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December 23, 2016 14:45
Fifth-generation strategic subs being designed for Russian Navy - commander
MOSCOW. Dec 23 (Interfax-AVN) - Strategic submarines which will outmatch the brand new subs currently in use by the Russian Navy are already being designed, Navy Commander Adm. Vladimir Korolyov said.
"Conceptual designing and development of fifth-generation submarines, which will be even more efficient, have begun. They will employ new technologies and engineering solutions," the commander said in his greetings to the staff of the Sevmash shipyards in Severodvinsk, where the keel of the Knyaz Pozharsky Project Borei-A strategic nuclear-powered missile carrying submarine was laid on Friday.
Eight Project 995 and 995A Borei nuclear-powered submarines, each of which is capable of carrying 16 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles, will be delivered to the Russian Navy by 2020.
The Knyaz Pozharsky will be the eighth Project Borei submarine overall and the fifth Project Borei-A submarine. Submarines of this series armed with Bulava missiles will comprise the foundation of the naval component of the Russian strategic nuclear forces in the forthcoming decades.
As of today, Sevmash (a unit of United Shipbuilding Corporation based in Severodvinsk in the Arkhangelsk region) has supplied three Borei subs to the Navy. The Yury Dolgoruky has joined the Northern Fleet, while the Pacific Fleet operates the Alexander Nevsky and the Vladimir Monomakh. There are plans to supply the Knyaz Vladimir to the Northern Fleet.
Four Project Borei-A subs are under construction at Sevmash in different degrees of readiness, the Russian Defense Ministry said. These are the Knyaz Vladimir (the lead Project Borei-A submarine, the keel of which was laid on July 30, 2012), the Knyaz Oleg (the keel was laid on July 27, 2014), the Generalissimo Suvorov (the keel was laid on December 26, 2014) and the Emperor Alexander III (the keel was laid on December 18, 2014). R30 3M30 Bulava (also known as RSM-56 in international treaties, NATO code name SS-NX-30) is Russia's newest three-stage solid-fuel missile designed for arming Project Borei subs. The missile is capable of carrying multiple hypersonic individually targeted nuclear warheads. It will become the foundation of the prospective group of Russian strategic nuclear forces in the period through 2040-2045.