User blog:SPARTAN 119/Iowa-class Battleship (1980s refit) vs Kirov-class battlecruiser

The Iowa-class battleship, the American World War II-era warship that was upgraded with modern missiles and other weaponry in the 1980s

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The Kirov-class battlecruiser, a massive Russian guided missile cruiser the size of a World War I battleship, and armed with over 300 missiles.

Only one can be THE DEADLIEST WAR MACHINE!

=Combatants=

Iowa-class Battleship (1980s refit)
The Iowa-class battleships were designed in the late 1930s and the first was commissioned in 1943. The vessels served in the Pacific theater of the Second World War as carrier escorts and shore bombardment vessels. The Iowas went on to serve in the Korean War and then be recommissioned in the 1960s in conjunction with the Vietnam War and again in the 1980s, when they were refitted and armed with missiles and Phalanx CIWS. The Ships participated in the Gulf War of 1991, firing cruise missiles and their 16 inch guns at Iraqi positions, before being decomissioned in the 1990s. Currently, all four battleships are either floating museums, or awaiting conversion into such.

Kirov-class Battlecruiser
The Kirov-class Battlecruiser is a large Soviet (later Russian) guided missile cruiser about the size of a World War I-battleship. The vessels were built from 1974-1998. The ships have thus far never seen combat, but with their armament of dozens of anti-ship missiles and over 200 surface-to-air missiles, would doubtless be a formidable opponent. =Weapons=

BGM-109 Tomahawk x 32 (Iowa)
The BGM-109 Tomahawk is a subsonic cruise missile with a range of 2500 km and a speed of about 880 kilometer per hour. The missile has a GPS guidance system. For the purposed of this match, the missile with be armed with a 1000-pound high-explosive warhead.

SS-N-14 Silex Missile x14 (Kirov)
The SS-N-14 Silex is a ship-launched short range cruise missile designed for use against naval targets. The missile has a top speed of Mach .95 and armed with a 185 lb shaped charge.

RGM-84 Harpoon (Iowa) x 16
The RGM-84 Harpoon is long range anti-ship missile capable of striking targets at ranges of up to 124 kilometers. The missile flies at a speed of 864 kilometers per hour and carries a 488 pound warhead.

P-700 Anti-ship missile x20
The P-700, also known as by the NATO reporting name SS-N-19 "Shipwreck" (Presumably named for the intended result!), as a Russian anti-ship cruise missile with a maximum range of 550-625 km. The missile carries a 1624 pound high explosive warhead, or a nuclear warhead, but for the purposes of this match, it will have a conventional payload. The missile's top speed is between Mach 1.6 and 2.5.

119's Edge
The Kirov's P-700 for its larger warhead, longer range, and higher speed, meaning it will be more difficult for the Iowa's anti-missile CIWS guns to intercept.

9x 16 inch guns, 12 x 5 inch guns (Iowa)
The Iowa's main battery consists of nine 16-inch Mark 7 naval guns in three triple turrets. For the purpose of this match, the guns will fire 2700 pound armor piercing shells. The guns have a muzzle velocity of 820 meters per second and can hit target at a distance of 38 kilometers. The small 5 inch secondary guns are capable firing 55 pound shell at 790 meters per second.

2x AK-100 100mm guns
The Kirovs are armed with two AK-100 100mm guns. I was unable to find much information on these weapons, but it is likely that their range and muzzle velocity is less than even the 5-inch guns on the Iowa

119's Edge
The Iowa's 16-inch and 5-inch guns for their greater firepower, range, and number of guns.

Air Defenses
Note: The Air Defenses cannot directly attack other ships, but they can shoot down incoming missiles and possibly even gun shells.

4x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
The Phalanx Close-In Weapons System is a close-range air defense system deployed on U.S. warships, capable of engaging both aircraft and missiles. The Phalanx system consists of a 20mm Gatling gun mounted in a computer-controlled turret with a radar guidance system. The gun can engage targets at a range of about 3.6 kilometers (the exact range is classified). The M61 Gatling gun used in the Phalanx has a rate of fire of 3000-4500 rounds per minute, and fires armor piercing rounds at muzzle velocity of 1100 meters per second.

92x S-300 SAM, 192 9K311 SAMs, 8x AK-630 30mm CIWS
The Kirov carries a formidable anti-air armament of 284 total missiles and 6 CIWS guns. The long range weapon, the S-300 or SA-N-6 has a speed of Mach 4 and carries a 300 pound warhead. The S-300's maximum range is 90 km. The other missile, The 9K311 is controlled by a radar system that can track eight missiles onto four targets at a speed of 850 meters per second. The 9K311, AKA SA-N-9 carries a 15kg warhead. The SA-N-9 can relay targetting information to the AK630 30mm CIWS Gatling guns if the target makes it past the missile's 1.5 km minimum range. The AK630 can be fired from a range 4000 meters and has a rate of fire of 5000 rounds per minute, with each round having a muzzle velocity of 900 meters/second.

119's Edge
The Kirov's SAMs and AK-630 CIWS for the combined short, medium, and long-range air/missile defense capabilities.

Torpedoes
Note: The Iowa does not carry torpedoes.

10x torpedo tubes for Type 53 Torpedo
The Type 53 is an acoustic homing torpedo with a maximum speed of greater than 30 knots. =Statistics=