Inside a Russian Nuclear Sub

[Ed P]

A fascinating photo trip via Hacker News. The Russian Navy certainly is not a spit&polish organization, and to me the vessel came across as a depressing rust bucket. However, given all the cuts I wonder if our subs are better maintained.

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[PlaneMan]

How anyone serves on a sub is beyond me.

I went on one some 35 years ago when it docked in Barry for supplies. Claustrophobic doesn’t do it justice, the lack of space anywhere was a real shock to a lanky, skinny kid. How adults lived on that thing I’ll never understand.

[Drezha]

That looks horrendous – in terms of condition at least. Scary if that is a nuclear submarine as you’d like to hope they are well maintained considering…

"Everything looks interesting until you do it. Then you find it’s just another job" - Terry Pratchett

[Ed P]

The wiki on the Typhoon class nuclear submarines states that the US & Canada paid for a bunch of such subs to be decommissioned. Hopefully this was one of them, as the other quote was that it was cheaper to build two new subs than to upgrade one of these old ‘Red Oktober’ era subs.

[keith with the teef]

As I understand it there is no health and safety on a russian sub and this has been the policy from day one and good luck dismantling one scrap and doing it safley.

 

[Ed P]

Not totally true Keith. If you look at the pics, they put a barrier of sorts around the darned great hole in the deck.

On the other hand, again looking at the pics there is a large corrosion hole in the fairing around the conning tower pressure structure. While it should not affect the integrity of the sub, I wonder what it would do to its performance and silent running.

It all reflects a couldn’t care less attitude, which may be why they lost the Kursk.

[keith with the teef]

I’m sure the rope rail is just to help stop the sheep form falling in and blocking the nuke tube. Bhaaar.

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