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Posted: 9/29/2011 8:55:16 AM EDT
Some neat pics inside a mothballed Soviet missile sub. Man, they really didn't splurge on the decor.
http://igor113.livejournal.com/27205.html (In Russian/pic heavy) |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:03:22 AM EDT
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Quoted: Looks survivable. Maybe.Some neat pics inside a mothballed Soviet missile sub. Man, they really didn't splurge on the decor. http://i56.tinypic.com/21ayh38.jpg http://igor113.livejournal.com/27205.html (In Russian) |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:09:55 AM EDT
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I wonder how much those pictures would have been worth 25 years ago.
ETA: What's the deal with that little model submarine on what looks like broken styrofoam? Near the bottom, just above the picture of the head. |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:15:47 AM EDT
[#3]
Zinc chromate green is popular the world over.
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:16:15 AM EDT
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About the first half of those pics are not "inside" the sub. They are in the free-flooding superstructure around the hull. And yes, that is a picture of a "swimming pool" in there.
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:19:54 AM EDT
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Its very cold in this thread. |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:20:35 AM EDT
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Quoted:
Its very cold in this thread. Wait for the Cesium to warm you up. |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:21:23 AM EDT
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We should steal one, fix it up to be a big drone, sink a Chinese ship and grab some popcorn.
2 birds, one stone. |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:27:05 AM EDT
[#8]
Big sub.
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:27:40 AM EDT
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Quoted:
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Its very cold in this thread. Wait for the Cesium to warm you up. Not sure if serious! |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:27:46 AM EDT
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Looks like the inside of Site Staff's CommCenter of Solitude
hmmm, any fuel left? 
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:28:08 AM EDT
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Quoted:
About the first half of those pics are not "inside" the sub. They are in the free-flooding superstructure around the hull. And yes, that is a picture of a "swimming pool" in there. Hence the rust? |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:30:34 AM EDT
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Pretty cool. Here's the Google Translate link for a rough idea of the Russian:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Figor113.livejournal.com%2F27205.html |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:31:46 AM EDT
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Typhoon class? Looks like an SSBN
ETA: Well no shit-the first post said "missile sub". I are dumb I thought the head looked inviting. |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:34:02 AM EDT
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Big sub. Big son of a bitch! |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:37:02 AM EDT
[#15]
Pictures like these and the series on the mothballed Ekranoplan make me really want to take a trip to Russia and tour these mothballed Soviet era military vehicles/vessels.
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:37:58 AM EDT
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Note to self:
Do not hire Russian welders! |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:38:11 AM EDT
[#17]
Neat!
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:38:40 AM EDT
[#18]
Bet arfcom GD could pull enough $ together to buy one.
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:40:04 AM EDT
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Big differences in creature comforts compared to ours. I'll stick with our subs.
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:40:43 AM EDT
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Pictures like these and the series on the mothballed Ekranoplan make me really want to take a trip to Russia and tour these mothballed Soviet era military vehicles/vessels. +1 Or to bring them here and put in a museum. |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:40:53 AM EDT
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Quoted: Its very cold in this thread. ...Cold. And Hard. |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:41:02 AM EDT
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You noticed that too. Dimitriski! Your weld is shit! Da, but I can put some more on! |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:41:11 AM EDT
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I've seen a lot worse. For a 4+ pass weld, it's not bad. Not real pretty, but I'll bet you it'd pass x-ray. |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:41:27 AM EDT
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Pictures like these and the series on the mothballed Ekranoplan make me really want to take a trip to Russia and tour these mothballed Soviet era military vehicles/vessels. In the 70's, there were a lot of abandoned Nike missile sites and stuff scattered around the US that were not much different. Not on the scale of this sub, but the same general idea - stuff that just got obsolete and was left to rust & decay. EPA regs declared anything and everything (and probably everybody) HAZMAT plus a few lawsuits from people that fvcked themselves up exploring led to hasty clean-ups of the cool places. Nowadays, exploration of abandoned facilities is a lot more risky - we didn't have to worry about needles and crap smeared everywhere way back when. I wouldn't touch any urban areas - some places way, way in the sticks are still worth poking around. |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:43:29 AM EDT
[#25]
Red October's looking pretty sad these days.
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:44:25 AM EDT
[#26]
More tea anyone?
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:45:29 AM EDT
[#27]
They may have been a formidable weapons platform, but they look like death traps.
IMO, all submariners are exceptionally brave sailors. |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:47:04 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/29/2011 9:48:59 AM EDT
[#29]
Tag for home
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Posted: 9/29/2011 10:01:44 AM EDT
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Quoted:
They may have been a formidable weapons platform, but they look like death traps. IMO, all submariners are exceptionally brave sailors. Especially Soviets they couldn't give a fuck if the sailors came home. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 10:07:30 AM EDT
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Comrade! You will accept verily increased cancer from radiation, for mother Russia!
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Posted: 9/29/2011 10:09:26 AM EDT
[#32]
In Soviet Union moth ball you.
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Posted: 9/29/2011 10:09:35 AM EDT
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Quoted:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr0JaXfKj68&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW18-2-QrIgGood movie, but it is funny to hear a "Russian" Sub commander speak English with a Scottish accent. |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 10:16:48 AM EDT
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All of their stuff looks clunky and crude.
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Posted: 9/29/2011 10:22:37 AM EDT
[#35]
Very cool
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Posted: 9/29/2011 10:24:08 AM EDT
[#36]
Wow...it's the Russian Cheech Marin!
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Posted: 9/29/2011 10:25:20 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: They may have been a formidable weapons platform, but they look like death traps. IMO, all submariners are exceptionally brave sailors. Especially Soviets they couldn't give a fuck if the sailors came home. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile The families of the Kursk sailors and several other Russian / Soviet subs would agree.  |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 10:45:30 AM EDT
[#38]
Agggh, the flashbacks!!
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Posted: 9/29/2011 11:02:29 AM EDT
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Agggh, the flashbacks!! Get mine about weekly. Nothing like the smell of diesel fuel and amine. "The smell, you know that submarine smell, the whole boat. Smelled like [sniffing, pondering] victory." |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 11:09:57 AM EDT
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I think I need a tetanus shot from looking at that.
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Posted: 9/29/2011 11:16:47 AM EDT
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Quoted: I thought the air smelled and tasted like the ice from a freezer wall. It only took a fewQuoted: Agggh, the flashbacks!! Get mine about weekly. Nothing like the smell of diesel fuel and amine. "The smell, you know that submarine smell, the whole boat. Smelled like [sniffing, pondering] victory." minutes and you were used to it and couldn't smell it. When you unpacked your seabag back at home the memories were refreshed.
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Posted: 9/29/2011 11:17:45 AM EDT
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Wow, what a shit detail that must have been.
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Posted: 9/29/2011 11:22:20 AM EDT
[#43]
No, that's the Mexican dude running the whore house in Way of the Gun. 
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Posted: 9/29/2011 11:22:46 AM EDT
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Nuclear subs are one of the most complicated things that humans have ever built, if not THE single most complicated thing. An aircraft carrier would probably win the title, but only because of sheer mass and volume of "complicated".
I'm amazed that all that crap works, and I've had my hands in technical stuff my whole life. I have a frame of reference for what "complicated" and "MTBF" mean. |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 11:24:42 AM EDT
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Why were we ever afraid of the Soviets? Sure, they had a big Army/Navy/Air Force, but all their equipment was at least 20 years behind ours and most of it was absolute garbage that was more dangerous to the operator than the enemy.
Nevermind me, I just miss the cold war. Things were simpler then. 
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Posted: 9/29/2011 11:28:05 AM EDT
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those handles remind me of AK-74 magazines..... 
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Posted: 9/29/2011 11:31:26 AM EDT
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My best friend was a Nuke Submariner in the USN, and was a Chief Petty Officer. He has told me that those old Russian subs were death traps, and leaked radiation so badly that the average time on their boat was 6 months or less, as a sailor would get his life-time limit of radiation in that short time.
Very interesting pics. |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 11:32:50 AM EDT
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Quoted: Why were we ever afraid of the Soviets? Sure, they had a big Army/Navy/Air Force, but all their equipment was at least 20 years behind ours and most of it was absolute garbage that was more dangerous to the operator than the enemy. Nevermind me, I just miss the cold war. Things were simpler then. Yeah we had someone to hate and fear but in reality numbers was their plans they were backwards savages. |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 11:33:31 AM EDT
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Quoted:
My best friend was a Nuke Submariner in the USN, and was a Chief Petty Officer. He has told me that those old Russian subs were death traps, and leaked radiation so badly that the average time on their boat was 6 months or less, as a sailor would get his life-time limit of radiation in that short time. Very interesting pics. Sounds like a lot of training invested for just 6 months on duty |
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Posted: 9/29/2011 11:34:46 AM EDT
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In Russia, the sub mothballs YOU!
Edit to add: A member of the Village People?
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