The Oscar class, Soviet designations Project 949 Granit and Project 949A Antey ( NATO reporting names Oscar I and Oscar II respectively), are a series of nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines designed in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. First built in the 1970s, six remain in service with the Russian Navy. January 29 2021 SSGN Oscar II Class (Project 949.A) (Kursk) As a cruise-missile submarine, the Oscar was designed primarily to attack NATO aircraft carrier battle groups. To cope w Project type Attack submarine Builder Seymash Operator Russian Navy Length 155m Displacement 24,000t
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Oscar-Class: The Russian Submarine Built to Sink Navy Aircraft Carriers During the Cold War, the Soviet Union prioritized the development of advanced submarines that could counter the U.S.. Oscar-class submarine ~ Template:Oscar-class submarine A Russian submarine Arkhangelsk (K-525) B Russian submarine Belgorod (K-329) C Russian submarine Chelyabinsk (K-442) I Russian submarine Irkutsk (K-132) K Russian submarine Krasnodar (K-148) Russian submarine Krasnoyarsk (K-173) Russian submarine Kursk (K-141) M IX - electric motors In the 1980s the Rubin Design Bureau was responsible for developing a number of third generation nuclear submarines with cruise missiles, including Projects 949 ("Granit", "Oscar I") and 949A ("Antey", "Oscar II"). K-141 Kursk was a Project 949A class Antey ( Russian: Aнтей, meaning Antaeus) submarine of the Oscar class, known as the Oscar II by its NATO reporting name, and was the penultimate submarine of the Oscar II class designed and approved in the Soviet Union. Construction began in 1990 at the Soviet Navy military shipyards in Severodvinsk.
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The Oscar class, Soviet designations Project 949 Granit and Project 949A Antey , are a series of nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines designed in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. First built in the 1970s, six remain in service with the Russian Navy. Two other vessels were slated to be modernized since at least 2017 as Project 949AM, to extend their service life and increase combat. The Oscar class (Project 949 and 949a in Soviet nomenclature) is a series of large cruise missile submarines specifically designed to pose a major threat to western aircraft carrier battle groups. Although the NATO-Warsaw Pact standoff is ended, several of these powerful submarines are in service with the Russian navy. The Kursk submarine was a member of the improved latter submarines in the. Russia's enormous Oscar-class nuclear attack submarines, known as the Project 949A, were designed during the Cold War with a specific mission in mind: to go hunting for American aircraft. Project 949A Antey / Oscar II. The Oscar-class nuclear-powered cruise missile attack submarine, which displaces more than 18,000 tons when under water, is one of Russia's largest and most capable.
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The worst submarine accident in Russian history - the sinking of the Oscar-Class submarine Kursk - and one of the most frightening naval wrecks of all time happened in 2000. by Brent M. Eastwood The Russian Navy's Typhoon Class submarine tops the list of the world's biggest submarines, closely followed by Russia's newest submarine the Borei Class, Oscar II Class, and the US Navy's enormous Ohio Class. Naval-technology.com profiles the world's biggest submarines, based on submerged displacement. (Last updated: June 2019) June 1, 2019
K-329 Belgorod ( Russian: БС-329 «Белгород») is a modified design of the Oscar II class ( NATO designation) Russian nuclear submarine. It was laid down in July 1992 as a Project 949A cruise missile submarine, NATO designation Oscar II class. The OSCAR-I / II classes of large Cruise Missile submarine (SSGN) were designed during the Cold War to take out the US Navy's Carrier Battle Groups. These are massive and expensive boats, each costing around half an Aircraft Carrier. They are the second largest submarines ever built, behind only the Project 971 TYPHOON Class SSBN.
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The Kursk was an Oscar-class submarine, more than 500 feet long and armed with cruise missiles designed to knock out aircraft carrier groups.. During naval exercises in the frigid Barents Sea. The Oscar class, Soviet designations Project 949 Granit and Project 949A Antey ( NATO reporting names Oscar I and Oscar II respectively), are a series of nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines designed in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. First built in the 1970s, six remain in service with the Russian Navy.
