The main machinery consists of two reactors each and two steam turbines of 190 MW that provide a maximum speed of 25-27 knots. The Typhoon has an automated torpedo and missile loading system including 6 torpedo tubes with calibres of 650 and 533 mm. They are arranged in silos in two rows in front of the sail between the main hulls. The submarine is equipped with the D-19 launch system with 20 solid-fuel propellant R-39 missiles which have a range of up to 10,000 km. The sail and sail guard have a reinforced rounded cover for ice-breaking. The retractable systems include two periscopes (one for the commander and one for general use), radio sextant, radar, radio communications, navigation and direction-finder masts. The nose horizontal hydroplanes are in the bow section and are retractable into the hull. It has an advanced stern fin with horizontal hydroplane fitted after the screws. The submarine's design includes features to enable it to both travel under ice and for ice-breaking. A protected module, comprising the main control room and electronic equipment compartment, is arranged behind the missile silos above the main hulls in a centerplane under the guard of retractable devices. The pressure hulls, the centerplane and the torpedo compartment are made of titanium and the outer light hull is made of steel. Both hulls and all compartments are connected by transitions. The missile compartment is arranged in the upper part of the bow between the pressure hulls. The pressure hulls are arranged parallel to each other and symmetrical to a centerplane. The submarine has two separate pressure hulls with a diameter of 7.2 m each, five inner habitable hulls and 19 compartments. The design of the Typhoon submarine is multi-hulled and bears resemblance to a catamaran. Each submarine is capable of carrying twenty long-range ballistic missiles with up to 200 nuclear warheads that were once aimed at the United States. The Typhoon is the world’s largest submarine and was one of the most feared weapons of the Cold War. They are able to do so tied up at their docks. These submarines do not have to submerge or go to sea to launch their long-range missiles. The second explosion would have been the detonation of the remaining torpedoes aboard the submarine.During the Cold War the Typhoon submarines prowled the waters of the North Atlantic. This probably started the gash in the hull above the torpedo section. So what happened on board the Kursk? The likely chain of events was something like this: A hydrogen peroxide leak started a fire, which in turn detonated the Type 65-76A’s 900-pound high-explosive warhead. Leakage of 50 percent peroxide onto supporting pallets under polythene sheeting led to spontaneous ignition and a fierce fire.” The Fateful Moments Combustion, though limited in area, was fierce and took some time to extinguish. National Library of Medicine (NLM) “hydrogen peroxide is not itself flammable, but can cause spontaneous combustion of flammable materials and continued support of the combustion because it liberates oxygen as it decomposes.” In one instance recorded by the NLM, “leakage from drums of 35 percent hydrogen peroxide onto a wooden pallet caused ignition of the latter when it was moved. The danger was that this chemical compound can become explosive if it comes into contact with organic compounds or a fire.Īccording to the U.S. Like many torpedoes, the Type 65-76As used hydrogen peroxide as underwater fuel. Kursk’s conning tower is visible as the submarine is towed back to Roslyakovo, Russia. Kursk was fully armed with Granit missiles and torpedoes and was to make a simulated attack on Kuznetsov. On August 15, 2000, the Kursk was involved in a major fleet exercise, along with the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and battlecruiser Pyotr Velikity. The Kursk was completed in 1994 and assigned to the Russian Northern Fleet. Thirteen Oscar I and Oscar II submarines were built, including K-141-also known as Kursk. A Granit could carry a 1,653-pound conventional high-explosive warhead (enough to damage a carrier) or a 500-kiloton warhead (enough to vaporize an aircraft carrier with a single hit). The missiles had a top speed of Mach 1.6, a range of 388 miles, and used the now-defunct Legenda satellite targeting system to home in on their aircraft carrier targets. Each submarine carried 24 P-700 Granit missiles, which themselves were each the size of a small plane-33 feet long and weighing 15,400 pounds each. The Oscar IIs were big because they carried big missiles. The Navy Once Had a Spy Sub With Tiny Ski Legs.USS Connecticut Suffers an Underwater Collision.Q&A With a Vet Who Served on a Nuclear Attack Sub.
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