once again, ‘Orel’, a Russian nuclear-powered submarine, through Danish waters to participate in a flådeparade in St. Petersburg in July.
in an interview with the commander in the northern part of Russia’s navy, which is brought in the Russian department of defense’s own newspaper.
The typing of the independent media The Barents Observer.
The 155 meter long submarine of the Oscar II-class. It is powered by two nuclear reactors and has space for a total of 120 crew members and 24 cruise missiles.
The northern part of Russia’s fleet in the arctic seas, among other things, the Barents sea north of Norway and Russia.
‘Orel’ must thus round about Norway and over Denmark to come to St. Petersburg inside in the Baltic sea.
The exact time of spotted far away from home is not known. But flådeparaden shall take place at the end of July.
When the ‘Orel’ in 2018 was on his last trip through Danish waters, the fleet sailed through the great belt.
Here was the among other things, joined by a a missilcruiser, a destroyer and a hjælpefartøj during his one trip.
The vessels, which this time accompanies the ‘Orel’, is not known. But the anti-ubådsdestroyeren ‘vice Admiral Kulakov’ must also flådeparaden – and thus through the Danish waters, writes The Barents Observer.
It is according to the newspaper the fourth year in a row that Russia sends nuclear-powered submarines around Scandinavia to participate in the flådeparaden.
In 2018 and 2019 is also the floating nuclear power station ‘Akademik Lomonosov’, atomubåden ‘Smolensk’ and the nuclear powered civil cargo ship ‘Sevmorput’ passed through Danish waters.
‘Akademik Lomonosov’, however, was not loaded with nuclear fuel.
In the 2000 sinking of the Russian submarine ‘Kursk’, just of the Oscar II-class, in the Barents sea because of an exploded torpedo on board. All 118 on board died at the time.
In the interview heralds the commander in the northern part of Russia’s navy in addition, an exercise this month in the Barents sea and surrounding waters, among other things, out of Norway.
Here the expected 30 ships, several submarines, and more than 20 aircraft participating.
