Largest Russian submarine. India or Bangladesh should buy it
Posted on 06/04/2023 8:31:35 AM PDT by dennisw
It all came down to costs, and Moscow apparently couldn't afford to keep operating what had been the world's largest nuclear-powered submarine.
In February, Russia decommissioned its Project 941 Akula-class (NATO reporting name Typhoon) heavy nuclear-powered missile-carrying submarine cruiser Dmitry Donskoy years earlier than expected. It was just two years ago that the Kremlin announced the boat would remain in service until at least 2026, even as its role was reportedly limited to that of a weapons test platform for the new Borei-, Borei-A-, Yasen- and Yasen-M-class submarines
However, this week, it was confirmed that Dmitry Donskoi was decommissioned in February due to cost considerations. It had served for more than 40 years in the Northern Fleet.
"The Dmitry Donskoi could no longer be in service due to its spent nuclear core," a source in the Russian Navy told state media outlet Tass on Thursday.
The Dmitry Donskoi’s Career Initially designated the TK-208, she was the lead vessel of the Soviet third-generation Akula-class (Russian for "Shark"). She entered service in 1981 with the Soviet Navy, and after a 12-year overhaul and refit that began in 1990, she reentered service in 2002 as the Dmitry Donskoi, named after the Grand Duke of Moscow Dmitry Donskoy (1359–1389), the reputed founder of Moscow.
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To remove the barnacles?
Largest Russian submarine. India or Bangladesh should buy it
Do you ever get tired of posting globalist propaganda?
Wow, a TWELVE year refit? The U.S. Refueling and Overhaul process takes one to two years for submarines and up to almost three years for an aircraft carrier.
Scraping
scrap·ing
/ˈskrāpiNG/
noun
the action or sound of something scraping or being scraped.
“the scraping of the spoon in the bowl”
a small amount of something that has been obtained by scraping it from a surface.
plural noun: scrapings
“I got some scrapings from under the girl’s fingernails
MSN “journalism”
(Yeah no choice but to keep original title intact)
Exactly
Barnacles and weed, yes. I hear they plan to careen the sub on a beach somewhere to do the job.
And size isn't everything.
MOSCOW, March 7 2012 (Itar-Tass) — Russia will not modernize its Project 941 Akula-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines due to financial considerations, a well-informed source in the Russian defence sector told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.
See the date.
Update on the conflict in Ukraine for June 3, 2023
- Ukrainian cross-border operations are spearheaded by militants identified by even the Western media as N*z**; MO< - Ukraine has increasingly relied on terrorism following the loss of Bakhmut and a growing missile and drone campaign being carried out by Russia across Ukraine;
- New “security assistance” package from the US Department of Defense to Ukraine includes munitions reflecting Ukraine’s growing shortage of air defense capabilities;
- Talk of tanks and warplanes are admittedly for Ukraine’s use in the distant future, not for the upcoming offensive;
Peter Suciu is an idiot who writes for the crap blog ‘19fortyfive’.
Russia plans to move its newest nuclear submarine to a permanent base in the Kamchatka Peninsula in August, according to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency...
'The Generalissimo Suvorov', which entered service at the end of 2022, carries up to 16 nuclear-tipped Russian Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles, each of which can carry more than one nuclear warhead.
Russia could easily do what ed do here. Print money.
Man the Russians believed in big boats. And A 12-year overhaul? Seems it would have been easier just to build a new boat!
Sounds about right
The Russian military is so broke that they are raiding museums for WW2 Japanese dive bombers and buying old Korean War fighters from North Korea
Link here
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1664310790940246031
With our now-suspended $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, the US is far, far broker than the Russkies could ever dream to be!
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