Russian Navy To Receive Borey Class Nuclear Submarines

The Russian Navy will receive two Borey class strategic nuclear-powered submarines, the Yuri Dolgoruky and the Alexander Nevsky, each to be deployed with the North Fleet and the Pacific Fleet. Anatoly Shlemov, head of defense contracts at the United Shipbuilding Corporation, said, “The Alexander Nevsky will enter service with the Pacific Fleet, the main one, the Yuri Dolgoruky, with the North Fleet”. The Borey class submarines replaces the aging Project 941 (NATO Typhoon class) and Project 667 class (Delta-3 and Delta-4) boats. Russia is planning to build eight Borey and Borey-A class subs by 2020. A Borey class strategic submarine is 170 meters long, diameter of 13 meters , a crew of 107, including 55 officers, a maximum depth of 450 meters and a submerged speed of about 29 knots and can carry the Bulava ballistic missiles, up to 16 ballistic missiles with multiple warheads. Training exercise will begin on the North Fleet and the crew of the Alexander Nevsky will go by the Northern Sea Route for its further service in the Pacific Fleet.