Due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the huge Russian Navy has been in decline, even today, more than 30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the large ships of the Russian Navy are still the "old bones" left by the Soviet era, and accidents such as *** occur from time to time, but in stark contrast to the dilapidated surface fleet, the nuclear submarine force of the Russian Navy has always maintained a leading position, and even today, compared with the nuclear submarines of the United States, it is not inferior.
Putin braved the snow to attend the commissioning ceremony of two nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy).
The Global Times said on December 12On the 11th, Putin braved the snow to attend the commissioning ceremony of the Russian Navy's two new nuclear submarines, the "Alexander III" and the "Kra Yarsk".。The two submarines are produced by the Northern Machine-Building Plant in Severodvinsk, of which the "Alexander III" is the third of the Russian "Boreas-A" strategic nuclear submarines, and the "Kra Yarks" is the fifth of the "Yasen-M" multipurpose nuclear submarines, both of which will be deployed to serve in the Pacific Fleet in the future.
During the Cold War, the Soviet Navy had the most powerful nuclear submarine force in the world, and even today, Russia's nuclear submarine force is still strong).
Although the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union dealt an almost fatal blow to the surface fleet of the Russian Navy, the submarine forces of the Russian Navy, especially the nuclear submarine forces, have basically inherited the family background and traditions left over from the former Soviet Union.
The Russian Navy's newest "Boreas"-class strategic missile nuclear submarine (left), compared with the Delta-4 nuclear submarine (right), its "turtleback" has completely disappeared).
At present, the Russian military is mainly equipped with two types of advanced nuclear submarines, one is the "Boreas" series of strategic missile submarines, which are mainly used to replace the "Delta 4" strategic missile nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy, which are already aging and unbearable, and are the core strategic strike force of the Russian Navy now and in the next 30 years. The "Boreas" class nuclear submarine is called the Type 955 strategic nuclear submarine within the Russian army, and the full load displacement of the boat is about 240,000 tons, equipped with 16 "Bulava" submarine-launched strategic missiles, although the number of missiles carried is less than the famous "Typhoon" class, but the tonnage of the "God of the North Wind" is smaller, and due to technological progress, the "turtle's back" of the 955A has completely disappeared, so the concealment of the submarine has been greatly improved compared with the "Typhoon" class, and it is difficult for the Western anti-submarine warfare system to find the "God of the North Wind" in the lurking.
The Russian army's 885 "Yasen" class multipurpose nuclear submarine on duty).
Another type of Russian main nuclear submarine is the Type 885 multi-purpose nuclear submarine, which is nicknamed "Ash Tree" and codenamed "Yasen" by NATO. The underwater displacement of the nuclear submarine of the "Yasen" class is 1380,000 tons, using the traditional Russian double-hull design, the hull is sturdy, can crash through the Arctic ice floe and float activities. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union's nuclear submarines were divided into detailed functions, including strategic submarines carrying nuclear missiles, attack nuclear submarines with torpedoes as the main attack, and unique "flying missile nuclear submarines" with flying missiles as the main attack, and the "Yasen" class was a kind of "multi-purpose nuclear submarine".
The approximate structure of the Type 885M "Yasen-M" nuclear submarine).
The design of the "Yasen" class nuclear submarine is different from that of traditional Russian submarines, which has eliminated the bow torpedo tubes that have always been used by Russian submarines, and replaced them with the same shoulder launch as American nuclear submarines, so that the bow can be freed up to install a large precision sonar system, thus greatly improving the perception of the submarine. At the same time, the submarine is also equipped with eight triple missile vertical launch canisters on its back, which can be used to accommodate the "Zircon" hypersonic missile, which has strong anti-aircraft carrier combat capabilities.
With the increase in the number of new generation of nuclear submarines, the nuclear submarine forces of the Russian Navy have become active again).
It is worth noting that Russia is not set in stone when it continues to build the "God of the North Wind" and "Yasen" class nuclear submarines, but is constantly upgrading and modifying these two types of nuclear submarines, so the "God of the North Wind" class is divided into two models: "God of the North Wind" and "God of the North Wind-A";The "Yasen" class is divided into three models: "Yasen", "Yasen M" and "Yasen MA", and the change of models indicates that these two types of nuclear submarines are still running in small steps and keeping up with the trend of the world's nuclear submarine technology development.
Joint operations of the Russian nuclear submarine and the surface fleet).
Due to the decay of the surface fleet of the Russian Navy, todayRussia is more reliant on nuclear submarines to safeguard its maritime interests, which is the main reason why Putin braved the heavy snow to attend the commissioning ceremony of the two nuclear submarines。And Putin said in his speech,At present, there are 3 "Boreas-A" and 5 "Yasen-M", and a total of 8 nuclear submarines are under construction。After the successive delivery of these nuclear submarines, the combat capability of the Russian Navy will undoubtedly be greatly enhanced, and by that time, even without the support of the surface fleet, the Russian Navy will still be able to defend its vast maritime territory.