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Russia’s newest, stealthiest sub undergoing sea trials, but is it a game-changer NATO?
Great Power War ^
| 9/30/18
| USA Features Media
Posted on 09/30/2018 11:20:50 AM PDT by SleeperCatcher
The Severodvinsk certainly is a major upgrade for the Russian navy. With 10 missile silos and eight torpedo tubes, it’s a formidable offensive weapon. And, of course, it’s very stealthy.
The U.S. Navy has been tracking the construction and development of this submarine for years. In fact, the boat has been under construction at various stages since 1993; the first boat of the class finally entered sea trials in 2011. U.S. Navy officials believe it is the most capable attack submarine ever built.
But is it a game-changer for NATO? That depends on a couple of factors.
(Excerpt) Read more at greatpowerwar.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: 1pingonly; doubleblogpimp; fakenews; nato; russia; stealth; submarines
To: SleeperCatcher
Is it’s name “Red October”????
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posted on
09/30/2018 11:21:54 AM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: JBW1949; SkyPilot; null and void; Roman_War_Criminal; Travis McGee; Diogenesis
About the size of a Typhoon (length-wise) - Guess it's an SSGN
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posted on
09/30/2018 11:26:06 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SleeperCatcher
We didn’t build enough of the Seawolf class and instead are stuck with the Obaminated economy model Virginia class.
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posted on
09/30/2018 11:27:10 AM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
I don’t think Obama was involved in these 20th century decisions.
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posted on
09/30/2018 11:42:40 AM PDT
by
TexasGator
(Z1)
To: SleeperCatcher
I hope it performs as well as their unstoppable hypersonic missile which they lost, still haven't found and do not know what happened to it yet.
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posted on
09/30/2018 11:44:32 AM PDT
by
Falcon4.0
To: SleeperCatcher
Bottom line:
The U.S. Navy consensus is that the new Russian submarines are indeed formidable. But it’s not at all clear Russia will be able to build enough of them to pose an insurmountable threat.
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posted on
09/30/2018 12:00:21 PM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: JBW1949
Is it’s name “Red October”????That's the same Question that came to my mind, FRiend.
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posted on
09/30/2018 12:01:15 PM PDT
by
Always A Marine
("When you strike at a king, you must kill him" - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
To: SleeperCatcher
Another Russian death trap.
To: SleeperCatcher
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posted on
09/30/2018 12:02:41 PM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: SleeperCatcher
25+ years to build this thing? Sounds obsolete already.
To: Always A Marine
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posted on
09/30/2018 12:25:20 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: SleeperCatcher
“game-changer” - worst new phrase ever.
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posted on
09/30/2018 1:26:52 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Falcon4.0
Pales by comparison to the Snark infested waters off of the Florida coast.
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posted on
09/30/2018 2:27:46 PM PDT
by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
To: SleeperCatcher
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posted on
09/30/2018 2:28:17 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Spktyr
"
We didn’t build enough of the Seawolf class . . . "
I agree and I also wonder just how many Virginia class they'll end up building now that interest on the debt equals the entire military budget.
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posted on
09/30/2018 2:31:09 PM PDT
by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
To: SleeperCatcher
Jack Ryan will find it for us...
As soon as the Navy gets a Helo powerful enough to haul Alex’s bloated carcass out to the North Atlantic
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posted on
09/30/2018 2:53:31 PM PDT
by
Oscar in Batangas
(12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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