And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Their mission was to find thick ice, blow tanks and rest up next to the ice, drifting with the current as mobile missile platforms. They were luxurious for Russian submarines and crew comfort was considered. (A rarity in Russian ships)
Check out 'Mission Invisible' about the Typhoon on amazon prime. Interesting that they were using knives (in 2001) to open up food cans and peel potatoes.
Most of them have been mothballed.
ReplyDeleteTheir mission was to find thick ice, blow tanks and rest up next to the ice, drifting with the current as mobile missile platforms. They were luxurious for Russian submarines and crew comfort was considered. (A rarity in Russian ships)
...and very expensive to operate and maintain.
ReplyDeleteya think we need bigger torpedoes?
DeleteCheck out 'Mission Invisible' about the Typhoon on amazon prime. Interesting that they were using knives (in 2001) to open up food cans and peel potatoes.
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