had neighbors as potential adversaries it would probably invest in non-nuclear submarines also. Navy’s submarine fleet, unlike the Russian Navy, is entirely nuclear powered, although if the U.S. submarine force is composed entirely of ballistic missile, cruise missile, and attack submarines. The Russian Navy, at least on paper, has one more submarine than the U.S. missile defenses, destroying entire coastal regions with nuclear blast, tsunamis, and rendering the area uninhabitable with long-lasting nuclear fallout. One submarine on this list is particularly ominous, the Sarov, a test platform for the Kanyon/Status-6 apocalypse torpedo, a nuclear-powered torpedo designed to attack coastal targets such as ports and cities with an enormous 100 megaton thermonuclear warhead. It also has one Losharik, three Nelma, and three Kashalot-class submarines designed for deep ocean ocean engineering work. The Russian Navy has two enormous “motherships,” based on the Delta III and Delta IV hulls, for ferrying deep diving midget submarines. Russia has a comparatively large fleet of special mission submarines. The Lada class was built to replace the Kilos and submarine expert HI Sutton claims Russia is planning at least five boats. Kilos are meant to operate closer to home, in places like the Black Sea and Mediterranean, and the boats in service range from Cold War-era builds to boats like the Rostov-on-Don, commissioned in 2014. The Defense Ministry has not made such a decision. Several media sources reported recently that the Russian military had decided to scrap the world’s largest nuclear-powered subs by 2014. On the diesel electric submarine front, Russia has 21 Kilo-class submarines and one Lada-class submarine. 14 VIEWS A high-ranking source in the Russian Defense Ministry has denied rumors of a planned scrapping of Typhoon class strategic submarines in the near future. Kilo-class submarine Kolpino launching Kalibr cruise missiles at Islamic State targets, November 2017. Model details Comments (1) Reviews (2) Description The Model is Not ready for 3D-Print and is Not prepared for rigging and Animation The Typhoon class, Soviet designation Project 941 Akula, NATO reporting name Typhoon), is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines designed and built by the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy.
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