New Russian nuclear submarine enters service

[notorious]

New Russian nuclear submarine enters service

http://news.yahoo.com/russian-nuclea...160331789.html



MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian navy on Thursday hoisted its flag on a new nuclear powered submarine intended to form a key part of the country's future nuclear deterrent. It is part of an ambitious weapons modernization effort that comes as the military is preparing for a naval exercise off Syria's shores.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the war games in the Mediterranean will be the biggest such exercise since Soviet times and involve ships from all four Russian fleets. The maneuvers have been seen as a demonstration of Russian naval power and a show of support for an old ally, whom Moscow has shielded from international sanctions.

Shoigu made the statement after commissioning the new Yury Dolgoruky nuclear submarine, which carries 16 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles. It is the first of a new series of Borei-class submarines that will replace older Soviet-built ships. Another submarine of the same type is currently undergoing sea trials and two others are now under construction.

President Vladimir Putin congratulated the Yuri Dolgoruky's crew during a conference call Thursday, hailing the ship as a "powerful weapon that will guarantee our security."

"Submarines of that class will become an important element of sea-based strategic forces, a guarantor of global balance and security of Russia and its allies," Putin said.

Commissioning of the new submarines is part of an ambitious arms modernization program that envisages spending over 20 trillion rubles ($657 billion) on new weapons through 2020.

Putin said Thursday that 4 trillion rubles ($132 billion) of that money will be spent on commissioning the new submarines and other navy ships. "Modernization of the navy is one of the most important priorities in our work to strengthen the armed forces," he said.

Putin said the navy will commission the total of eight Borei-class ICBM nuclear submarines and eight nuclear submarines of a different Yasen class intended to hunt for enemy ships.

The construction of the Yuri Dolgoruky, named after a medieval Russian prince who founded Moscow, began in 1995 but was slowed down by a post-Soviet economic meltdown and it wasn't until 2009 when it finally entered sea trials. The submarine's commissioning was delayed further by problems with the new Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile intended to arm it.

The Bulava experienced a string of failures during tests that dragged on for years, raising doubts about the future of the most expensive military project in Russia's post-Soviet history. Recent tests, however, have been successful, allowing the navy to finally commission the submarine.

Shoigu, who attended the commissioning of the new submarine at a shipyard in Severodvinsk, said that the Bulava is fully combat ready.

Facing questions about Bulava, Putin's chief of staff Sergei Ivanov also insisted that "the navy has no reason to doubt its reliability."

A hawkish Russian Cabinet member marked the ceremony with a tongue-in-cheek comment mimicking the Cold War-era diatribes of Soviet leaders. "You bourgeoisie tremble! You are screwed!" Dmitry Rogozin, deputy prime minister in charge of military industries, wrote on Twitter.

Rogozin, a nationalist politician in the past, has been known for his bellicose and sometimes crude statements.

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

Dumbass.

Yes we spend more on our military than the entire world combined. We are so weak...

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

Dumbass.

Yes we spend more on our military than the entire world combined. We are so weak...

You are aware that will change soon?...

[gblowfish]

What does Jered at Subway think of this? He's an expert on subs.

[Molitoth]

Or every country could work together in building a resource based economy, instead of figuring out new ways to kill ourselves off.

[DJ's left nut]

The Kirov Class battlecruisers are probably fairly obsolete at this point (and in fact I think there's only 1 left), but man those things are imposing.

[scott free]

That things friggin massive.

But i'm not too worried, our military is never going to let itself feel outgunned, no matter what we hear about budget cuts theres an entirely different budget thats not on the books.

[Demonpenz]

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[Demonpenz]

Originally Posted by ncCHIEFfan

Russia and China are continuing to build their Military bigger and better while the U.S. continues to weak'n our entire country not just the military. What a bright future we have

But look on the bright side....we still have our "rights"...to kill unwanted babies and we will have legal pillowbiter marriages!

The sad part is the younger generation just stands back and does nothing. Makes you wonder why we even fought so hard to begin with.

[demonhero]

Originally Posted by ncCHIEFfan

Russia and China are continuing to build their Military bigger and better while the U.S. continues to weak'n our entire country not just the military. What a bright future we have

But look on the bright side....we still have our "rights"...to kill unwanted babies and we will have legal pillowbiter marriages!

we are fine.. we still have 12,345,678,945,6123 puddles, and 1 bulldog.

[bevischief]

The US military never lets the public know anything till the replacement is already on-line.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by rockymtnchief

A nice shot of the inside.

Thanks, Asshole! Now, I'm completely jonesing to watch The Hunt for Red October..

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by Rausch

You are aware that will change soon?...

Oh noes we will spend like 20% less than the entire rest of the world. Now I'm a skeered...

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

Thanks, Asshole! Now, I'm completely jonesing to watch The Hunt for Red October..

Could be worse, you could be jonesing to watch To Wong Fu.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

The sad part is the younger generation just stands back and does nothing. Makes you wonder why we even fought so hard to begin with.

You are a wicked man, penz.

[Strongside]

Call of Duty video games are going to come true. Some radical militant group will reform the Soviet Union, overthrow the Russian govt and assume power of the Nukes. They will then hit the Eastern US with an E.M.P. and it's Red Dawn for real.

Ain't takin' muh guns, bitches.