Contents tagged with nuclear submarine
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Russia abandons new Borei-B nuclear submarine
Project 955B, centered around the strategic Borei-B nuclear-powered submarine, was not included in the Russian state armament program for 2018-2027, reported TASS news agency, citing a source in the defense industrial complex.
“After analyzing proposals for the production of the Borei-B nuclear submarine, a decision was made to abandon the project, since building the submarines is not considered ‘cost-effective.’ Instead, the final version of the state armament program, which goes to 2027, …
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North Korea threatens to destroy US nuclear submarine carrying Tomahawk missiles
North Korea has threatened to destroy the US Navy’s nuclear submarine “Michigan”, which stopped in the South Korean Busan port earlier last week, South Korean news agency Yonhap reports, with reference to a message from the North Korean propaganda portal Uriminzokkiri.
“The moment the Michigan tries to budge even a little, it will be doomed to the miserable fate of becoming an underwater ghost, incapable of coming to the surface,” the authors of the message promise.
According to them, “the …