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Dmitry Donskoy completes trials

An upgraded Russian strategic missile submarine has completed a series of work-up exercises in the end of August, Interfax-Northwest news agency said August 25th.

2004-09-07 17:51

The nuclear-powered sub Dimitry Donskoy has completed the second phase of its factory performance trials in the White Sea, the Sevmash plant’s press service told Interfax. The submarine has undergone modernization procedures at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk region. The planned program of trials has been fully completed, it said.

The submarine was built at the Sevmash plant in 1982 and became the first Russian Typhoon submarine
Design Bureau Rubin (St Petersburg) developed third generation Typhoon (Akula) class submarine project 941. Sevmash built six Typhoons. The submarine has multi-hulled design, having two parallel main hulls, also called strong hulls, inside the light hull. Maximum diving depth is 400 m. Speed is 12 knots when surfaced and 27 knots when submerged. Typhoon is capable of spending 120 days at sea. The submarine is divided into 19 compartments and powered with two 190 megawatts nuclear reactors.

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Russia to scrap its biggest nuclear cruiser for $40m

Severodvinsk based plant Zvezdochka will dismantle the nuclear cruiser ex-Admiral Ushakov, ITAR-TASS reported.

2004-09-07 16:44

Severodvinsk based Design Bureau Onega is responsible for development of the dismantlement project of the cruiser which is moored at Zvezdochka. The Russian Federal Agency on Atomic Energy ordered the project.

According to ITAR-TASS with the reference to the Zvezdochka plant’s press department, $40m is needed to scrap the biggest Russian cruiser and $10m from this sum would be spent to develop a dismantling project as Russia has no experience in cutting such big nuclear powered cruisers. The ship cannot even fit any dock at the plant, so it will be scrapped afloat. The main task for the designers is to create a technology of the safe extraction of the reactor unit and its storage during 50 years. It will take not less than 1.5 years to develop the technical documentation.

Heavy nuclear missile cruiser Admiral Ushakov (Kirov before 1992) was built at the Baltiysky shipyard in St Petersburg in 1980 and used to be the flagship of the Russian navy. Since 90’s the cruiser needed repairs and did not take part in the exercises. In June this year the cruiser’s name was transferred to destroyer ”Besstrashny” based in Severomorsk, so the former navy flagship Admiral Ushakov carries only number 090 on its bow at the moment.

Das Geld zur Instandhaltung und Betrieb war sowieso nicht vorhanden, und einen Großteil der Entsorgung wird der Westen bezahlen (reiner Eigennutz).

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