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Russia may lease nuclear subs to India
Reuters
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Russia may lease out nuclear- powered submarines to India, President Dmitry Medvedev was quoted on Thursday as saying.
Russia has a large fleet of nuclear-powered but conventionally armed submarines besides its force of strategic nuclear-armed vessels. Medvedev appeared to be referring to the former in an interview with Indian journalists.
“We are talking also about cooperation in the sphere of leasing atomic submarines,” Medvedev said, according to a Kremlin transcript. “This is in fact also an important and highly technological area of cooperation.”
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Nuclear-armed India has tense relations with its neighbour Pakistan, which also has atomic weapons. Ties have been further tested by recent attacks in Mumbai that killed 171 people and which India believes were conducted by a Pakistan-based group.
Indian media have reported that India is interested in leasing nuclear submarines including the Nerpa, which suffered an accident during trials in the Sea of Japan last month that killed 20 people. The Russian military had denied those reports.
The Nerpa is nuclear powered, but built to carry conventional weapons — torpedoes, underwater missiles and cruise missiles.
India is one of Russia’s biggest clients for arms sales; but New Delhi has been upset by delays to Russia’s delivery of an aircraft carrier.
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December 4th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Let the bear build it’s cave on your land and no one will mess with you.
December 4th, 2008 at 10:01 am
india-russian nuclear sub-armed with conventional”nukes”-if the nuke was manufactured before 1971 it is a relic and therefore considered conventional-conveiniently located off a coast near you-
December 4th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Report on WW III . Go to: http://patriotscave.blogspot.com/
December 4th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
I want to rent one, how much per month? Is that fully loaded?
December 4th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Do they have a rent-to-own option?
December 6th, 2008 at 10:25 am
yooooopeeeedde