8/28/2023 0 Comments Abandoned typhoon class submarine![]() While some of the boats in the table above had to surface to fire their missiles, the diesel electric Golf class of submarines could fire while still submerged (see ). For instance, missing from the table is the Juliett class submarines which were commissioned from 1963 to 1994, or the advanced Kilo class first commissioned in 1980. The radiation accidents and fires on board nuclear powered Soviet submarines (mentioned above) may have lead to the retention and expansion of conventionally powered boats, i.e. The following table shows the chronological order in which nuclear powered Soviet submarines (SSN) became operational. Secondly they were capable of sinking enemy (America/ the West) warships in the conventional way with torpedoes or with short range missiles. A sub set of this role was the launching of nuclear tipped cruise type missies. Firstly they were a deterrent to the threatof American ICBM. Nuclear powered Soviet submarines had a variety of roles. Of the two powers,Russia appears to have had the most hazardous boats or the worse streak of bad luck. ![]() The Cold War superpowers, Russian and the US, suffered radiation leaks, fires and contamination among their nuclear submarines. The most serious drawback of which is radiation, leaks which occur from time to time, are invisible to the human senses and are often fatal. Yet for all that, in common with their hydrogen peroxide predecessors, they have severe weaknesses. Nuclear submarines stand at the pinnacle of ‘air-independent’ propulsion systems which has been the Holy Grail since submersibles were invented. The American short hand for nuclear powered submarines is ‘SSN’ where ‘SS’ stands for submarines and ‘N’ for nuclear. Once fuelled the current generations of nuclear submarines never need to be refueled for 25-year, which is usually their useful lifespan. Their only main limiting parameter is carrying enough food. They are self-sufficient in water production and breathable air. speed, and endurance, and are able to remain submerged almost indefinitely. They offer advantages in performance, i.e. The second explosion would have been the detonation of the remaining torpedoes aboard the submarine.Submarine powered by a nuclear reactor are called ‘nuclear submarines’. This probably started the gash in the hull above the torpedo section. So what happened on board the Kursk? The likely chain of events was something like this: A hydrogen peroxide leak started a fire, which in turn detonated the Type 65-76A’s 900-pound high-explosive warhead. Leakage of 50 percent peroxide onto supporting pallets under polythene sheeting led to spontaneous ignition and a fierce fire.” The Fateful Moments Combustion, though limited in area, was fierce and took some time to extinguish. National Library of Medicine (NLM) “hydrogen peroxide is not itself flammable, but can cause spontaneous combustion of flammable materials and continued support of the combustion because it liberates oxygen as it decomposes.” In one instance recorded by the NLM, “leakage from drums of 35 percent hydrogen peroxide onto a wooden pallet caused ignition of the latter when it was moved. The danger was that this chemical compound can become explosive if it comes into contact with organic compounds or a fire.Īccording to the U.S. ![]() Like many torpedoes, the Type 65-76As used hydrogen peroxide as underwater fuel. Kursk’s conning tower is visible as the submarine is towed back to Roslyakovo, Russia. Kursk was fully armed with Granit missiles and torpedoes and was to make a simulated attack on Kuznetsov. On August 15, 2000, the Kursk was involved in a major fleet exercise, along with the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and battlecruiser Pyotr Velikity. The Kursk was completed in 1994 and assigned to the Russian Northern Fleet. Thirteen Oscar I and Oscar II submarines were built, including K-141-also known as Kursk. A Granit could carry a 1,653-pound conventional high-explosive warhead (enough to damage a carrier) or a 500-kiloton warhead (enough to vaporize an aircraft carrier with a single hit). The missiles had a top speed of Mach 1.6, a range of 388 miles, and used the now-defunct Legenda satellite targeting system to home in on their aircraft carrier targets. Each submarine carried 24 P-700 Granit missiles, which themselves were each the size of a small plane-33 feet long and weighing 15,400 pounds each. The Oscar IIs were big because they carried big missiles. ![]()
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