Borei class nuclear submarine Vladimir Monomah at the “Sevmash” shipyard before its launch in Severodvinsk. (RIA Novosti/A. Petrov)
Posted on 12/30/2012 9:12:48 PM PST by null and void
Borei class nuclear submarine Vladimir Monomah at the “Sevmash” shipyard before its launch in Severodvinsk. (RIA Novosti/A. Petrov)
Super-modern, powerful and almost noiseless Russian nuclear submarine Vladimir Monomakh has been put in water to become the third ship of the Borei project. The cruiser is about to begin sea trials and mooring to become fully operational in 2013.
Vladimir Monomakh was laid down at Russia’s largest shipbuilding complex Sevmash, located on the shores of the White Sea in the town of Severodvinsk in northern Russia on March 19, 2006 – the 100th anniversary of the Russian submarine fleet.
Borei-class submarine
Length: 170 m
Beam: 13.5 m
Draught: 10 m
Test depth: 450 m
Displacement:
14,720 tons surfaced
24,000 tons submerged
Speed: 29 knots (54 km/h)
Complement: 107 (55 officers)
Armament: 16-20 × Bulava SLBMs
6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
It belongs to a class of missile strategic submarine cruisers with a new generation of nuclear reactor, which allows the submarine to dive to a depth of 480 meters. It can spend up to three months in autonomous navigation and, thanks to the latest achievements in the reduction of noise, it is almost silent compared to previous generations of submarines. The submarine is armed with the new missile system, which has from 16 to 20 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles Bulava (SS-NX-30 by NATO classification). The rocket is able to overcome any prospective missile defense system.
On August 27, 2011, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on a successful test of Bulava to investigate its maximum range. The missile was launched from the White Sea, flew 9,300km in just 33 minutes, and then fell in the specified area in the Pacific Ocean.
All Borei class submarines are equipped with a floating rescue chamber designed to fit in the whole crew.
Nuclear submarine (NS) "Yuri Dolgoruky" undergoing sea trials. (RIA Novosti)
The Borei family
The first and head submarine of Borei class, Yury Dolgoruky, has already completed the test program and is to be officially adopted by the Russian Navy on Sunday. Construction of the missile carrier is approximately estimated at around US$770 million, while other Borei class submarines are believed to cost less.
“The hoisting of the flag and the signing of the acceptance act is to be adopted at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk on Sunday, December 30,” the Rubin design bureau that designed the submarine said in a statement on Saturday.
Another missile cruiser of this project, the Aleksandr Nevsky, is undergoing tests, according to Borisov. While a fourth, more advanced submarine, the Knyaz Vladimir, with enhanced technical characteristics and increased ammunition is currently being built.
Over the next eight years Russia plans to have built 10 Borei class submarines altogether, according to the state armaments program of 2011-2020. All Borei class submarines are believed to provide a basis of naval strategic nuclear forces of Russia in the coming decades.
The nuclear submarine (NS) "Yuri Dolgoruky" in the area of the JSC "Sevmash". (RIA Novosti)
Courtesy of the scumbags at Toshiba...
I didn’t hear that.
That’s all right, Mr Ryan. My Morse is so rusty, I could be sending him dimensions on Playmate of the Month.
I'd like to know more about this ....
How is this possible?
Cost of $770 million, vs ours at about $3 billion?
Maybe we should subcontract!
Two pings if you agree.
Great minds
Yup.
Those milling machines.
What was their penalty?
Ping.
Thanks!
The rescue chamber is the sub itself. After it ruptures for no apparent reason, it turns upside down and the water drains out of the conning tower
I bet that the sub rattles and creaks like an old Chevy truck going too fast over railroad tracks. Russia’s industrial base is obsolete, its skilled workforce is old and declining in numbers, and corruption saps Russia’s military procurement. As with prior Russian subs, to keep costs down and avoid embarrassing breakdowns and the risk of fatal accidents, the Borei class will mostly sit in port, with brief training forays into the Barents Sea — but lots of chest thumping articles in the Russian press.
Wikipedia says the compliment of an Akula is 60 or 70 men. That pod doesn’t look big enough to hold even half that many people.
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