BPS-500 missile boat vs Kirov-class battlecruiser

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

BWarships

Kirov-class battlecruiser

Heavy guided-missile cruiser / battlecruiser

Credit

Camera Operator: MITSUO SHIBATA · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

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BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

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Kirov-class battlecruiserLength

252 m

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17 of 35 rows sourced on both sides

62m

252m

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62 m

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62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

252 m

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Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Kirov-class battlecruiser configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Kirov-class battlecruiser
Displacement	—	24,300 tons standard 28,000 tons full load^[source]
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	2-shaft CONAS , 2 × KN-3 nuclear marine propulsion with 2 × GT3A-688 steam turbines 140,000 shp (100,000 kW)^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Kirov class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Soviet Navy Russian Navy^[source]

Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	1974–1998^[source]

In commission	2001–present^[source]	—

Planned	4^[source]	5^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	4^[source]

Active	1^[source]	1 (1 undergoing refit)^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	2^[source]

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	Heavy guided-missile cruiser / battlecruiser^[source]

Tonnage	850 tons (full load)^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]	Radars: ( NATO reporting name ): Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) search 3D radar , foremast Fregat MR-710 (Top Plate) 3D search radar, main mast 2 × Palm Frond navigation radar, foremast Sonar: Horse Jaw LF hull sonar Horse Tail VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) Combat Management System: Lesorub-44 combat information control system^[source]

Armament	1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS^[source]	Missiles: 20 × P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) AShM 96 × S-300F Fort ( SA-N-6 Grumble ) surface-to-air missiles ( Ushakov , Lazarev , Nakhimov ) 48 × S-300F Fort and 48 S-300FM Fort-M (SA-N-20 Gargoyle) long-range SAM ( Pyotr Velikiy ) 64 × 3K95 Kinzhal (SA-N-9 Gauntlet) Only installed on Pyotr Veiliky (8 × 8). Space reserved for 128 missiles on Admiral Lazarev , Admiral Nakhimov and Pyotr Veiliky point defense SAM 40 × OSA-MA (SA-N-4 Gecko) PD SAM. Not on Pyotr Velikiy Guns: 1 × twin AK-130 130 mm/L70 dual-purpose gun (2 × AK-100 100 mm/L60 DP guns in Ushakov ) 8 × AK-630 six-barreled Gatling 30 mm/L60 PD guns ( Ushakov , Lazarev ) 6 × CADS-N-1 Kortik gun/missile system ( Nakhimov , Pyotr Velikiy ) Torpedoes and others: 2 × 6 RBU-1000 305 mm ASW rocket launchers 1 × 10 ( Udav-1 ) 254 mm ASW rocket launchers 10 × 533 mm ASW/ASuW torpedo tubes , Type 53 torpedo or RPK-2 Vyuga (SS-N-15) ASW missile^[source]