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Interior Images of Typhoon Sub – world's largest submarine (2009)
- a3n 10y agoI was surprised to see the wooden benches in the gym. Except for shoring, I can't recall much wood when I was in the US Navy; fire danger.
- avmich 10y agoInteresting that wood is also sometimes used as a heat shield for spacecrafts returning to Earth, fire danger notwithstanding.
- solidsnack9000 10y agoProbably high enough up, there is not enough air for it to burn -- and the heat conductivity of wood is really poor.
- alwaysanon 10y agoPlus all that wood paneling on the walls
- vinkelhake 10y agoCould you launch an ICBM horizontally?
- baronvonsp 10y agoSure. Why would you want to?
- Animats 10y agoThat horizontal "launch tube" with a big red star is a torpedo tube.
- oldmanpants 10y agoHow about a towed sonar array?
- dvtv75 10y agoNope, too close to the screws.
- DaiPlusPlus 10y agoYes, there were aircraft-launched ICBMs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-launched_ballistic_missile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-launched_ballistic_missile
- throwayguestman 10y agocould the submarine rotate into a vertical position?
- throwanem 10y agoNot without sinking. The ballast and trim tanks won't suffice to give that much up-angle; you'd need to flood some after compartments to make it happen, and that is a very bad idea, especially since you would not also be able to maintain neutral buoyancy. Besides, why would you want to? Your missile tubes are configured for vertical launch anyway, and it's not as though you can just pop a missile out, haul it through the corridors to the forward torpedo room, stuff it in a tube there, and fire it. Every one of those things isn't a thing you can do.
- mattbettinson 10y agoIs that a little swimming pool? Neat
- throwayguestman 10y agolooks more like a bathtub from the size of it
- ajmurmann 10y agoIs this still in service? It looks like it's not. But who knows. Can someone who can read the text clarify? Thanks!
- jabl 10y agoAccording to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon-class_submarine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon-class_submarine of the 6 built, 3 are scrapped, 2 retired, and 1 in service (though later on that same page it says the last SLBM of the type used was decommissioned in 2012). Based on the pictures, it definitely doesn't look like in service. Also, seems quite strange if they'd let civilians (?) run around and take pictures of a strategic weapon system in active use..
- rdtsc 10y agoI like that it has a full size lathe (how common is that for subs?). Well and a swimming pool, seltzer water dispenser and the 1980 Soviet sub arcade. I remember that was my favorite arcade game too.
- throwanem 10y agoMachine shops aren't uncommon on naval ships. Such a well supplied one is perhaps unlikely aboard a submarine, but missile subs are the largest and generally the longest-cruising of any type, so it makes a deal of sense they'd have as much capability for self-maintenance as possible, especially given their vital deterrent role. Same goes for the pool et cetera - the human crew being as important to the mission as the boat herself, and just as much meriting maintenance.
- grzm 10y agoI know it sounds trivial, but the sheer size of these vessels never ceases to amaze me. Wow!
- mpweiher 10y agoDocumentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHOMRsHS6no https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHOMRsHS6no Compare with the interior as imagined in "The Hunt for Red October" :-)
- PhantomGremlin 10y agoThere was a National Geographic documentary[1] about scrapping one of the Typhoons. I could only find a Russian language version on Youtube[2], which it's still fun to at least scan thru quickly just to see the scale of the thing [1] Unfortunately the Wikipedia link is broken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon-class_submarine#Notable_appearances_in_media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon-class_submarine#Notabl... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGhxGgQ-Cd4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGhxGgQ-Cd4
- nsgf 10y agohttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M6ld7_7ss64 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M6ld7_7ss64 (same video in English)
- ge96 10y agoMan phenomenal.Engineering. Metal. I used to be obsessed with submarines. Russians have some nice ones, Akulla class... the g Americans and their Seawolf. Of course the iconic German u-botats there's one in a smithsonian museum in Chicago I think, it's nuts. Those 12' long torpedos or longer with contra-rotating propellers... nuts.