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Saturday, September 06, 2014

Russia bases high-tech nuclear sub closest to Norway


Zapadnaya Litsa fjord
Weapon tests are completed and the submarine will soon sail towards her new homeport, less than 60 kilometres from the NATO border in the north.

What was supposed to be a revolution for the Soviet navy is finally ready for duty. The high-tech sub, filled up with advanced cruise-missiles and torpedoes, is said to be the most silent-sailing underwater warfare system ever created by humans.

K-560 “Severodvinsk” is the first of the new 4th generation nuclear powered multi-purpose submarines in the Russian navy.

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