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TLAM Strike

10-28-11 11:52 AM

New Russian Boomer made from Akula Hulk?

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When the construction of “Yuri Dolgoruky” started at the Sevmash yard in Severodvinsk back in November 1996, the shipyard simply took the unfinished hull of an unfinished Akula-class attach submarine and started the welding to enlarge it.

Really? Anyone confirm that? The beam of the hulls are the same, so I guess it could be true but it seems like it would be overly complex to do.

http://www.barentsobserver.com/new-s...784-58932.html

Osmium Steele

10-28-11 12:05 PM

Not really. I saw the Dolphin cut in two in Vallejo while they were adding 100 feet to her. Shouldn't be too tough to add a missile compartment.

How the added weight and length would effect her handling, well, that's for the engineers to figger...

Kazuaki Shimazaki II

10-28-11 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike (Post 1775888)

Really? Anyone confirm that? The beam of the hulls are the same, so I guess it could be true but it seems like it would be overly complex to do.

http://www.barentsobserver.com/new-s...784-58932.html

Not new news, apparently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akula_class_submarine

Schroeder

10-28-11 12:53 PM

An attach submarine? Must be highly magnetic or something.:hmm2:

:O:

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