page_title: List of Russian Navy cruisers
section_title: Slava class
hierarchical_section_title: List of Russian Navy cruisers / Slava class
caption_attribution_description: English: A port beam view of the Soviet guided missile cruiser SLAVA underway. Русский: Ракетный крейсер Слава в Средиземном море, 28 января 1986 года.
context_page_description: Currently, only the navies of Russia and the United States operate modern vessels classified as cruisers. Russia currently has seven, one is afloat but has been inoperative for years and another that only nominally in commission and has not put to sea since 1991. The fourth Slava class, is owned by Ukraine and remains uncompleted at its construction shipyard.
context_section_description: The Slava class was designed as a less radical back-up to the aforementioned Kirovs, providing most of the facilities of the larger ships in a considerably smaller, gas turbine-powered hull. The main armament is made up of sixteen SS-N-12 Sandbox launchers, mounted in eight pairs on either side of the forward superstructure. These launchers are fixed at an angle of some 15°. Over-the-horizon targeting for SS-N-12 systems is provided by helicopter or Punch Bowl Satcom.
  The Slava class was designed as part of a new strategy of creating bastions for ballistic missile submarines. Project 1143 and 1164 ships were to protect these bastions, and the new SS-N-12 missile was designed to strike major enemy anti-submarine warfare units.
  One of the other major roles of this cruiser type is to hunt down and destroy enemy aircraft carriers, and other heavy ships. Her SA-N-6 Grumble long-range SAMs can defend an entire strike group against enemy aircraft and missiles.
caption: Slava class.
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