Admiral Vysotsky at Sevmash shipyard
Head of the Russian Navy admiral Vladimir Vysotsky visited Sevmash shipyard last week to inspect the nuclear submarine “Yury Dolgoruky”.
Admiral Vysotsky took part in a meeting which an interdepartmental coordination council on building of nuclear powered submarines held at the shipyard. He inspected the strategic submarine “Yury Dolgoruky” and met with its crew, a press release from Sevmash says.
The submarine is currently is undergoing dockside trials at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk, Murmansk, and should according to plan be delivered to the Russian Navy this year.
“Yury Dolgoruky” is Russia’s first Borey-class strategic nuclear submarine, and the first to be equipped with Bulava missiles. It will have 16 Bulava ballistic missiles, each carrying up to 10 nuclear warheads and having a range of 8,000 kilometers.
As BarentsObserver earlier reported, two other Borey-class nuclear submarines, the “Alexander Nevsky” and the “Vladimir Monomakh”, are currently under construction at the Sevmash plant.
