One month under the North Pole ice
The Russian nuclear submarine “Ryazan” this week completed its one-month submersion under the Arctic ice. –Russian submariners have not lost the experience of long-term sailing under the ice, Navy Head Commander Vladimir Vysotskii underlines.
The “Ryazan”, a Delta-3 Class sub (Project 667BDR), took off from the Kola Peninsula in late August and this week moored in the Vilyuchinsk base at Kamchatka. Head Commander of the Russian Navy Vladimir Vysotskii says the mission shows that Russian submariners have not lost their skills on long-term sailing under the ice. -The crew has in a praiseworthy manner confirm the quality of the Russian school of executing complicated tasks in Arctic waters, he underlines, Interfax reports.
