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Cruelbreed
03-28-2009, 02:27 PM
Everyone and their mother is building submarines, no wonder the impeccable got in a standoff with the Chinese. How do we protect aircraft carriers etc from these threats.




Russia to build 6 nuclear subs with cruise missiles



Story Highlights
Sources: Russia plans to build six nuclear subs armed with cruise missiles
Missiles could be used against aircraft carriers, source tells Russian news agency
Subs reportedly will be put into service for Russian navy in 2011

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russia will build at least six nuclear-powered submarines with long-range cruise missiles for its navy, a source in the Russian Defense Ministry told the Itar-Tass news agency.
The missiles can potentially carry low-capacity tactical warheads, the news agency reported Friday.
"These supersonic, highly maneuvering missiles are designed for strikes on aircraft carriers of the enemy if the latter poses a direct threat to Russia's security," the unnamed source told Itar-Tass. "The missiles can be launched at the most important coastal facilities."
The source added, "Despite the construction of a new nuclear submarine with new missiles, Russia intends to observe firmly international arms control agreements on equal terms with other countries."
The Severodvinsk-class submarines are being built at the Sevmash shipyard, the center of Russian (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/russia) nuclear submarine production, according to Global Security's Web site.
The new subs will be put into service for the Russian navy in 2011, the source told Itar-Tass (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/itar_tass_news_agency).
Russia will finance the construction of the new submarine with long-range cruise missiles, First Deputy Chief of the Navy's General Staff, Vice-Admiral Oleg Burtsev told Itar-Tass.

leahcimnosirrom
03-28-2009, 10:00 PM
just off the top of my head, i say defending large ships like that will fall into lazers, microwaves, and or some kinetic devices. technology is getting there. a couple of years ago i might have doubted it. i heard those R2-D2 antimissile, anti-air things were getting scraped that has been in service on u.s. ships. what ever the system is, it will be multi teared.

ghost
03-29-2009, 02:53 AM
Yeah, I think it's safe to say that the Cold War is starting again.

Cruelbreed
03-29-2009, 03:51 AM
Yeah, I think it's safe to say that the Cold War is starting again.

Yeah all after 2+ years of being ripped off completely on gas. It's a mutli-tiered cold war with russia,china, venezuela,iran and who knows who else all playing with their wankers together.

leahcimnosirrom
03-31-2009, 03:50 PM
Tavarez.... here is an article i read today about china's ballistic missile defense option for countering u.s. ships. i also heard that the first blueray bootlegs have been spotted in china... i know you got a thing for cheap technological nock offs.


https://www.usni.org/forthemedia/ChineseKillWeapon.asp

Cruelbreed
03-31-2009, 04:59 PM
Tavarez.... here is an article i read today about china's ballistic missile defense option for countering u.s. ships. i also heard that the first blueray bootlegs have been spotted in china... i know you got a thing for cheap technological nock offs.


https://www.usni.org/forthemedia/ChineseKillWeapon.asp

Thanks, it was an interesting read, and something i'm definetly interested in.