Russian Navy

SSBN Alexander Nevsky to Go Into Service This Year

02/09/2012

Text: RIA Novosti
Photo: SSBN K-550 Alexander Nevsky. RusNavy.com

The next after SSBN Yury Dolgoruky, Project 955 Borei nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine SSBN Alexander Nevsky will join the Navy this year, and the third sub – SSBN Vladimir Monomakh – in 2013, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky told RIA Novosti.

"We believe trials of Alexander Nevsky would completed this year. Vladimir Monomakh will finish trials a bit later (in 2013)", the admiral said.

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