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The cruiser’s main armament consists of 20 vertical launch tubes for SS-N-19 Shipwreck missiles. It also carries 2 twin 5-inch guns, 2 quintuple torpedo tubes, and various short- and long-range SAMs and 30 mm guns for air defence. Each ship also carries three Kamov Ka-27 Helix [[helicopter]]s for anti-[[submarine]] work.<ref>The Vital Guide to Modern Warships, by Leo Marriott, Airlife Publishing, 2001</ref>
The cruiser’s main armament consists of 20 vertical launch tubes for SS-N-19 Shipwreck missiles. It also carries 2 twin 5-inch guns, 2 quintuple torpedo tubes, and various short- and long-range SAMs and 30 mm guns for air defence. Each ship also carries three Kamov Ka-27 Helix [[helicopter]]s for anti-[[submarine]] work.<ref>The Vital Guide to Modern Warships, by Leo Marriott, Airlife Publishing, 2001</ref>
The introduction of the Kirov class was an important reason behind the US Navy's decision to re-commission the [[Iowa-class battleship]]s in the 1980s.
==The Kirov in Fiction==
==The Kirov in Fiction==