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Photo: SSBN Yury Dolgoruky.
Newest Russian Borei class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Yury Dolgoruky will be commissioned into Pacific Fleet, said Russian defense minister Anatoly Serdiukov during Sunday's press conference in Vladivostok.
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SSBN Yury Dolgoruky to join Pacific Fleet
02/28/2011 |
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"First Borei will join Pacific Fleet. That's the plan", said Serdiukov.
At present, there are two Borei class submarines almost completed at Sevmash shipyard – SSBN Yury Dolgoruky and Alexander Nevsky. These subs expect when trials of their basic weapon – ballistic missile Bulava – are completed, reportedly late in 2011. Therefore, the first Borei class submarine can be handed over to Pacific Fleet in 2012. Serdiukov withheld comments on the second sub's future.