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What are the major natural resources of Russia?
Russia is a major producer of cobalt, chrome, copper, gold, lead, manganese, nickel, platinum, tungsten, vanadium, and zinc. The country produces much of its aluminum from plants powered by the Siberian hydroelectric stations, but bauxite deposits are relatively meagre.
Where has the Russian domain dumped its nuclear wastes?
Besides K-27, official figures show that the Soviet military dumped a huge quantity of nuclear waste in the Kara Sea: 17,000 containers and 19 vessels with radioactive waste, as well as 14 nuclear reactors, five of which contain hazardous spent fuel. Low-level liquid waste was simply poured into the sea.
Who builds Russian submarines?
Borei-class submarine
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Sevmash, designed by Rubin |
| Operators | Russian Navy |
| Preceded by | Delta IV class, Typhoon class |
| Cost | US$713 million |
What is the future of the Russian submarine fleet?
The Russian submarine fleet is set to increase, to accommodate a push towards increased global presence, with new Yasen and Borei class submarines being brought in and older submarines being kept in service. The Russian navy will also modernize some Oscar class submarines. The Russia Navy is a submarine driven navy, as was its Soviet predecessor.
While Russia has not indicated that these submarines carry nuclear-tipped weapons, the Shchuka B-class’ ‘Kalibr’ cruise missiles (a variant of the RK‐55 Granat SLCMs) could be modified to carry nuclear payloads. [30] Russian Navy possesses a total of four Project 945 and Project 945A (NATO: Sierra I and Sierra II) SSNs.
These attributes still make the Akula submarines appealing to the Russian navy. Akula submarines have been upgraded with Kilibr missiles over the past few years, the same missiles that a Russian Kilo submarine fired into Syria in 2015, marking the return of Russian submarines to land-targeting combat missions.
How many Yasen submarines does the Russian Navy have?
Only one Yasen submarine class submarine has been received and is in used by the Russian Navy, the first of the class, Severodvinsk. The Russian navy expects to receive two Yasen class submarines this year as well as two Borei A-class submarines.
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