Russian Akula sub near a beach in Severodvinsk (Russian boomer turned up like a shark)

Webpark.ru ^ | 06/28/06

[TigerLikesRooster]

Russian Akula sub near a beach in Severodvinsk

[TigerLikesRooster]

It sure looks like a giant shark or killer whale looking for tasty lunch meat.:)

[Empireoftheatom48]

That thing is huge!

[cripplecreek]

That would be pretty cool to see.

[Ready4Freddy]

Surfaced, no doubt, to bum vodka from the beachgoers...

[ex-NFO]

It's also a Typhoon, not an Akula (fast attack)

[ExpatGator]

I used to hunt those Rusky subs. That is a big, noisy piece of crap like the rest of their subs, although much better than their earlier generations of subs.

[Antoninus II]

That's hugh. I'm series!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Russian Captain says, "Comrade Vladimirov, are you sure this is the sub dock at Sakhalin Island?"

"There's been a slight miscalculation, Comrade Kapitan. We should've taken a LEFT turn at Poloshnik."

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

"Will work for women and vodka."

[yankeedame]

Surfaced, no doubt, to bum vodka from the beachgoers...

LOL!!! (Well, that's not the offical reason anyway.)

[pabianice]

We used to hunt these white elephants. You didn't need acoustic detection. You could see this big bulge in the ocean going by. Real stealthy. /s

[sukhoi-30mki]

The Russian designation for the Typhoon SSBN is Akula.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #11

Would it also jump like a humpback whale?:)

[usmcobra]

"is this the topless beach comrades?"

[RoadTest]

It's funny that no one seems to be paying any attention to it.

[monkapotamus]

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #15

Russians are cynical and indifferent to many things.:)

[monkapotamus]

[PerConPat]

Perhaps this is just the kickoff for an advertising campaign. A nice photo-op to entice potential buyers like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

[al baby]

Its photo shopped? also is that Cindy Sheehan in the forground as the bag lady

[Gay State Conservative]

We used to hunt these white elephants. You didn't need acoustic detection. You could see this big bulge in the ocean going by. Real stealthy.

When were they designed? Having been an Army guy myself I know nothing about subs,but I always thought that the raison d' etre of a sub was to be undetectable when submerged.

[ex-NFO]

Cool. What's this then?

http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/akula/akula1.html

[Terabitten]

Thanks for hunting those things all those years. You gave me and my daughters a free country to grow up in. Thank you for your service.

[MosesKnows]

That's hugh.

A submarine's size is far less important than a submarine's sound.

[El Gato]

The Russian designation for the Typhoon SSBN is Akula.

Now that's confusing, since the NATO designation "Akula" is for a fast attack sub. But is nonetheless the case, Two Akulas. IIRC, Akula also means "shark" in Russian.

[Calpernia]

That is scarier than a shark.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Emergency, emergency! Everyone to get from street!

(Is there a marine biologist on the beach?)

[toomuchcoffee]

I hope the 'fat nazis' don't see this photo. There isn't a fat Russian to be seen anywhere. Maybe they're not allowed outside?

[strange1]

I used to hunt those Rusky subs. That is a big, noisy piece of crap like the rest of their subs, although much better than their earlier generations of subs.

LOL, like with one of those metal detectors? Or with a P3 Orion Subhunter? Nothing like a nice butterfly passage of the Gibraltor straights to make your day.

[silverleaf]

OK, who sent out for a sub?

[bmwcyle]

[WSGilcrest]

(((ping)))

[Calpernia]

....Ping

[csvset]

Lol. I saw that movie, ( has it been 40 years already?), and that's the only line I can recall.

[ExpatGator]

Thanks back at ya'! And hats off to you, as it takes more testicular fortitude to run around on the ground diving for cover (Infantry) than floating around inputting information for firing solutions (modern naval warfare). Great homepage.

[ExpatGator]

I was shipboard, but my father was in the sky on P-3's. Affirmative on the big metal detector!

[JingoJim]

looks like a crappy beach.

[Professional Engineer]

ping

[Bean Counter]

Gawd! That thing is just enormous! I knew they were big, but until you get a good perspective shot like that, it's hard to appreciate just how big...

[tubebender]

You beat me to it...

[bmwcyle]

You have to be quick here at the FR.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #39

Who knows? The next Russian sub may be bigger than Khufu's Pyramid in Giza Plateau.:)

[El Gato]

Anybody realize how far north Severodoninsk is? About 64 degrees 35 minutes. About as far north as the Bering Strait, farther north than most of Canada.

Either an exceedingly warm day, or very brave beach goers.

[Rome2000]

Whats with the Russkies and Speedo's?

The guys have smaller bikini bottoms than the women.

[Non-Sequitur]

That's what the U.S. and NATO call a "Typhoon", an SSBN. The largest sub ever to put to sea. It's confusing. What the U.S. calls "Typoon" the Russians call "Akula". What the U.S. called "Akula" was the 971 class attack SSNs, which the Russians call "Shchuka-B".

[null and void]

It's funny that no one seems to be paying any attention to it.

Yeah. That makes me think Photoshop.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #45

Could have avoided this confusion by just naming it "Monster Shark.":)

[steveyp]

I don't know about cindy sheehan, but it looks like all of America's used Speedos from the 80's have turned up...

[El Gato]

looks like a crappy beach.

As far north as it is, it's amazing there is any sand for the beach at all. I'm surprised all the people don't have visible goosebumps, even at that resolution.

[tubebender]

A lot of that movie was shot at Fort Bragg Ca just north of Frisco...