russinan subs

[KTLeth_61]

any one from russia. i looked at a foto of that big sub, man that thining is big. any way i see 20 hatchs. how many cbm.s does it carry any one know the ohio carrys 24. ? the name or claas ?

[EtherealN]

You mean this one?

 

That's an Акула (Akula, "Shark"), called "Typhoon" by NATO. Not to be confused with Щука-Б (Shuka-B), which has NATO reporting name Akula.

 

Armament is 20 missiles, 6 to 10 warheads each, couple hundred kiloton per warhead. There's only one sub active now though, and it doesn't have missiles - it's used for testing and development of the new Bulava missile system.

 

EDIT: I had a pretty big plastic model kit of this one when I was a kid. Fell in love with it after reading Hunt for Red October at like 12-ish, and since I was at the time in a model-building frenzy I promptly went to the store and bought a kit. :D

Edited July 23, 2011 by EtherealN

[KTLeth_61]

YA THATS IT

[KTLeth_61]

thats the same foto i seen

[KTLeth_61]

when thay are don testing the Bulava , do you think thay will back with it, or thay go for smaller sub

[EtherealN]

Russia is building a new ballistic missile submarine class called Borei (North Wind) for frontline service to replace The Dmitry Donskoi (the name of that last operational Typhoon) and I believe it'll also replace the remaining Delta class subs.

 

 

Smaller than the Typhoons, but it'll still have 16 missiles for a total of between 96 and 160 nuclear warheads per boat.

[asparagin]

Oh man, I want a new sub sim..

[KTLeth_61]

day late on reply. the borei , thats a big ship to. how many meters you think it is ? there is a boom or a crane on it or another ship passing by maybe, can not tell. the fotos you got , did you get them from bing or gogl. [ ha asparagin ] i have an old game sh3 from ubi. bad thing is you need to be good with math. when i was in germany i cheeked out the XXII that was ' 20 years before its time

[Groove]

The captain of the TAIPHOON has a small swimming pool in his compartment. Something like 2x3 Meters :)

 

You can see the gym and the pool here:

 

http://ru-submarine.livejournal.com/17486.html

Edited July 24, 2011 by Groove

[EtherealN]

I got the pictures from Wikipedia. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borei

 

Wikipedia should be taken with a grain of salt, but it usually gets the basics sort of right.

[KTLeth_61]

!!!! N I C E FOTOS !!! very nice

[PeterP]

The captain of the TAIPHOON has a small swimming pool in his compartment. Something like 2x3 Meters :)

 

You can see the gym and the pool here:

 

http://ru-submarine.livejournal.com/17486.html

OMG- I plan to building a house - and now I realise I just need a SUB!

[EtherealN]

Back in high school me and some friends made a pact that if one of use becomes rediculously wealthy, we'd buy a 'Phoon and convert the missile compartment to a glassed-in pool. That way, we could park it under everyone else in Monaco and stuff. :D

 

Not likely to happen, but hey... If someone wants to give me a couple billion dollars I'll definitely build one. Can even accept switching it over to AIP instead of nuclear. :P

[combatace]

Symbol of Soviet might. There is nothing of its size and beauty.

 

@EtherealN: Nuclear will be cheap for operation because it still will have enough fuel to run for decades.

[EtherealN]

@EtherealN: Nuclear will be cheap for operation because it still will have enough fuel to run for decades.

 

Sure, but what do you think of the odds of any country letting me register a nuclear powered private yacht? ;)

[combatace]

You can anchor in the international waters, call it an island and declare yourself a nation and make that rule. Now its that big that it can be a country, smallest though.

[vanveken]

:)

[asparagin]

You can anchor in the international waters, call it an island and declare yourself a nation and make that rule. Now its that big that it can be a country, smallest though.

 

:thumbup:

 

..and then declare war on sweden!

[combatace]

:thumbup:

 

..and then declare war on sweden!

 

Why would you say that????????? :noexpression:

[asparagin]

Why would you say that????????? :noexpression:

 

Because they didn't let him register his nuclear powered private yacht :smilewink:

[shaggy]

you can just try to declare war on Sweden! Just try us and you will fail. ;)

[RIPTIDE]

Because they didn't let him register his nuclear powered private yacht :smilewink:

I hear they need some liberation.

[mikoyan]

are those two subs here operational? they are awfully rusted!

http://ru-submarine.livejournal.com/17486.html

 

Even the exercising machines are rusted!

What are the square panels on the skin made of?

[RIPTIDE]

are those two subs here operational? they are awfully rusted!

http://ru-submarine.livejournal.com/17486.html

 

Even the exercising machines are rusted!

What are the square panels on the skin made of?

Nah. All but one of the 941 "Typhoon" Class are operational, and the one that is, is a test platform, already mentioned as the Donskoi.

Rubber tiles for sound suppression.

Edited July 24, 2011 by RIPTIDE

[EtherealN]

I believe those two are held in reserve. Basically the reactors and sensitive stuff is maintained such that it is possible to bring them back if the geopolitical situation calls for it - but obviously not without a thorough overhaul.