Friday, August 01, 2014

Russia Laid Down Keels for 3 Nuclear Submarines

Russia laid the keels of three new nuclear submarines to celebrate Russian Navy Day on 27 July.

The boats laid down were the fifth Dolgoruky (Borey)-class (Project 955A) nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Knyaz Oleg and the fourth and fifth Severodvinsk (Yasen)-class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) (Project 885M) Khabarovsk and Krasnoyarsk .

"These ships in the coming decades will be the basis of the Navy and are guaranteed to provide [the necessary] defence capabilities and security for our country," Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters at the Sevmash naval dockyard in Severodvinsk.

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