4 Ways That Joe Biden Could Get America Into A Nuclear War Since then, Russian submarines have deployed more often and for longer and their activity close to critical undersea infrastructure has increased. The Russian Navy has planned to build ten Yasen-class attack boats, with the fourth to commission later this year, according to Russian press reports. [citation needed] TK-12 was withdrawn from active service in 1996, and scrapped in 20062008. This week, NATO announced that it would set up a "coordination cell" to help militaries and industry work together "and boost the security of Allied undersea infrastructure.". Russian subs storming toward US East Coast as fresh Cold War As I have warned over and over again, a major war in the Middle East could erupt at any time. In February 2020, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Andrew "Woody" Lewis told the U.S. ", Do you have a tip on a world news story that Newsweek should be covering? [13], On 10 August 1985, control rods were incorrectly removed from a Victor-class submarine during defueling at Chazma Bay naval yard outside Vladivostok, resulting in an explosion, the "release of large amounts of radioactivity", and ten deaths. When it is time to dispose of the vessels reactors, crews cut vertical slices into the hull of the submarine and chop out the single or double reactor compartment along with an additional compartment fore and aft in a single huge cylinder-shaped chunk. In wartime, the subs would hide under the ice from NATO anti-submarine forces. The most worrying component of that expansion are the Yasen-class submarines. Thats a possible total of 28.8 megatons, or 28,800 kilotons. The Yasen-M notably includes a new reactor that features an updated cooling system that reportedly further reduces the noise the submarine generates. ", "We have seen an ever-increasing number of Russian submarines deployed in the Atlantic, and these submarines are more capable than ever, deploying for longer periods of time, with more lethal weapons systems," he continued. Coasts, Member Services call 800-233-8764 or 410-268-6110, U.S. 2nd Fleet and create a command for anti-submarine warfare across the Atlantic, Report to Congress on Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutters. [27] Her hull was cut in half in 19731974 at Sverodvinsk, the forward portion being sent to Leningrad to be used for training, the reactor compartment being kept at Zvezdochka. NRK's report also said that the E-tjenesten believed that the goal of the exercise was to demonstrate the Russian Navy's continued ability to deploy a large number of submarines far into the Atlantic while remaining largely undetected. And just to make sure that tensions go a little bit higher, the U.S. has deployed aircraft equipped with bunker-busting bombs to the region In a show of force to Iran, the United States military has equipped aircraft sent One of the War Zone's sources said that a large number of Navy submarines, ships, and maritime patrol aircraft spent weeks in the fall of 2019 attempted, without success, to locate the Project 885 Yasen class guided missile submarine Severodvinsk after it reportedly deployed into the North Atlantic.
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