Russian naval activity is at a historical low on deployments but I bet the US is still interested in all ship & submarine deployments from Severomorsk (Kola Peninsula). Oh, I’ll wager on the rare days the US Navy doesn’t have a submarine in the Barents Sea, the Royal Navy is there. As far as I understands, they do come very close to the Russian waters (if only because Russian subs don't go very far very often). attack submarines, however, do have a mission of shadowing Russian submarines.
RUSSIAN ATTACK AKULA CLASS SUBMARINE UPDATE
UPDATE 08/06/09: As a reader correctly noted, the linked post at the FAS site describes patrols of strategic submarines, which do not go close to the Russian waters. The point is that there is no particularly useful mission in those patrols (whether U.S. submarine patrols are somehow more legitimate. We have been monitoring them during transit and recognize the right of all nations to exercise freedom of navigation in international waters according to international law.Īgain, I'm not saying that Russia should not let its submarines to go on patrol or that U.S. NORAD and US Northern Command are aware of Russian submarine activity off the East coast operating in international waters. UPDATE 08/05/09: NORAD and the Northern Command issued a brief statement (emphasis added): governments would probably know what's in them. These are not released publicly, but the U.S. As I understand, there should be no uncertainty there - START Treaty requires the United States and Russia to exchange declarations about nuclear SLCMs carried by their attack submarines (Note: one more reason to keep START in force). But I guess these mission could always be justified by crew training and things like that.įor some reason, "Defense Department officials declined to speculate on which weapons might be aboard the two submarines".
The only reason to be there would be to show the flag, but with submarines you show the flag by not showing up on sonar screens - the point is to avoid detection. attack submarines to spend their time somewhere near the Barents Sea.īut it doesn't really make sense for Russian submarines to go to the U.S. Since Russian boomers rarely stray far from their bases (although they do occasionally), it makes certain sense for the U.S. submarines, of course, patrol close to Russian waters all the time, but at least they have a mission of sort - to shadow Russian ballistic missile subs as they go to their ( infrequent) patrols or missile tests (which is, by the way, a rather dangerous practice that is hardly justified these days). Eastern coast have people scratching their heads - Why would Russia send its submarines there?
Photo Etched parts for nameplate and propeller etc.Two Russian Project 971 submarines (known as Akula-class in the U.S.) spotted off the U.S. More Features The kit consists of over 50 parts, includes over 20 Photo etched parts Total Sprues 1 sprue, upper hull, lower hull and stand Model Dimension Length: 314.5mm Beam: 80mm Item Name Russian Navy SSN Akula Class Attack Submarine The Russians simply call all of the submarines Schuka-B, regardless of modifications, and it is rumoured that no two are alike.
This information is disputed, however, as the distinction between the Improved Akula and the Akula II class is debated by authoritative sources. There are three sub-classes or flights of Shchuka, consisting of the original seven "Akula I" submarines which were built between 19, five "Improved Akula" submarines were built between 19, and four "Akula II" submarines were built from 1991. Note that Akula ("shark") is the Soviet designation of the ballistic missile submarine class designated by NATO as the Typhoon class submarine. The class is sometimes erroneously called the "Bars" class, after one of its members. Project 971 ?-? (Shchuka-B, 'Shchuka' meaning pike, NATO reporting name "Akula"), is a nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) first deployed by the Soviet Navy in 1986.
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