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Re: Interior Images of Typhoon Sub – world's largest submarine (2009)

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Post by solidsnack9000 » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 6:44 AM UTC

avmich wrote: post #4

a3n wrote: post #2

I 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.

Interesting that wood is also sometimes used as a heat shield for spacecrafts returning to Earth, fire danger notwithstanding.

Probably high enough up, there is not enough air for it to burn -- and the heat conductivity of wood is really poor.

Re: Interior Images of Typhoon Sub – world's largest submarine (2009)

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Post by Animats » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 6:48 AM UTC

baronvonsp wrote: post #5

vinkelhake wrote: post #3

Could you launch an ICBM horizontally?

Sure. Why would you want to?

That horizontal "launch tube" with a big red star is a torpedo tube.

Re: Interior Images of Typhoon Sub – world's largest submarine (2009)

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Post by grzm » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 7:00 AM UTC

I know it sounds trivial, but the sheer size of these vessels never ceases to amaze me. Wow!

Re: Interior Images of Typhoon Sub – world's largest submarine (2009)

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Post by mpweiher » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 7:01 AM UTC

Documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHOMRsHS6no

Compare with the interior as imagined in "The Hunt for Red October" :-)

Re: Interior Images of Typhoon Sub – world's largest submarine (2009)

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Post by ge96 » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 7:02 AM UTC

Man 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.

Re: Interior Images of Typhoon Sub – world's largest submarine (2009)

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Post by DaiPlusPlus » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 7:40 AM UTC

vinkelhake wrote: post #3

Could you launch an ICBM horizontally?

Yes, there were aircraft-launched ICBMs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-launched_ballistic_missile

Re: Interior Images of Typhoon Sub – world's largest submarine (2009)

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Post by oldmanpants » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 8:12 AM UTC

baronvonsp wrote: post #5

vinkelhake wrote: post #3

Could you launch an ICBM horizontally?

Sure. Why would you want to?

How about a towed sonar array?

Re: Interior Images of Typhoon Sub – world's largest submarine (2009)

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Post by dvtv75 » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 8:51 AM UTC

oldmanpants wrote: post #17

baronvonsp wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure. Why would you want to?

How about a towed sonar array?

Nope, too close to the screws.

Re: Interior Images of Typhoon Sub – world's largest submarine (2009)

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Post by alwaysanon » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 8:52 AM UTC

a3n wrote: post #2

I 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.

Plus all that wood paneling on the walls

Re: Interior Images of Typhoon Sub – world's largest submarine (2009)

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Post by throwayguestman » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 12:11 PM UTC

vinkelhake wrote: post #3

Could you launch an ICBM horizontally?

could the submarine rotate into a vertical position?