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"Yury Dolgoruky" submarine to be launched in April · 2007-04-10 18:39

SubmarineThe strategic missile-carrying submarine “Yury Dolgoruky” will be launched on April 15, Mosnews informed.

It was built under Project 955 and will be fully equipped and tested next year.

The most modern strategic submarine now in service is the K-407 Novomoskovsk, launched in 1992.

A number of sources report that its design is based on that of the multipurpose atomic submarine of Project 971. It is also known that it will carry 12 Bulava atomic warheads and submarines mass produced under Project 955A will carry up to 16 warheads of that type.

Two missile-bearing strategic submarines of the new type, “Alexander Nevsky” and “Vladimir Monomakh”, are being built in Severodvinsk. According to Russian Navy announcement, at least eight the submarines will be built.

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