Last Sunday Sergei Ivanov launched the new Russian Submarine (4th Generation) at Severodinsk, this one is the most advanced Submarine yet in Russian Northern Fleet, it would be armed with R-30 Bulava SLBM (similar to TOPOL -M capable of evading ABM system).
This the first modern submarine launched since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Artist Illustration of BOREY CLASSThe submarine has a length of 170 meters (580 feet), a body diameter around 13 meters (42 feet), and a submerged speed of about 29 knots. It can carry up to 16 ballistic missiles.
Two other Borey-class nuclear submarines, the Alexander Nevsky and the Vladimir Monomakh, are currently under construction at the Sevmash plant.
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RUSSIA LAUNCHES A NEW SUBMARINE 15-03-07
PHOTOGALLERY OF NEW SUBMARINE
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