12 missiles only? that’s kinda crap isn’t it? 🙁

You design strategic deterrent weapons to fit your requirements, not some external standard as to what is good/crap. Russia and the US signed the SORT agreement, which means by 2012 they have to have 1,700-2,200 warheads each, a significant reduction over what they have now. 12 Boreys with 12 tubes, each with MIRVs, makes up a sizeablle chunk of that warhead number. Factor in the land-based ICBM force, and the air force Tu-95MSM and Tu-160s, that’s your warheads right there.

Jane’s Missiles and Rockets has been cited by articles as stating that the Borey-class will carry 20 SLBMs. We don’t know, but either should be adequate.

935 was the Borey designation before the re-design happened. It was re-designed when the Bark SLBM program was cancelled, 955 is the Bulava compatible version.

That drawing of the Borey is also horribly inaccurate, I don’t know who’s responsible for it.

The third picture is a US Naval Intelligence estimation, take it with a grain of salt. As you can see, the other two are of Russian origin, the second one being an actual model.

The Russian Navy is planning a new aircraft carrier after 2010.

and the engines?

Seperate upgrade program. Objective= 137kN. Desigation, AL-31FM2.

No, they can’t.

If you’re correct in the context of which you’re speaking, it’s actually not strictly true anymore- MAKS 03 showed a MiG-29SMT prototype with an ECM pod fitted to one of its hardpoints.