Posted on 10/14/2014 12:11:09 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
Russia is currently in the process of expanding and modernizing its navy. This might have something to do with Moscows apparent appetite for military conquest although Russia also has a few nuclear submarines that are dangerously past their prime, considering the fissile materials that are still stored onboard.
In 2009, one rusted behemoth was transported to a factory in the far eastern port city of Vladivostok, close to the Korean peninsula, for decommissioning.
With the vessel fully out of water, the pictures offer an amazing perspective on how massive and complex even an outdated class of nuclear submarine really is.
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In Russia, it is "Wessels"...
"Can you tell me where I can find te nuclear wessels?"
Must sat in the water a lot time before they pulled it out for demo.
In Star Trek it's "Can you tell me vhere I can find te nuclear wessels?"
For Chekov, V is W and W is V. It makes no sense.
>>In Star Trek it’s “Can you tell me vhere I can find te nuclear wessels?”<<
Vov, you remember his woice vell...
Ping me when they scrap a Delta III/IV, or Typhoon. I’d love to see the guts of those titans. The Kursk was sad, but facinating being dismantled.
I went to school with a guy from Germany....He drank Wadka and drove a Wolksvagen!!!
I think they could have sold that on Ebay!!
Looks like a Victor III boat.
Based on some of those funny pics I’ve seen about the way corners get cut, I expected to see some Russian guys whacking away with axes and sawzalls ;-)
Many years back on ebay there was a Russian sub for sale in Florida I think. Stripped of everything. Marketed as a floating conference area.
I was room-mates with a German. He took walium when nervous.
It’s amazing to think that something that massive can move. Underwater. With very little trace.
Leviathan 2.0
US boats are actually more cramped than that. Lots of room there.
ping
Documentary of dismantling a Typhoon. It’s in Russian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGhxGgQ-Cd4
I watched a similar one last year that’s in English, can’t find it at the moment.
By Jove I think he's got it!
Which is odd. Since Volkswagen is German.
In German a “V” is pronounced as a “F” and a “V” pronounced as a “W” so it would be, “Folksvagon”.
They were probably waiting for to rust away.
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