Kirov-class battlecruiser vs Moudge-class frigate

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Kirov-class battlecruiser

Heavy guided-missile cruiser / battlecruiser

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

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Moudge-class frigate

Frigate

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Kirov-class battlecruiserLength

252 m

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Moudge-class frigateLength

95 m

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Kirov-class battlecruiserlarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+165%

Measured figures

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22 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

252m

95m

Length+165%

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252 m

Length

Single source

252 m (827 ft)^[source]

95 m

Length

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Configuration

Details

Kirov-class battlecruiser and Moudge-class frigate configuration
Specification	Kirov-class battlecruiser	Moudge-class frigate
Power	2-shaft CONAS , 2 × KN-3 nuclear marine propulsion with 2 × GT3A-688 steam turbines 140,000 shp (100,000 kW)^[source]	2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators^[source]
Name	Kirov class^[source]	Moudge^[source]
Builders	Baltic Shipyard , Leningrad^[source]	Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization^[source]
Operators	Soviet Navy Russian Navy^[source]

Preceded by	Kara class^[source]	Alvand class^[source]

Subclasses	SSV-333 Ural^[source]	—

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

In service	1980–present^[source]	2010–present^[source]

Planned	5^[source]	7^[source]

Completed	4^[source]	6^[source]

Canceled	1^[source]	—

Active	1 (1 undergoing refit)^[source]	0?^[source]

Retired	2^[source]	—

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

Sensors & processing systems	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]	Asr 3D PESA long-range radar^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	2 × PK-2 Decoy dispensers (400 rockets)^[source]	2 × 8 tube chaff launcher^[source]

Armament	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]	Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes^[source]