#RUSSIAN SUBMARINE SERIES#

There the final preparations took place before the submarine was launched. On 2 December 2010 the second Borei-class submarine, Alexander Nevskiy, was moved to a floating dock in Sevmash shipyard. The plan was then postponed to mid-summer 2011 due to ice conditions in the White Sea. Initially, the plan was to conduct the first torpedo launches during the ongoing state trials in December 2010 and then in the same month conduct the first launch of the main weapon system, RSM-56 Bulava SLBM. On 9 November 2010 Yuriy Dolgorukiy passed all sea trials directed to new equipment and systems. It is expected that four subs will be deployed in the Northern Fleet and four subs in the Pacific Fleet. By late October the Russian Pacific Fleet was fully prepared to host Russia's new Borei-class strategic nuclear-powered submarines. On 28 September 2010 Yuriy Dolgorukiy completed company sea trials. In August 2009 it was reported that the submarine would undergo up to six trials before being commissioned, but the problem with the Bulava missile could delay it even more. On 21 November 2008 the reactor on Yuriy Dolgorukiy was activated and on 19 June 2009, the submarine began its sea trials in the White Sea. By July 2009, it had yet to be armed with Bulava missiles and was therefore not fully operational, although it was ready for sea trials on 24 October 2008. Yuriy Dolgorukiy was not put into the water until February 2008. The planned contingent of eight strategic submarines was expected to be commissioned within the next decade, with five Project 955 planned for purchase through 2015. Yuriy Dolgorukiy was the first Russian strategic missile submarine to be launched in seventeen years since the end of the Cold War. The vessel was eventually rolled out of its construction hall on 15 April 2007 in a ceremony attended by many senior military and industrial personnel. The launch of the first submarine of the class, Yury Dolgorukiy ( Юрий Долгорукий), was scheduled for 2002 but was delayed because of budget constraints.

Launch and trials Then President Dmitry Medvedev with the submarine Yury Dolgorukiy in the background Yury Dolgorukiy in Severomorsk It was reported in 2013 that the arrival of the Borei class will enable the Russian Navy to resume strategic patrols in southern latitudes that had not seen a Russian missile submarine for 20 years. The vessels were developed by Rubin Design Bureau are being built by Russia's Northern shipyard Sevmash in Severodvinsk. The submarine needed to be redesigned to accommodate the new missile, and the design name was changed to Project 955.

However, the work on this missile was abandoned and a new missile, the RSM-56 Bulava, was designed. A new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) called the R-39UTTH Bark was developed in parallel. Previously, a short-lived, smaller parallel design appeared in 1980s with designation Project 935 Borei II. The first design work on the project started in the mid-1980s and the construction of the first vessel started in 1996. In terms of class, they are more accurately a follow-on for the Delta IV-class SSBNs. The class is projected to replace the Soviet-era Delta III, Delta IV and Typhoon classes in Russian Navy service.ĭespite being a replacement for many types of SSBNs, Borei-class submarines are much smaller than those of the Typhoon class in both volume and crew (24,000 tons opposed to 48,000 tons and 107 personnel as opposed to 160 for the Typhoons).

#RUSSIAN SUBMARINE SERIES#

The Borei class, alternate transliteration Borey, Russian designation Project 955 Borei and Project 955A Borei-A ( Russian: Борей, lit.' Boreas', NATO reporting name Dolgorukiy), are a series of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines being constructed by Sevmash for the Russian Navy.

RPK-2 Viyuga anti-submarine/ship missiles.

6 x 533mm external Special Purpose External Tubes (SPETS) REPS-324 Shlagbaum anti-torpedo defense system.

8 x 533mm torpedo tubes or 6 × 533mm torpedo tubes (BOREI-A).

16 × RSM-56 Bulava SLBMs with 6 MIRV warheads (project 955 and 955A).

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine

Russian submarine