[Haiku Guy]

As I understand it, Russian naval doctrine does not consider these ships to be survivable. They are designed to loose two salvos of eight missiles each at a US Battle Group and then wait around for the inevitable torpedo that will sink them. But by that time, the damage is done. The fire-and-forget missiles will be heading toward their targets at Mach 2⁺.

[Resolute Conservative]

Mmmm, makes we want to join the Russian navy... not. No wonder they serve vodka on ship.

[ryan71]

“As I understand it, Russian naval doctrine does not consider these ships to be survivable.”

That's true. Structurally, they have very little compartmentalization.