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| Russian Northern Fleet starts removing oldest ballistic missile subs |
| 2021-04-30 |
| [BarentsObserver] Time has come for the Russian navy to withdraw from service the last class of Soviet-era strategic submarines. Phase-out, however, will take time and happen over years until all new modern Borei class submarines are delivered from the shipyard in Severodvinsk. “Ekaterinburg” is first of the six Delta-IV subs to be decommissioned some time in 2022, according to state-affiliated news agency TASS. The submarine has been laid-up at the shipyard in Severodvinsk for the last two years, but no formal announcement on decommissioning has been made. The submarine started to sail for the Northern Fleet in 1986, and is the second oldest in the class. In December 2011, “Ekaterinburg” made world-wide headlines as a fire broke out while the vessel was dry-docked at shipyard No. 82 in Roslyakovo north of Murmansk. It later turned out that the nuke-missiles were not removed as required before the sub entered the dry-dock. The fire was finally extinguished with seawater by lowering the dock. A Delta-IV class submarine can carry 16 Sineva or Liner missiles, which each carry four nuclear warheads. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 It later turned out that the nuke-missiles were not removed as required before the sub entered the dry-dock. 'Do not fire bullets at the nuclear missiles!' |
| Posted by: Raj 2021-04-30 09:16 |