Russia's new nuclear sub completes first round of sea trials

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Russia's new nuclear sub completes first round of sea trials

07-11-09, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II

It is around the same length as the Delta IV, also a 16-missile boat. An Ohio crams 24 onto the same length, but it has only one ~35000HP reactor, and is a single hull design.

Actually an Ohio is 560ft long, a Delta IV is 544ft, and a Typhoon is 562ft and has 20 missile tubes. So at 580ft long, we have a new record holder for longest submarine.

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