Weekly magazine “Arguments and Facts” No. 30. In which fields did the low prices get lost? 28/07/2021
Russia has built the longest submarine in the world. And what else is the longest in the world?
Tests of the nuclear submarine Belgorod have begun in the White Sea. Its length is 184 m. It is larger than the largest Soviet submarines of the “Shark” type (173 m) and the American “Ohio” (171 m). “Belgorod” will become the first carrier of nuclear underwater drones “Poseidon”.
AIF collage/Photos from social networks, atomic-energy.ru, guinnessworldrecords.com
The longest surface warships are the American aircraft carriers of the Nimitz type. Their length is 333 m. The only Russian aircraft carrier ship “Admiral Kuznetsov” is shorter than ” 306 ” m.
The longest floating object on the planet is the South Korean LNG gas production platform (499 m).
In the air, the leader in size today is the transport aircraft “Mriya” ➍ length 84 m. It was created in the OKB named after. Antonov back in & nbsp; 1988 & nbsp; g.
The largest object ever lifted into the air was the airship “Hindenburg”. The length is 245 m. It was built in Germany in 1936, but it did not fly for long. Already the following year, the airship suffered a disaster and burned down when landing at an airfield in the USA.
The American superheavy launch vehicle “Saturn-5” (110 m), used to launch the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon, is the longest object built on Earth for space flights.
The longest of the cars is considered to be the limousine “American Dream”. The 30-meter car has 26 wheels and two engines.
A the longest transport on muscle traction & mdash; A 42-meter bicycle➑. We created it in Australia. At the same time, 20 people can ride it.