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As much as I don't like the New START data exchange rules that keep almost all the data secret, on some level the uncertainty feels right. Indeed, why would anybody seriously care if there are, say, 55 or 50 SS-18...
Two Project 667BDRM submarines - Ekaterinburg and Bryansk - were moved to a dry dock in June 2012. Ekaterinburg was reported to begin an overhaul after the December 2011 fire on 21 June 2012. Bryansk was photographed in the PD-50...
On November 22, 2012 K-51 Verkhoturie submarine of the Project 667BDRM class began sea trials that will conclude a medium overhaul of the submarine that began in August 2010. The submarine left the covered slipway in March 2012....
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Pavel
With the return of the Verkhoturie to fleet service, is the K-407 Novomoskovsk the only submarine of the class not “modernized” today? Is this boat also going into overhaul? Any news on the Ekaterinburg? Is work on her refit going well after the fire? Is there a timetable on her return to the fleet?
Any thoughts on the Russian response to President Obama's recent call for farther nuclear reductions from the New START numbers? Do you think Russia would be interested in such an agreement? Linking the new agreement to all nuclear weapons, strategic and so called tactical; for the first time trying to set absolute limits on all nuclear weapons in the American and Russian arsenals.
Frank Shuler
USA