Russian nuclear message off the coast of France and Britain

Russian Nuclear Message to Britain and France: The Novorossiysk submarine, carrying nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, emerged from the depths of the mid-Atlantic and approached the shores of Britain and France, making its presence especially clear.

The Russian diesel-electric submarine of the Kilo II class, named Novorossiysk, was launched in 2014. Its feature is almost complete invisibility for anti-submarine systems*.

French Atlantic Fleet Commander Olivier Lebas says this is the first time a Russian submarine has been sighted near the Bay of Biscay, on the border between Spain, France and Britain, and it certainly sends a message to Britain and France.

A strike of 16 nuclear cruise missiles from this point would be enough to send London, Paris and Madrid to the Middle Ages, and then the submarine would be “lost” in the deep waters of the Atlantic.

📹 #France– Russian submarine spotted off Brittany, France coast and escorted by French navy
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— Mete Sohtaoğlu (@metesohtaoglu) October 14, 2022

A Russian submarine is spotted off the coast of Brittany, France, escorted by the French fleet.

A Russian submarine has been spotted off the coast of Brittany, escorted by the French Navy.

Submarine B-261 “Novorossiysk” project 06363 / Improved submarine class “Kilo”

The Kilo class is the NATO reporting name for a type of military diesel-electric submarine that is produced in Russia. The initial version of these vessels received the designation in Russia of project 877 “Halibut”. There is also a more advanced version, which in the West is designated as Improved Kilo or “Kilo II”, and in Russia as Project 06363. Submarines, nicknamed “Kilo” – (Black Hole) in the US Navy, are extremely quiet.

The ships are powered by two diesel generators and an electric drive, giving them enough power to reach ten knots on the surface and seventeen knots underwater. These are not fast submarines. They have a range of six thousand to 7500 nautical miles. The ship has an anechoic rubber coating to muffle the noise coming from the submarine, sometimes giving submarines the blocky look seen in photographs. The set of sensors consists of a low-frequency active and passive radar complex MGK-400 Rubikon (Shark Gill) with a passive antenna array. It also has the MG519 Mouse Roar high frequency radar for target classification and mine avoidance. For simple navigation and search on the surface, the Kilo are equipped with the MRK-50 Albatross radar.

The submarine has six torpedo tubes with a standard diameter of 533 mm and was originally configured to carry homing torpedoes and eighteen SS-N-15A Starfish anti-submarine missiles. On the Improved Kilos, two torpedo tubes are capable of launching wire-guided torpedoes. One of the main improvements in project 06363 is the ability to launch of cruise missiles “Caliber”. Kalibr is a versatile class of missiles with land-based, anti-ship and anti-submarine versions.

Submarine B-261 “Novorossiysk” was laid down on August 20, 2010 at the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg (serial number 01670), launched on November 28, 2013, and delivered on August 21, 2014.

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