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Friday, September 26, 2008

Russia’s Shchuka and Dolphin ships are a force to be reckoned with for the U.S.

How is the Russian navy stronger than the U.S. fleet

In the last issue of our weekly, KP presented readers with a short history of nuclear submarines. Today, military expert Mikhail Polezhaev and KP correspondent, Colonel Viktor Baranets, compare the world’s two strongest naval powers.

KP: Mikhail Aleksandrovich, how many nuclear submarines are in the U.S. and Russia?

Polazhaev: We’re only counting submarines with ballistic missiles, correct? If so, Russia only has 12 . Their average age is 26 years old. We don’t have submarines that carry more than 16 missiles. The basis of our fleet is 6 Dolphin submarine carriers, which go by the NATO codename Delta-IV. The U.S. has 18 Ohio submarines. Four are undergoing repairs and modernization. Each submarine carries 24 missiles.

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous26/9/08 13:10

    "For example, the American submarine called the Los Angeles and the Russian Shchuka (codenamed Victor-III in the U.S.) are nearly identical ships."

    Well, that article was good for a morning laugh.

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