U. S. S. Ingersoll + DELTA III SSBN – Cyber-Hobby 7114

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Fortunately the Cold War never boiled over into armed combat between the USA and USSR. If it had, at the forefront would have been naval vessels fighting to dominate the oceans. Such a conflict would have included surface combatants playing cat and mouse with enemy submarines. The newest Orange Box set offers such likely adversaries – a Soviet Delta III nuclear-missile submarine and a US Navy destroyer. The 13,500-ton Delta class SSBN formed the backbone of the Soviet submarine fleet after its introduction in 1973. The Delta III (Project 667BDR) carried 16 R-29-family Vysota nuclear ballistic missiles, and 14 such Kalmar-class SSBNs were built. USS Ingersoll (DD 990), a Spruance-class vessel, was one of those destroyers that would have been tasked with countering Soviet submarines. This particular 8,040-ton ship was commissioned in 1980, and after a relatively short service life it was decommissioned in 1998.

Begge disse fartøjer er repræsenteret af en fantastisk 1/700 skala plast modeller. Modelbyggere, vil finde, at de godt manipuleret dele netop passer sammen. Selvfølgelig, som en Orange Boks, item, denne alsidige Kolde Krig naval kombination giver en ganske enkelt enestående pris. Nu modelers kan genskabe disse anspændt svundne dage af den Kolde Krig, hvor USA og USSR står over og under bølgerne!

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