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Saturday, October 01, 2011

No plans to retire Typhoon class subs soon - Russian military


A high-ranking source in the Russian Defense Ministry has denied rumors of a planned scrapping of Typhoon class strategic submarines in the near future.

Several media sources reported recently that the Russian military had decided to scrap the world's largest nuclear-powered subs by 2014.

"The Defense Ministry has not made such a decision. The submarines remain in service with the Navy," the official told RIA Novosti on Thursday.

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