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A Delta I class submarine.

Delta class submarines are Russian-built strategic nuclear missile submarines designed to attack cities, military and industrial installations, and naval bases. They were designed to attack targets in the United States of America without needing to pass the SOSUS sensors to fire its missiles. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... A Delta-I submarine running on the surface Overview The Delta-I Class Submarine was a large Soviet Ballistic missile Submarine designed to attack targets in the United States of America without needing to pass the SOSUS sensors to fire its missiles. ... A Delta-II Class Submarine on the surface. ... Delta III class submarine The 667BDR Kalmar (Squid) Delta-III class Submarine was a large Ballistic Missile Submarine. ... Image File history File links A Delta-I Class Submarine running on the surface. ... Image File history File links A Delta-I Class Submarine running on the surface. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine Inside of the Argonaute, showing the typical obstructed, tiny space of a post-WWII diesel attack submarine. ... Modern Naval Tactics It is tempting to regard modern naval combat as the purest expression of tactics. ... SOSUS, an acronym for SOund SUrveillance System, was a chain of underwater listening posts located for the most part across the northern Atlantic Ocean near Greenland, Iceland and the United Kingdom -- the so-called GIUK gap. ...

Four different types exist. All have a reasonably similar appearance, but each type has different capabilities and systems. The NATO classification system groups them together under the 'Delta' Class, but Russian classification actually distinguishes three different submarines (treating the Delta II as an 'improved' Delta I). NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation[1] (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. ...

As of June 2000 the Russian Navy claimed that it operated 26 strategic nuclear submarines carrying 2,272 nuclear warheads on 440 ballistic missiles. It broke down the total to include 5 Typhoon class submarines, 7 Delta IV class submarines, and 13 Delta III class submarines. This article is in need of attention. ... Russian Navy Jack Russian Navy Ensign The Naval Cathedral in St Petersburg is the main church of the Russian Navy. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ... The Typhoon-class submarine is a ballistic missile-carrying, nuclear-powered submarine (SSBN) deployed by the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. ...

"Delta I" (Project 667B, Murena) 18 boats

The Delta-class submarines could deploy on alert patrols in the marginal ice-seas of the Soviet Arctic littoral, including the Norwegian and Barents seas. Consequently, unlike their predecessors, they no longer needed to pass through Western SOSUS sonar barriers to come within range of their targets. To improve the accuracy of the missiles, the Delta I submarines carry the Tobol-B navigation system and the Cyclone-B satellite navigation system. A littoral is the region near the shoreline of a body of fresh or salt water. ... Location of the Barents Sea. ... SOSUS, an acronym for SOund SUrveillance System, was a chain of underwater listening posts located for the most part across the northern Atlantic Ocean near Greenland, Iceland and the United Kingdom -- the so-called GIUK gap. ... The F70 type frigates (here, La Motte-Picquet) are fitted with VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) type DUBV43 or DUBV43C tugged sonars SONAR (SOund Navigation And Ranging) â€” or sonar â€” (British ASDIC) is a technique that uses sound propagation under water to navigate or to detect other vessels. ...

After authorization of the development of the class in 1965, the first Delta-I, K-279, was commissioned into the Soviet Northern Fleet on the 22nd of December, 1972. A total of 18 submarines of this class were built, and all served Soviet Navy, under the designation Project 667B Murena (eel). K-279 was the first Project 667B Murena (also known by the NATO reporting name Delta-I) ballistic missile submarine of the Soviet Navy. ... Red Banner Northern Fleet (Северный флот in Russian, or Severniy flot), a part of the Soviet Navy, created in 1933 for the purpose of defending Soviet territory beyond the Arctic circle (Заполярье, or Zapolyariye). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Soviet Naval ensign The Soviet Naval jack The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally Naval military forces of the USSR) was the naval arm of the Soviet armed forces. ...

As of 1991, nine Delta-I Submarines were still in active service. Their decommissioning began in 1994, with removal of the missile compartments scheduled by 1997. All submarines of this class were taken out of service by 1998. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

General characteristics

• Displacement:
  • 9,000 m³ surfaced
  • 11,000 m³ submerged
• Maximum speed:
  • 12 knots (22 km/h) surfaced
  • 25 knots (46 km/h) submerged
• Operating Depth:
  • 390 m test depth
  • 450 m never-exceed depth
• Propulsion:
  • 2 VM-4 Pressurised Water Nuclear Reactors
  • 2 steam turbines generating 52,000 hp each
  • 2 propellers

• Length: 139 m

• Beam: 12 m

• Draft: 9 m

• Armament:
  • D-9 Missile Launch System with 12 SS-N-18 'Stingray' submarine-launched ballistic missiles
  • 4 x 533 mm torpedo Tubes
  • assorted small arms for security. (Locked away when away from port)

• Crew: 120 total
• Commissioned: 1972

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"Delta II" (Project 667BD, Murena-M) 4 boats

Main article: Delta II class submarine

A Delta-II Class Submarine on the surface. ...

"Delta III" (Project 667BDR, Kalmar) 14 boats

Main article: Delta III class submarine

Delta III class submarine The 667BDR Kalmar (Squid) Delta-III class Submarine was a large Ballistic Missile Submarine. ...

"Delta IV" (Project 667BDRM, Delfin) 7 boats

Main article: Delta IV class submarine

The Russian Navy operates seven Delta IV class strategic missile submarines. The submarines, based at the Saida Guba Naval Base, operate in the Northern Fleet. The Severodvinsk Shipyard built these vessels between 1981 and 1992. The last vessel was the Novomoskovsk. Delta IV Russian SSBN submarine. ... Russian Navy Jack Russian Navy Ensign The Naval Cathedral in St Petersburg is the main church of the Russian Navy. ... Red Banner Northern Fleet (Северный флот in Russian, or Severniy flot), a part of the Soviet Navy, created in 1933 for the purpose of defending Soviet territory beyond the Arctic circle (Заполярье, or Zapolyariye). ... Severodvinsk (Russian: ) is a city in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. ... Novomoskovsk (K-407) is a Projekt 667BDRM Delfin-class ballistic missile submarine (NATO reporting name Delta-IV) of the Russian Navys Northern Fleet. ...

The design of the Delta IV resembles that of the Delta III and constitutes a double-hulled configuration with missile silos housed in the inner hull.

The submarine has an operational diving depth of 320 meters, with a maximum depth of 400 meters. The propulsion system allows speeds of 24 knots (44 km/h) surfaced or submerged using two VM-4 pressure water reactors rated at 180 MW. It features two turbines of type GT3A-365 rated at 27.5 MW. The propulsion system drives two shafts with seven-bladed fixed-pitch propellers.

See also

• List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes

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External links

• http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/667B.htm
• http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/fleet/russian/667.htm
• http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/delta