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Russian Navy to Procure Four New Submarines at 2020 According to Sevmash shipyard Director General Mikhail Budnichenko, the Russian Navy will get one nuclear submarine by the end of 2019 and four more in 2020.

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Russia submarine nuke drills indicate Moscow is focused on undersea domination

Russia submarine nuke drills indicate Moscow is focused on undersea domination

Russia recently carried out submarine drills involving a simulated nuclear response, according to photographs and footage released by the Ministry of Defense.

The video, published by UK media, show several nuclear missile drills the MoD said were “ordered” by President Vladimir Putin.

According to the report, the sub-launched missiles were fired in Arctic waters in the Okhotsk and Barents seas.…

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Russia to Lay Down 3rd Yasen Class

Russia on July 26 will begin constructing the third of at least eight nuclear-powered submarines to make up the core of its underwater attack fleet, reportrs RIAN on 04JUL13.

The Novosibirsk, the third Yasen-class sub, designated as Graney-class by NATO, will be laid down at the Sevmash shipyard near the White Sea, said Vladimir Dorofeyev, head of the St. Petersburg-based Malakhit design bureau.

The Project 885 vessel is designed to launch conventional or nuclear warhead-bearing missiles up to 3,000 miles (5,000 kilometers), as well as effectively engage other submarines, surface warships and land-based targets.

The submarine's armament includes 24 cruise missiles and eight torpedo launchers, as well as mines and anti-ship missiles.

The first Yasen-class sub, the Severodvinsk, is undergoing a second round of sea trials in the White Sea and is expected to enter service with the Navy by the end of this year.

The second vessel, the Kazan, was laid down in 2009 and is under construction at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk.

RIAN