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Project 667BDRM Delfin/Delta IV-class SSBN Tula (K-114) on the surface with all 16 missile hatches open.
▶️Note the different shape of the 4 aftmost SLBM hatches no. 13-16.
Here's a short🧵covering this particular design solution:
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Probably the two most beautiful naval designs currently out there: French Navy Suffren-class nuclear-powered attack submarine & frigate Amiral Ronarc'h (D-660).
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"Standby tube 1"
"Shoot tube 1"
"Missile away tube 1"
"Booster ignition"
"Booster separation tube 1, transition to cruise"

A series of shots showing launching sequence of a BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) targeted on an Iraqi position leaves the water after being fired from a vertical launch tube aboard the Los Angeles-class Flight II VLS nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720) during Operation Desert Storm, 19 January 1991.
USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyorkcom
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