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Russian Navy Likely to Receive 2nd Borey class ballistic missile nuclear submarine by end of 2013

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Naval Forces News - Russia
 
 
 
Russian Navy Likely to Receive 2nd Borey class ballistic missile nuclear submarine by end of 2013
 
A second Borey-class nuclear-powered submarine, the Alexander Nevsky, will most likely be delivered to the Russian Navy around the end of November or early December this year, Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation said Friday.
     
A second Borey-class nuclear-powered submarine, the Alexander Nevsky, will most likely be delivered to the Russian Navy around the end of November or early December this year, Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation said Friday.
Russia’s first Borey class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, the Yury Dolgoruky
(Picutre: Sevmash Shipyard)
     
“The Alexander Nevsky has completed state trials. It is currently undergoing some finishing works following recommendations by a state inspection commission,” the company said in a statement.

“The signing of the acceptance act could take place sometime at the end of November or early December, followed by deployment at its home base,” the statement said.

The state sea trials of the Alexander Nevsky were suspended in September following an unsuccessful launch of a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile from the submarine.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered to hold five additional launches of the troubled SLBM at the time.

However, the trials of the submarine were resumed in October, and the vessel is expected to be put into service with the Navy even without additional Bulava testing.

The first Borey-class submarine, the Yury Dolgoruky, was commissioned into the Northern Fleet in January.

The fourth-generation Borei-class sub, with new and improved ballistic missile capabilities, is one of the eight major projects to be completed by 2020 that aim to form the core of the Russian Navy's nuclear deterrence strategy over the coming decades.

Designed by the Rubin bureau in St. Petersburg, the Borey class SSBN is 580 feet (170 meters) long, has a hull diameter of 42 feet (13 meters), and a crew of 107, including 55 officers, a maximum depth of about 1,500 feet (450 meters) and a submerged speed of about 29 knots.

All the Borey class strategic submarines carry up to 16 Bulava ballistic missiles with multiple warheads.