Russia Launches Second Nuclear Reactor On World’s Strongest Surface Combat Ship

The Russian Navy has put back into operation the two nuclear reactors that power the? the country's last Kirov-class battlecruiser, the? Admiral Nakhimov. So it seems destined to...

In the course of this week, it has been announced that the nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov of the Russian Navy would be enlisting to start his navigation tests during the current year 2025, thus seeking to end a long process of updating that began in 1999. Particularly, the novelty occurs shortly after the announcement of the physical start-up of the second reactor that will equip the heavy cruiser, which would already allow him…

Russia Launches Second Nuclear Reactor On World’s Strongest Surface Combat Ship

Image Credits: Wikipedia The modernised nuclear battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov now has both of its nuclear reactors online. According to state media and third-party reports from Russia’s defense-industrial complex, the first reactor was activated at the end of December 2024, and the second reactor was physically launched on February 2, 2025. These steps are said to prove that the entire nuclear power plant is ready to operate in all modes. The r…

The battlecruiser has been undergoing modernization for more than 10 years. Now both reactors have been started again for the first time.

Russia’s Modernized Nuclear Battlecruiser Finally Powers Up Its Reactors: Report

The hugely delayed effort to return the Russian Navy’s nuclear-powered battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov to service is finally yielding some tangible results, according to Russian reports. Russian state media states that the 28,000-ton battlecruiser’s two nuclear reactors are now online, with claims that the warship should go back to sea for trials starting this summer. It remains to be seen whether that timeline proves anywhere remotely accurate, …