A man walks past a russian nuclear submarine at zvezda star factory in bolshoi kamen 90 km 56 miles east of vladivostok april 26 2010. A russian nuclear submarine lies at zvezda star factory before being dismantled in bolshoi kamen 90 km 56 miles east of vladivostok april 26 2010. Boreas nato reporting name borei also referred to as dolgorukiy class are series of nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines being constructed by sevmash for the russian navy the class is projected to replace the soviet era delta iii delta iv.
The borei class alternate transliteration borey russian designation project 955 borei and project 955a borei a russian. The k 329 submarine and the status 6 poseidon drone are jointly part of the new weapons systems designed by russia to respond among other things to the united states s new nuclear capabilities in the context of the abandonment of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty between these two countries. List of nato reporting names for ballistic missile submarines.
During the cold war nato nations referred to these classes by nato reporting names based on intelligence data which did not always correspond perfectly with the projects see. The submarines in the soviet navy were developed by numbered projects which were sometimes but not always given names. Perhaps the quietest.
A grim future for russia s nuclear sub fleet in march 2017 russia s new yasen class nuclear attack submarine kazan launched at the northern port city of severodvinsk. Perhaps the quietest russian submarine ever the event was further evidence the kremlin can still build capable and lethal subs capable of a variety of missions including cruise missile attack. In march 2017 russia s new yasen class nuclear attack submarine kazan launched at the northern port city of severodvinsk.
That s primarily due to the trump administration s development of nuclear counterforces including submarine launched weapons which can match russia in the limited nuclear warfare domain. It was the americans who first. The russian newspaper izvestia recently reported that 507 crew members have died during the 40 years that the russians have used nuclear powered submarines.
Bellona photo russia is finally slicing up its abandoned radioactive submarines nuclear contamination has been a persistent source of. One of many rusting decommissioned russian submarines. 248 submarines 91 attack submarines 62 cruise missile submarines.
From 1950 to 2003 the soviet union and its major successor state russia constructed the largest nuclear powered navy in the world more ships than all other navies combined.
Rusting russian nuclear submarines. The decommissioning of russian nuclear powered vessels is an issue of major concern to the united states and to the scandinavian countries near russia.
The decommissioning of russian nuclear powered vessels is an issue of major concern to the united states and to the scandinavian countries near russia.
