| Tango01 | 05 Mar 2015 1:01 p.m. PST |
"As a follow-up to my previous article "What to Expect from Russia's Pacific Fleet in 2014," I would like to take a closer look at Russia's new backbone of its maritime nuclear deterrence – the Borei-class (aka Dolgorukiy-class), Project 955, fourth generation SSBN (Ship, Submersible, Ballistic, Nuclear) submarine. RT (somewhat predictably) called this new SSBN class, "the planet's most advanced nuclear deterrent tool." Designed by Rubin Marine Equipment Design Bureau and built by Northern Machine Building Enterprise (Sevmash shipyard), the Borei-class ("North Wind") is intended to replace the Project 941 Typhoon-class and Project 667 BDRM Delta IV-class vessels. This constitutes the first time that Russia has added new SSBNs to its navy since the end of the Cold War. "In a way, the Borei represents a literal rebirth of the Soviet submarine fleet; several boats in the class are being constructed partially from the hulls of scrapped or unfinished Akulas and Akula IIIs," a U.S. naval officer writing for the U.S. Naval Institute notes. The new Borei-class SSBN is 580 feet (170 meters) long, has a hull diameter of 42 feet (13 meters), and a crew of 107, including 55 officers. It can dive to a maximum depth of about 1,500 feet (450 meters) and yields a submerged speed of roughly 30 knots. The sub has a compact, hydro-dynamically efficient hull for reduced broadband noise and uses pump-jet propulsion. Pump-jet propulsion reduces noise and provides the submarine with a higher tactical ‘silent speed' and increased maneuverability. This makes the submarine more difficult to detect…"
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Armand |
| Lion in the Stars | 05 Mar 2015 2:46 p.m. PST |
Hrm… about the size of an Ohio-class, but much less crew and a smaller missile count. |
| Noble713 | 06 Mar 2015 4:00 a.m. PST |
Half the crew is officers? Can you say "lack of a professional Non-commissioned officer corps"? |
| Barin1 | 06 Mar 2015 4:48 a.m. PST |
It is typical For Soviet/Russian Navy from first nuclear subs time. |
| Tango01 | 06 Mar 2015 10:32 a.m. PST |
Like Star Trek! They seems to be all officers! (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Lion in the Stars | 06 Mar 2015 11:45 a.m. PST |
@Noble: yeah, but the Russians have made it work somehow. They're also making it work with fewer crew overall (~60% of the crew of an Ohio-class) than the US, which is something that the USN will need to look at. |
| cwlinsj | 06 Mar 2015 4:23 p.m. PST |
Let's hope they're more professional than the ones on the Kursk. Blew itself up in 2000 because the crew were never trained on the torps they were issued and given the wrong operational manuals. |
| Mako11 | 07 Mar 2015 1:02 a.m. PST |
Actually, I'm okay with inferior training and quality control. Sucks for the naval crewmen, but since they're playing for the opposing side, and pointing nuke tipped missiles my way, I can live with that. |
| Lion in the Stars | 07 Mar 2015 11:33 a.m. PST |
Actually, I'm okay with inferior training and quality control. I'm not. Yeah, I might have gotten into a shooting war with those guys at some point in time, but the sea is unfriendly enough without stupidity like not training on the issued weapons and having the wrong manuals. Nuke-tipped missiles aren't supposed to ever be used. The threat of their use should be enough to stop gross stupidity. |
| Mako11 | 07 Mar 2015 11:37 a.m. PST |
But, can it stop a mix of gross stupidity and too much vodka? |
worries about not losing his rules stuff.