What makes Russia’s new spy ship Yantar special?

Gerald · 01-03-18, 11:42 AM

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The Russian navy is very proud of its new spy ship, the Yantar, which is now doing Argentina a favour by helping to search for a missing submarine.

Argentina has given up trying to rescue the 44 crew aboard the ARA San Juan, which disappeared on 15 November. But it still wants to find the diesel-electric submarine.

Enter the Yantar, officially an oceanographic research vessel, but actually bristling with surveillance equipment, and the mother ship for manned and unmanned deep-sea submersibles.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe...eporting-story

Spy ship!

Mr Quatro · 01-03-18, 01:52 PM

Kind of hard to hide what she is in any open waters or harbors ...

I was thinking of the straights of juan de fuca travellled often by SSBN's, not that I live there, but have visited several times when I found this trying to spell the name of:

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepol...l-b-c-premier/

ikalugin · 01-04-18, 01:17 AM

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What makes Russia’s new spy ship Yantar special?

Same thing that makes Russian hackers special - the passport of the Evill Empire (sarcasm).

We have a bunch of SSBN based mothersubs too, there is a 2nd Yantar class being built, but it will look derpy in comparison:

Rockstar · 01-04-18, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ikalugin

Couldn't Putin choose another color to paint it besides black? More windows would be nice too.

Reece · 01-04-18, 06:51 PM

Agree!!

ikalugin · 01-05-18, 04:24 AM

Well,

vienna · 01-09-18, 06:32 PM

Aw, we still beat the Ruskies: anyone else remember the Glomar Explorer, a purpose-built ship created by Howard Hughes to secretly lift a sunken USSR sub during the Cold War?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...ha_R9TDSQJbGEN

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...gD8nz6TWmPWAwj

At least we sprung for more paint than just black...

<O>

ikalugin · 01-16-18, 05:50 AM

Yea, glomar explorer was cool back in the day.

Today there is a joke that soon GUGI (deep ocean research department of General Staff) would have more assets than the Navy proper.

01-03-18, 01:52 PM	#2
Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Kind of hard to hide what she is in any open waters or harbors ... I was thinking of the straights of juan de fuca travellled often by SSBN's, not that I live there, but have visited several times when I found this trying to spell the name of: http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepol...l-b-c-premier/ __________________ pla•teau noun a relatively stable level, period, or condition a level of attainment or achievement Lord help me get to the next plateau ..

01-04-18, 06:51 PM	#5
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 32,725 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Agree!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

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ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Well, __________________ Grumpy as always.

01-09-18, 06:32 PM	#7
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,498 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Aw, we still beat the Ruskies: anyone else remember the Glomar Explorer, a purpose-built ship created by Howard Hughes to secretly lift a sunken USSR sub during the Cold War? https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...ha_R9TDSQJbGEN https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...gD8nz6TWmPWAwj At least we sprung for more paint than just black... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

01-16-18, 05:50 AM	#8
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Yea, glomar explorer was cool back in the day. Today there is a joke that soon GUGI (deep ocean research department of General Staff) would have more assets than the Navy proper. __________________ Grumpy as always.