Posted by Matt in November 9th, 2008 |
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Russia’s nuclear submarine fleet is fading away. The navy budget, despite recent increases, is not large enough to build new ships to replace the current Cold war era fleet that is falling apart. This is not much noticed. The rapid decline of Russia’s nuclear submarine fleet got some attention only because Russia needed international help [...]
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Posted by Matt in April 4th, 2008 |
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Russia will put its first Borey-class strategic nuclear submarine through sea trials in the second half of 2008, the Russian Navy commander said on Friday.
The fourth generation Yury Dolgoruky was built at the Sevmash plant in the northern Arkhangelsk Region and was taken out of dry dock last April. It will be equipped with [...]
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