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Navy to Have Alexander Nevsky in 2009
Alexander Nevsky nuclear submarine will be a part of Russia’s Navy in 2009, ARMS-TASS reported.
Laid in March 2004 in Severodvinsk, Alexander Nevsky will become the second nuclear submarine of post-Soviet building; its today’s readiness is 50 percent and putting afloat is slated for 2008. Alexander Nevsky is made under Project 955A as an upgraded variant of Yury Dolgoruky of Borey 955 Project.
One more submarine of Project 955A, Vladimir Monomakh, is in the building berth now. It was laid in 2006.
The most distinct feature of Project 955A submarines is more powerful armaments, the sources say, specifying that they have 16 Bulava missiles instead of 12. Russia’s fleet will get eight nuclear submarines of Borey-class during ten years.
www.kommersant.com
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