"Andrei, you've lost another submarine?"
Posted on 06/15/2010 1:38:18 PM PDT by kronos77
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpbbG3xdPg8&feature=player_embedded
President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday launched an ultraquiet nuclear submarine that took 17 years to build and pledged to invest more money in weapon systems.
The 119-meter submarine, the Severodvinsk, is heralded by the Navy for its stealth as the world's quietest undersea vessel, and its screw propellers remained veiled during the launch ceremony at the northern seaport of Severodvinsk because of secrecy considerations, RIA-Novosti reported.
Russian Orthodox priests blessed the submarine by sprinkling it with water, and naval officers later christened the vessel by smashing a bottle of champagne on its hull, the report said.
Six more Project 885 "Yasen" submarines will be built after the Navy commissions the Severodvinsk following sea tests next year, Rear Admiral Oleg Burtsev, deputy head of the Navy, told reporters.
Work on the Severodvinsk started in 1993 at the Sevmash shipyard.
Despite the long road to completion, Medvedev praised the submarine's designers and Sevmash workers for "brilliantly" executing their tasks while using "the most advanced shipbuilding technologies."
"Most modern countries invest a lot of money in the latest offensive and defense systems. We should do the same," Medvedev said, Interfax reported. "Russia must carry out an efficient modernization of its naval forces."
I believe I’ve seen this movie. Connery was terrific, Baldwin not so much.
Do they have sharks with frickin’ laser beams on their heads?
>>I believe I’ve seen this movie. Connery was terrific, Baldwin not so much.<<
The book’s better. ;)
If you watch the video, the band members look like they could all be veterans of the Bolshevik Revolution.
"Andrei, you've lost another submarine?"
I would NOT want to be a plank owner on that boat...
ya know, as far as a book-to-movie franchise goes, Tom Clancy’s books have probably suffered the most from the main character being played by a total twerp when someone with some cajones or at least the perception of the ability to have cajones should be cast in that role. Afflac and stephen baldwin’s brother? At least they got a good one in Harrison Ford...
the hull of that sub looks surprisingly uneven
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Good job, Barry.
In the second shot of the highly secret and veiled screw, you can plainly see the number and shape of the blades through the translucent veil. Oops.
“Russian Orthodox priests blessed the submarine by sprinkling it with water”
I like this.
It’s the same band that greeted our cruise ship in St. Petersburg.
Right, SURTASS will be all over this one. Just can’t get rid of those pesky 50hz electrical signals.
Now don’t be lookin too close at this fine russian quality, this is only the version meant for TV fools.
Why does it sound off-key for the claim of “STEALTH” with a 1990’s design by the same folks that brought the world the super quiet Bear bomber?
Nothing ever changes.
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It's been under construction for 17 years. What were they? Psychic?
Those Russian Orthodox priests can take their Holy Water and...pour it in the ocean.
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