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Another Kilo-class submarine heading for Vietnam
Vietnam Net ^
| 4 February 2014
Posted on 02/04/2014 8:45:11 AM PST by Army Air Corps
The submarine, named HQ-183 Ho Chi Minh City, was built at Admiralty Verfi Shipyard in St. Petersburg.
Due to harsh weather conditions in St. Petersburg, the naval diesel-electric submarine was loaded on to the Dutch heavy lift ship at Kaliningrads Yantar shipyard instead of Admiralty Verfi.
The loading was supported by two tug boats and a canoe.
The Dutch ship is now travelling to the Baltic Sea and then to Vietnam. It is scheduled to dock at Cam Ranh Port in one and a half months.
Vietnam and Russia signed a document verifying the result of the vessels technical tests at the Admiralty Verfi Shipyard on January 16.
This is the second of the six Kilo-class submarines Vietnam is purchasing from Russia under a contract signed in 2009.
The first submarine, dubbed HQ-182 Hanoi, was delivered to Vietnam in November 2013. It was transported to Cam Ranh Port on December 31, 2013 and successfully made its first maiden voyage on January 8, 2014.
The third vessel, named HQ-184 Haiphong, was launched in Russia on August 28, 2013, and will be delivered to Vietnam this year.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: navy; vietnam
To: ThanhPhero
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posted on
02/04/2014 8:45:37 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: TigersEye
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posted on
02/04/2014 8:45:54 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
“The loading was supported by two tug boats and a canoe. “
A canoe?
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posted on
02/04/2014 8:51:07 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Must have been a big canoe!
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posted on
02/04/2014 8:52:00 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
There is only one Vietnam?
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posted on
02/04/2014 8:56:06 AM PST
by
Elsiejay
To: Army Air Corps
Their people get paid $100 a month. Their boys sell themselves to homosexual tourists. Yet, they have the money to buy six submarines. Yep, it’s a communist country.
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posted on
02/04/2014 8:57:38 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Elsiejay
Since 1975. That said, the cultures in Ha Noi and Sai Gon are quite different in terns of attitudes and mindset.
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posted on
02/04/2014 8:59:01 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
The weird thing is, in the present state of things in East Asia, this is actually a good thing from the point of view of U.S. interests, since everyone with competing territorial claims with the PRC is a potential ally in the event of a war, the Vietnamese fascists (née communists) included.
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posted on
02/04/2014 10:56:06 AM PST
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know...)
To: The_Reader_David
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posted on
02/04/2014 11:03:00 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: The_Reader_David
Việt Nam has been trying to be a US ally for 15 years. Clinton and Bush jollied them along and pressed for and obtained improvements in the political climate there. Mr.Obama takes offense at a country wanting to be friends with America. He has quit being pleasant to VN and has quit pressing for relaxation of the tyranny. Việt Nam's gangster government has fallen more and more into its more accustomed ways again. I am glad to see them get the subs, though. Whether we spurn VN or embrace VN, VN fears and will resist China.
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02/04/2014 7:07:22 PM PST
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ThanhPhero
(Khách sang La Vang hanh huong tham vieng Maria)
To: Army Air Corps
Hmmmm, there’s a least a small hitch in Russia’s relationship with China.
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02/07/2014 8:25:57 AM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Amnesty is job NONE! It isn't even the leading issue with Hipanics.)
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