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Cold war submarine for sale
Cold war submarine for sale












cold war submarine for sale

Izvestia reports that the submarine «will study the bottom of the Russian Arctic shelf, look for minerals, as well as placing out submarine communication systems.» The last could be a new detection network to be located on the seabed under the Arctic icecap with similar functions as NATO’s SOSUS submarine detection network in the North Atlantic. Oscar-II class submarine, K-410 “Smolensk” in dry-dock at Zvezdockha yard in Severodvinsk in 2013. That is 11 meters longer than the Typhoon submarines built in the 1980s for the Soviet navy. The submarine’s hull is extended from the 154 meter normal length of an Oscar-II class to 184 meters. Also, unmanned autonomous vehicles, or subsea drones, can be carried.

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The extra length is added to include special equipment including pressure chambers for divers to exit the vessel at deep sea. Now, sources in the Navy confirms to Izvestia that the submarine has been embedded in size with almost 30 meters. With the missiles removed, it is believed that larger objects for underwater operations can be carried. Originally, the hull of an Oscar-II class sub is much wider than most submarines since the cruise missiles are attached alongside.

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« Belgorod» will be equipped to carry special deep-sea diving equipment, including another submarine, and can be used both for military and civilian purposes on the Arctic shelf. Oscar-II class is similar to the « Kursk» submarine that sank in the Barents Sea in August 2000. The hull is based on an incomplete Oscar-II submarine originally laid down at the Sevmash yard in Severodvinsk back in 1992. Russia’s new military research submarine for Arctic waters will be 11 meters longer than the giant Cold War Typhoon class.














Cold war submarine for sale