Russia orders five Yasen class nuclear subs

Reuters ^ | Nov 10, 2011 | Gleb Bryanski

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Russia orders five Yasen class nuclear subs

By Gleb Bryanski

SEVERODVINSK, Russia | Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:35am IST

SEVERODVINSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia announced plans to build five nuclear submarines and made $9 billion worth of orders for the navy on Wednesday as part of an ambitious programme to modernise its army and fleet spear headed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Putin, who will seek his third term as president next year, visited Alexander Nevsky, the new Borei class nuclear submarine, which will carry Bulava intercontinental missiles, and attended the signing ceremony at the Sevmash shipyard on the White Sea.

"I am sure that realisation of this unprecedented programme, both in terms of its goals and financial resources, will enable us to carry out a large scale modernisation of our army and fleet," Putin told a meeting of government officials at Sevmash.

The contracts, whose details are sketchy, envisage construction of five Yasen class submarines, a Sevmash official who declined to be identified told Reuters. The cost of one Yasen submarine is estimated at $1.3 billion.

Yasen is bigger than Borei, whose cost is estimated at $759 million. It is armed with cruise missiles and does not carry long-range ballistic missiles such as Bulava which fall under international arms reduction treaties.

No contracts for construction of Borei class submarines were signed on Wednesday. The spokesman for state-run United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), of which Sevmash is part, said there were ongoing discussions over the price.

Russia successfully test-fired a Bulava missile last month from another Borei class submarine, Yuri Dolgorukiy. The missile failed seven of the previous 14 tests, raising doubts over

[moovova]

So...are the Russkies buying submarine parts from China?

[MichaelP]

The Iranian nutjobs have nothing on Putin. He is every bit as dangerous and just as evil. He sees himself as the new Stalin...

Mike

[dfwgator]

"You lost another submarine, Andrei?"

[null and void]

Just a single ping...

[GonzoGOP]

The Iranian nutjobs have nothing on Putin. He is every bit as dangerous and just as evil. He sees himself as the new Stalin...

Putin and Stalin wanted to rule the world. The Iranians just want to blow it up. You can deter the former, as they have to be alive in order to rule. So long as Putin or Stalin knew there was a nuke targeted on their dacha there wasn't going to be a war. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn't care if he dies, so long as it brings the Mahdi back. No threat can stop a man like that. You just have to kill him before he kills you.

[MichaelP]

You pretty well summed it up. Obama is playing with fire waiting to confront Iran. Israel won't wait much longer though, with or without US help. It isn't unreasonable to think that nukes may be used in any confrontation with Iran. If they do have deliverable warheads, they will attack whomever they can reach, US Forces in Kuwait, for example...

Mike

[Don Corleone]

"Obama administration gives loan guarantee on sub purchase"

Film at 11./s

[American in Israel]

So after all the disarmament BS from Clintoon, this is where we end up. Russia putting out a new fleet of first strike modernized ICBM systems to match our dwindling navy and disarmed fleet?

Seems the Democrats have been working for years to hand America and its wealth to foreign interests.