30.06.2009
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The world's largest Typhoon-class submarines will remain in service with the Russian Navy, the Navy commander said on Friday.
The
Typhoon-class submarine is a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine that entered service with the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. Three of the six vessels built remain commissioned.
"We will keep these submarines in service," Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said.
The
Dmitry Donskoy submarine has been modernized as a test platform for Russia's new
Bulava missile.
Two other vessels, the
Arkhangelsk and the
Severstal, remain in reserve at a naval base in Severodvinsk in north Russia awaiting overhaul. They will most likely be modernized to carry new-generation sea-based cruise missiles to match the U.S.
Ohio-class submarines.
The
Typhoons will be replaced in the future with the new
Borey-class nuclear-powered strategic submarines, which will be equipped with
Bulava sea-based ballistic missiles.
