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Measured figures
Length
Single source273 m (895 ft 8 in)[source]
Overall
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| Specification | Kiev-class aircraft carrier | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier |
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| Range | — | Unlimited distance; 20–25 years[source] |
| Power | 8 turbopressurized boilers, 4 steam turbines (200,000 shp (150,000 kW)), four shafts[source] | 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors ( HEU 93.5%) 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (190 MW)[source] |
| Name | Kiev class[source] | Nimitz -class aircraft carrier[source] |
| Builders | Chernomorsky Shipyard 444[source] | Newport News Shipbuilding Company |
Waterline
Single sourceOverall : 1,092 ft (332.8 m) Waterline : 1,040 ft (317.0 m)[source]
Overall
Single sourceWaterline
Single sourceincluding airwing
Single source5,000–5,200 (including airwing)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Operators | Soviet Navy Russian Navy Indian Navy[source] | United States Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | Moskva class[source] | Enterprise class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | Kuznetsov class (Russian Navy) Vikrant class (Indian Navy)[source] | Gerald R. Ford class[source] |
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| Subclasses | Baku class[source] | Theodore Roosevelt class and Ronald Reagan class[source] |
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| Built | 1970–1987[source] | 1968–2006[source] |
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| In service | 1975–1996 2013–present[source] | 1975–present[source] |
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| Completed | 10[source] |
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| Active | 10[source] |
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| Preserved | — |
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| Type | Aircraft cruiser / Aircraft carrier[source] | Aircraft carrier[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | MR-600 'Voskhod' air-search radar MR-710 'Fregat' air/surface radar Privod-SV radiolocation system MG-342 Orion active bow sonar MGK-355 Platina passive sonar system[source] | AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar AN/SPQ-9 B target acquisition radar AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radars AN/SPN-43C air traffic control radar AN/SPN-41 landing aid radars 4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems 4 × Mk 95 radars[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | MRP-150 Gurzuf A MRP-152 Gurzuf B[source] | AN/SLQ-32A(V)4 countermeasures suite SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures[source] |
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| Armament | See article for variations 80 to 200 surface-to-air missiles 2 dual-purpose guns 8 close-in weapons systems 10 torpedo tubes[source] | 2–3 × Mk 29 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 8 × RIM-162 ESSM or RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles each 3–4 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 21 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles each Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | Up to 30, including: 12 × Yak-38 aircraft 16 × Ka-25 or Ka-27 helicopters[source] | 85–90 fixed wing and helicopters[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Abbreviated angled aft flight deck[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Soviet Union[source] Soviet Union[source] | United States[source] |
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| Cost | — | US$1.98 billion in 1975 ($11.4 billion in 2024)[source] |
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| In commission | — | 3 May 1975–present[source] |
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| Armor | — | 2.5 in (64 mm) Kevlar over vital spaces[source] |
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Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m) Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)[source]