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1. Unrealized #ColdWar project of the Soviet Navy - Project 602 Skat, underwater launch platform for ballistic missiles, short 🧵:
1. Unrealized #ColdWar project of the Soviet Navy - Project 602 Skat, underwater launch platform for ballistic missiles, short 🧵:
@CovertShores @Capt_Navy @RSS_40 @The_Lookout_N @R_P_one @TayfunOzberk @FORONAVAL @SubBrief @USN_Submariner @TheSubHunter1 2. Project 602 Skat (not to be confused with the Project 670 Skat/Charlie-class SSGNs) was a proposed underwater launch platform for UR-100M SLBMs (modified UR-100/SS-11 Sego ICBM).
Development began in 1964 in bureau TsKB-18, future design bureau "Rubin", St. Petersburg.
Development began in 1964 in bureau TsKB-18, future design bureau "Rubin", St. Petersburg.
@CovertShores @Capt_Navy @RSS_40 @The_Lookout_N @R_P_one @TayfunOzberk @FORONAVAL @SubBrief @USN_Submariner @TheSubHunter1 3. Designed to carry 8 SLBMs, Project 602 double-hulled launch pad's calculated displacement was ~2300t submerged, width 17m, height 21m & length 18m. Pad was designed to withstand depth of 100m & manned by the crew of 24 sailors.
