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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That’s it! Russia is done! AGAIN!
My first thought too! Big difference between scraping and scrapping. 🤣
I wouldn’t be surprised if the real reason is that their engineers are leaving for the west.
53 posts?!?!?! We’re slipping.
Side note: When I was in college I started a business scraping boat hulls. Please get the pronunciation right.
All I know is that the content of 19fortyfive is sub-par and embarrassing.
“the US is far, far broker than the Russkies could ever dream to be!”
That’s probably true, both in relative and absolute terms.
SEA the scraping of the Love Boat!!
C’mon man!!
With the new Ford class they don’t need refueling. The current Nimitz class needs one refueling in their lifetimes.
Yep The Russians are scraping the barnacles off the underside.
They can’t get the external tech they need in necessary quantities for a decent price anymore.
Well, the Russians have their TASS and we have our MSN. You seem to think there is some gap of difference between the two. I just pointed this out to counteract the Biden rump swabbers. You know who you are swabbie. BTW, how many ships has the US scrapped in the last say 20 years?
No, to get the gold off because they are broke. Who are you going to sell barnacles to?
Its not Dennis, they actually ran the story that way.
More evidence that Russia’s nuclear weapons arsenal likely is in a shamble because it’s swaddled in secrecy, so they could let it fall to disrepair and no apart those directly involved with the program would be the wiser.
“the new Ford class they don’t need refueling”
That is astonishing. Thanks.
Not the La Jolla or San Fran. Those have been converted to moored training ships for the last school of the naval nuclear power training pipeline. They'll be around for another couple of decades.
Seems like a good idea. Are the reactors still running, at low power?
MSN “journalism”
Ha. They STILL haven’t fixed the title at the original article yet. Duh.
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