Comments on: Russian Cargo Submarine – Bizarre Maritime Technology http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/russian-cargo-submarine-bizarre-maritime-technology/ A Blog About Ships Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:00:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Leviatanes de metal | Tecnología, gadgets, inventos, fotografía y noticias de la red. http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/russian-cargo-submarine-bizarre-maritime-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-17479 Leviatanes de metal | Tecnología, gadgets, inventos, fotografía y noticias de la red. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:11:44 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=5689#comment-17479 [...] Russian Cargo Submarine - Bizarre Maritime Technology [...] [...] Russian Cargo Submarine – Bizarre Maritime Technology [...]

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]]> By: TBR http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/russian-cargo-submarine-bizarre-maritime-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-16998 TBR Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:04:24 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=5689#comment-16998 The Russians/Soviets have a long line of almost built (i.e. full design work done and cancelled at the last moment) but never were designs of cargo submarines and "landing submarines" (since some of theme were to be nuclear powered "submersible landing ship" would give the wrong impression) and thus archives full of designs and research history that they are trying to push every five to ten years. Those "Russian cargo submarines" are a recurring if strange theme. Their commercial viability is highly doubtful, especially with the beginning opening/de-icing of the northern routes the civilian was planned to serve. The reason those designs never made it onto the slips were mostly conflicting higher prioritys (SSN's and SSBN's) and the drive to make them multitaskable (usually when a singlepurpoose design just had been finalised but deprioritised) i.e. to turn them into submarine AOE's (including provisions for submerged at sea transfer of stores, fuel and ammunition/topredoes) as well as landing ships, which was IMO just crazy and destined the designs to failure. The Russians/Soviets have a long line of almost built (i.e. full design work done and cancelled at the last moment) but never were designs of cargo submarines and "landing submarines" (since some of theme were to be nuclear powered "submersible landing ship" would give the wrong impression) and thus archives full of designs and research history that they are trying to push every five to ten years. Those "Russian cargo submarines" are a recurring if strange theme. Their commercial viability is highly doubtful, especially with the beginning opening/de-icing of the northern routes the civilian was planned to serve.

The reason those designs never made it onto the slips were mostly conflicting higher prioritys (SSN's and SSBN's) and the drive to make them multitaskable (usually when a singlepurpoose design just had been finalised but deprioritised) i.e. to turn them into submarine AOE's (including provisions for submerged at sea transfer of stores, fuel and ammunition/topredoes) as well as landing ships, which was IMO just crazy and destined the designs to failure.

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