The Admiral Nakhimov heavy cruiser is to receive new ordnance ... According to Vladimir Spiridopoulo, director general of the Severnoye Design Bureau and developer of the cruiser project, after ...

Described by Russia as "heavy aviation cruisers," their hybrid design attempted to combine a carrier's flight deck (for Yak-38 STOVL aircraft and helicopters) with the heavy armament of a cruiser.

Actually, the Alaska was designed to kill cruisers. “Standard American heavy cruiser design, like the 673 feet-long, 14,500-ton Baltimore-class, were armed with (9) 8” guns, (12) 5” guns ...