Russian Navy refused from the strategic missile system Typhoon
22.05.2004 14:11

On April, 29 the CinC of the Russian Navy Vladimir Kuroedov held the meeting where it was officially stated. The Typhoon was the 19th division of the Northern Fleet consisting of the three project 941 (Akula) subs. The subs were armed with the D-19 missiles (NATO’s reporting name SS-N-20). Almost all missiles were utilized by launching. The last sub Severstal still has 10 missiles, half of its arsenal, but in the short future they will be launched and destroyed. This type of missiles is not in the production any more; therefore the subs will be scrapped. The Typhoon subs are not real power. Except Severstal there is one more Arhangelsk which does not have arms but has many technical problems and is used as a submarine transport for the President during the exercises. Yet another one, Dmitry Donskoi is under repair for the 13th year. In July, 2002 it was reported that the sub was put into operation, but in fact it is still waiting for the missiles in the slipway. In recent years TK-202 and TK-13 were decommissioned before the end of the set period. TK-12 was decommissioned in 1996, however, it is still berthed near Zapadnaya Litsa. Ridiculously, but in 2001 it got new name, Simbirsk, and the near sponsor, the city of Ulyanovsk. There have been different proposals how to use the subs. One was using them as tourist vessels, once the sub was used… for carrying fruits to the oil workers based in Dudinka, but it turned out economically inefficient. This experiment was headed by the Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Mikhail Motsak, former Admiral, the commander of the 1st Fleet. Today the fate of the legendary subs is clear – they will be utilized.

News source: PravdaRu
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