Posted on 03/08/2015 9:07:10 AM PDT by artichokegrower
Russia’s Sevmash shipyard will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its next generation Project fifth Yasen-M multirole nuclear submarine, the Arkhangelsk, on March 19.
The Yasen-class subs are touted as the most advanced nuclear-powered multipurpose underwater craft in the Russian Navy.
(Excerpt) Read more at marinelink.com ...
Wish we had a person of Benjamin Netanyahu's fortitude in the White House to address or at least acknowledge this isssue
Not to be cruel, but doesn’t the name of the sub sound like the last thing you’d expect to hear from a sailor drowning in one of its flooded compartments?
Groundbreaking? By chance do they mean keel laying?
And another crew of Russian seaman waiting to be microwaved.
Whoever wrote this needs to brush up on his Russian sub classes. The Yasen class in not an SSBN. The Borei class is the new Russian SSBN built for the Bulava ICBM which after ten years of trying they finally got operational. The Yasen is an attack boat, not a boomer. It doesn’t launch ICBMs.
No worries for the sailors, their government is beyond broke, their credit is now rated junk, I doubt the sub will be started much less finished.
This article reminds me of Baghdad Bob.
Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
Joe, your links are always arcane and interesting. Thanks!
The Yasen class are not ballistic missile subs. The Borei class are, and the Russians have three of those.
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