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Old 23rd Oct 2010, 13:34
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Ivan Rogov
 
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Pious Pilot you are quite right............

it says that the Akula does not carry nuclear missiles

Akula class submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Whereas the Russian Navy's Akula-II is equipped with 28 nuclear-capable cruise missiles with a striking range of 3,000 km (1,620 nmi; 1,864 mi), the Indian version was reportedly expected to be armed with the 300 km (162 nmi; 186 mi)-range 3M-54 Klub nuclear-capable missiles
They are obviously referring to the lack of ICBM, however these cruise missiles launched from a few hundred miles away would be almost impossible to detect (unlike ICBM) until it was too late. Best we don't fall out with our best mates the Russians

RK-55 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

3M-54 Klub - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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