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Project 955 Borei Research Begins

🕑 Added 2020-04-18 13:13:22 +0000 UTC

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Didn't realize the first one was laid down in '97 Damn those years were nighmarish, I remember we would come visit my grandparent every summer and up to 2004 it was "interesting" situation in Russia. I guess as with Yasen there will be some major differences between Yuri Dolgolukij and Aleksandr Nevskij

Matus (Saturnax)

The upper left image is nowhere near either Borei or Delta IV or any other Russian submarine for that matter. It looks more like a drawing of a bathtub toy sub.

Joseph Orr

I would say the "public" information is intended to be misleading. This one is way obvious as its clearly a Delta IV. Tupolev may be referring to an "upgrade" to keep her active after the Typhoons were mothballed. In the US we sometimes classify "upgrades" when they are actually new aircraft...such as E-2D, AH-1Y/Z, etc.

The text to the right of the first picture mentions the Yury Dolgoruky sub as mother ship/class. Concerning the representation Tupolev (?) seems to proceed constantly: https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/ssbn-yury-dolgoruky-russia/

Matus (Saturnax)

Exactly, the image above is just a rough reference for the press releases. Quality images & drawings will come with the brief😉

Aaron Amick

This is exactly the type of information I sift through. I think the drawings are just for reference and not meant to be exact.

Andrew MacDougall

You're right. The bottom one doesn't have as much of a hump.

Joseph Orr

My Russian sucks (well, is non-existant) but the image above is of two different submarines. The lower is certainly the Borei but the upper one appears to be a Delta IV, perhaps added for comparison details. Or did I see this image wrong...