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August 4, 200817 yr How long these due to remain in service for? IIRC, it is expected that five Delta III SSBNs will remain in service until at least 2015. There were six in service last year, but one of these was in the process of decommissioning and has probably been withdrawn by now. Three of the Delta IV's were also being overhauled, so those will probably stay in service for the foreseeable future as well.
August 5, 200817 yr Author Thanks. I have to say I like the "Delta" family. They look like boomers and I like their hump.
August 5, 200817 yr Agreed, the Deltas look the part of boomers. But the Typhoons, they look like BOOMERs.
August 5, 200817 yr Author The "Typhoons" have a sauna on board. Not something you can say about many naval vessels.
August 5, 200817 yr All nuclear powered warships, but especially Soviet/Russian submarines, have the ability to convert their reactor spaces to 'short term' sauna facilities.
August 6, 200817 yr Ah, yes, the old Soviet Navy joke: How do you tell a sailor from the Red Banner Northern Fleet? He glows in the dark! Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the Soviet subs sometimes used their short term saunas for engineering ...
August 6, 200817 yr I remember something the Brits used to say back when steamships were being considered for military use. Something about sailors were ready to be blasted by cannon and cut by saber but not scalded to death. I wonder what they'd think of engineering spaces being turned into steam rooms fro recreational use.
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