Russia launches new nuclear submarine

[Adux]

Russia launches new nuclear submarine

Sunday, April 15, 2007
15:33 IST

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Severodvinsk (Russia): Russia launched its fourth-generation strategic nuclear submarine at a shipbuilding yard here on Sunday.

The Yury Dolgoruky, a Borey-class nuclear missile submarine, was built at the Sevmash plant in Arkhangelsk. It will be equipped with the Bulava ballistic missile, which is adapted from the Topol-M (SS-27).

Speaking at the launch ceremony, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said that Yury Dolgoruky was actually Russia's first new-generation strategic nuclear submarine in the past 17 years.

Ivanov said the submarine will undergo sea trials in 2007 and will be fully equipped with weaponry in 2008 before becoming operational in the Russian Navy.

The submarine has a length of 170 meters (580 feet), a body diameter around 13 meters (42 feet), and a submerged speed of about 29 knots. It can carry up to 16 ballistic missiles.

Two other Borey-class nuclear submarines, the Alexander Nevsky and the Vladimir Monomakh, are currently under construction at the Sevmash plant, with a fourth submarine on the future production schedule list

http://content.msn.co.in/News/International/InternationalIANS_150407_1533.htm

 

[Adux]

 

[su-47]

The Borei class is supposed to be the most advanced submarine in the russian fleet. the russians claim it is the most advanced sub in the world, better than anything US has.

 

[Adux]

Better than the US Sea Wolf class, I have my doubts, maybe in some particular areas, but when it comes composite materials and noise reduction, US steal the show. When it comes to out of the world designs like the Typhoon; Russians are far ahead

 

[su-47]

ok, if u dont mind wikipedia articles i'll post one about borei. it talks of how the borei is quieter, faster and more advanced than any sub in the world.

The Borei is claimed to represent the state of the art in submarine design, incorporating characteristics that make it superior to any submarine currently in service, such as the ability to cruise silently and be less detectable to sonar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borei_class_submarine

But if u think of it, the typhoon class and akula class are among the quietest subs in the world, and they were designed in the 80s and 90s. so the russians definitley have the tech to make subs quiet. i wont be surprised at all if borei is all its hyped up to be

 

[Adux]

I would take that with a grain of salt, not much people outside the Defence establishment of Russia knows about its performance,Independent verification has not been possible cuz it has not still hit the water. Definitly Russians are one of the best in the world, no doubt. But acoustic, Electronics and Composite Materials have been the US strong point

 

[Adux]

http://news.ntv.ru/107427/

The video of the launch

 

[Keysersoze]

The Borei class is supposed to be the most advanced submarine in the russian fleet. the russians claim it is the most advanced sub in the world, better than anything US has.

Dude I would look into why the Russians developed the bastion defence during the cold war to put these claims into perspective.

 

[Adux]

Russia plans bigger Asian fleet
Reuters
April 6, 2007

MOSCOW — Russia will convert its Pacific fleet into its biggest naval force to meet security threats in Asia where there are real risks of conflict, Russia's Sergei Ivanov, seen as a possible future president, said on Friday.

Mr. Ivanov, a former defence minister promoted to First Deputy Prime Minister this year, said that Russia's northern fleet was its strongest during the Cold War years but that now there is less danger from the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

"Well, who are we going to fight there? Relations with NATO are not so bad, but here the risks are greater," Russian news agencies quoted Mr. Ivanov as saying during a trip to Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East.

Of Russia's four fleets, three – the Black Sea, Northern and Baltic fleets – are designed to cope with Western threats. The Pacific region, however, lacks any of the system of agreements and mechanisms that exist to keep peace in Europe, Mr. Ivanov said.

"This is a region where there is a risk of conflict. Here you have the United States, China, Korea and Japan, and there are absolutely no rules of the game," he said. "It's not because we are obliged to get involved in their conflicts or because we want to do so."

As one of two front runners to succeed President Vladimir Putin who, under the constitution, must step down next year after his second term, Mr. Ivanov is under close scrutiny for any hint of the direction in which he might take the country.

His comments in the Far East, which borders both China and North Korea, follow a steady revival of Russia's confidence in its diplomatic and military power under Mr. Putin, as well as the emergence of Russia's Pacific coast as a regional energy hub.

Russia is one of the world's top arms sellers, and Mr. Putin is keen to diversify the economy away from the mainstays of oil, gas and mining.

Much of that diversity is expected to come from increased trade in Asia, where Russia has always punched below its weight economically.


This is China Specific...Very interesting

 

[Adux]

Dude I would look into why the Russians developed the bastion defence during the cold war to put these claims into perspective.

Their methods and doctrine have changed after their defeat at cold war

 

[Adux]

SEVERODVINSK. April 15 (Interfax-AVN) - Eight Project 955 Borei strategic nuclear submarines will have been assigned to the Russian Navy by 2017, Deputy Defense Minister and armaments chief, General of the Army Alexei Moskovsky said.

"Under the armaments program, seven Project Borei nuclear missile submarines are to be built by 2015 and another by 2017," Moskovsky told the press in Severodvinsk on Sunday.

The construction of the Alexander Nevsky submarine of the same project is to be finished in 2009 and the Vladimir Monomakh nuclear submarine is to be built in 2011, he said.

These two submarines are, respectively, 54% and 12% ready, the management of the Sevmashpredpriyatiye shipyard, where the submarines are under construction, told Interfax-AVN.

The Borei-class submarines will replace the submarines of the BDRM class (NATO code Delta-IV,) Moskovsky said.

Moskovsky attended on Sunday a ceremony of launching the Project 955 leader strategic nuclear submarine, the Yury Dolgoruky, at Sevmash. sd

 

[zraver]

why would a nation design a SSBN with attack sub capabilites? They wouldn't, the thing might be quiet but it is not fast and quiet.

Also how is it quieter than an Ohio since Russia still doesn't know jsut how quiet they are, unable to track one for any leangth of time or at any distance.

 

[Adux]

Zraver,

Americans say Ohio is the best sub in the world, So will the Russians. These both nations are the leading Sub builders of the world, and they are a class apart from the rest of the countries, naturally some techie-sabre rattling is to be expected.
I wouldnt doubt the capabilities of Russian Designers, and their approach has take some new turns after the Cold War

 

[zraver]

Still you don't build a boomer with an attack boat profile. I think its jsut hype.

 

[Keysersoze]

Zraver,

Americans say Ohio is the best sub in the world, So will the Russians. These both nations are the leading Sub builders of the world, and they are a class apart from the rest of the countries, naturally some techie-sabre rattling is to be expected.
I wouldnt doubt the capabilities of Russian Designers, and their approach has take some new turns after the Cold War

Adux whilst they may have changed doctrine (I would be interested to hear to what?) Again they have been chronically underfunded so how have they caught up?

I think the U.S. is still a generation ahead with tech of this nature.