The Project 13040 is a design proposed for the Soviet Navy during the last years of the cold war but was never realised as the Soviet Union collapsed.
This class was supposed to be a training cruiser, utilizing the most modern soviet weaponry at the time. This includes several design features from the Kirov-class of nuclear battlecruisers as well as several newer technologies. As armament six VLS cells for Anti ship missiles, two quadruple ASW missile launchers, six Anti-Air missiles and three triple Kinzhal-launchers were installed. For close in weapons systems three Kashtan and a single 1100mm AK-100 gun could be used. This complement of weaponry is considered quite heavy, especially for a training cruiser. The lack of a large superstructure for training and studying are raising the question if this project was perhaps mistranslated. Nevertheless this class of ships was never realised, as the soviet union collapsed before any concrete plans could be made.
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