Thursday, September 13, 2007
MOSCOW: Russia could be developing a top-secret new type of submarine capable of patrolling underwater longer than existing diesel-powered submarines, a Russian newspaper said on Wednesday.
The project - codenamed 20120 - came to light when details were inadvertently posted on the Internet site of a provincial town, Kommersant newspaper reported. The posting has now been taken down and the navy denied any knowledge of the project. Russia is boosting military spending to back up its increasingly assertive foreign policy.
That has allowed it to resume work developing new hardware that was shelved because of a lack of cash after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Earlier this year, Russia launched the Yuri Dologruky nuclear submarine, its first new-generation submarine since the end of Soviet rule. reuters
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
Russia developing top-secret submarine
MOSCOW: Russia could be developing a top-secret new type of submarine capable of patrolling underwater longer than existing diesel-powered submarines, a Russian newspaper said on Wednesday.
The project - codenamed 20120 - came to light when details were inadvertently posted on the Internet site of a provincial town, Kommersant newspaper reported. The posting has now been taken down and the navy denied any knowledge of the project. Russia is boosting military spending to back up its increasingly assertive foreign policy.
That has allowed it to resume work developing new hardware that was shelved because of a lack of cash after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Earlier this year, Russia launched the Yuri Dologruky nuclear submarine, its first new-generation submarine since the end of Soviet rule. reuters
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan