed by the US president. In front of these, the Russian ship It has 176 launch cells; the compartments prepared to house the attack missiles.
The efforts have been neither quick nor cheap. Specialized sources estimate 5 billion dollars (4,300 in euros) and about 25 years the ‘extension’ of the program of modernization of the crown jewel of the Russian navy.
He ‘Almirante Makhimov’ It is still a nuclear-powered heavy cruiser originating from the Soviet erawhich renovated and updated With the latest specifications, it now once again becomes the reference for Putin’s fleet.
As stated in the , the ‘Admiral Makhimov’, belonging to the Kirov class, has a approximate displacement of 28,000 tons y It last sailed in 1997. Almost 30 years later, in 2025 it returned to activity with tests in the White Sea, a small sea in the Arctic Ocean, northwest of Russia.
Faced with the Russian ‘threat’, the ‘Trump class’ of US ships offer new models, larger and also more expensive than any others. The specialized medium National Security Journal details that war cruisers with ‘Trump seal’ they move around the 17 billion dollars per unit. This is about 14.6 billion euros.
This, multiplied by the 15 units that the White House intends to build between 2028 and 2055. Of course, regarding the number of launch cellsthe data is vastly lower than the Russian one, with 128 vertical and 12 other launch tubes for hypersonic weapons.
