You can read more about Russia’s developing of nuclear-powered ships, submarines, power-reactors and weapons in a scenario paper (.pdf) recently published by the Barents Observer. “By 2035, the Russian Arctic will be the most nuclearized waters on the planet.” the paper reads....
They all have two things in common: they are named after illustrous Russian rulers and they are deadly because they carry nuclear-powered ballistic missiles. The three Russian Borei-class submarines of Project 955 and three more of the upgraded version Project 995A are the backbone of the Russi...
MOSCOW, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Russia's nuclear-powered icebreaker Ural is expected to be floated out in St. Petersburg in late May 2019, according to the Baltic Shipyard's press service on Thursday. Ural is one of Russia's Project 22220 icebreakers, which are the world's largest and mos...
The nuclear-powered craft has an unlimited range. Experts believe its size allows carrying a warhead that exceeds the yield of ordinary intercontinental ballistic missiles. The Sarov N-90 experimental submarine was used to test the new weapon. Since 2008, it test fired mockups and protot...
Launch of nuclear-powered icebreaker 'Chukotka' in St. Petersburg, Russia, November 6, 2024 © Sputnik / Aleksey Danichev The 33,500-ton 173-meter-long icebreakers can plow through ice up to three meters thick. Each has two RITM-200 nuclear reactors that allows their propulsion system to...
Russia is equipping its new nuclear submarines with hypersonic Zircon missiles, the head of the country's largest shipbuilder said in an interview Monday.
in the Sea of Japan. He warned that it may eventually have to resume dumping; there are not enough storage facilities for the 20,000 cubic meters of liquid waste produced by Russia’s nuclear subs each year, he said, and it is too dangerous to keep the stuff on leaky tankers in port...
Nuclear icebreakers remain important for the economic survival of Russia's Arctic regions and are a central element of the Northern Sea Route development strategy. Reactor life extension activities are critical to sustaining the nuclear fleet, as several of the currently operated nuclear icebreakers ...
TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – Russian Pacific Fleet’s submarine will be equipped with a nuclear-powered strategic submarine, a multi-purpose nuclear underwater cruiser and a diesel-electric sub Magadan this year, a Russian Fleet Commander said on Friday. ...
Two ex-Soviet nuclear submarines lie at the bottom of the Barents Sea with their radioactive fuel sources aboard, which could leak into the environment. Uh-oh.