Russia’s biggest sub ready for scrapping

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http://www.barentsobserver.com/russias- ... 16149.html

Includes one photo of sub being dismantled

Russia’s biggest sub ready for scrapping
2008-07-08

The TK-13 Typhoon-class nuclear submarine has arrived in Severodvinsk in northern Russia where it will be decommissioned and scrapped. The sub is one of Russia’s biggest.
The vessel will be decommissioned by the Zvezdochka shipyard, one of two major yards in Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk Oblast).

According to Pravda.ru, the decommissioning is made with Russian, US and Canadian funding, contributed partly through the Global Partnership and the Russian-US programme on joint threat reduction.

The operation will be completed by March 2009, Rosbaltnord.ru reports.

The TK-13 is one of six Typhoon subs built by the Soviet Union, all of them in Severodvinsk. Now three vessels remain in operation – the “Arkhangelsk”, the “Severstal” and the recently modernized “Dmitry Donskoy”.

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Did you see the link

Did you see the link on that same article page of how the Russian shipyard is offering to scrap British subs too?

Of course they are. What better way to see every detail of the west's subs?

Pete