Defence News
Russia’s Navy might get two new nuclear submarines in 2022
A Russian biggest shipbuilder is planning to hand over two nuclear-powered submarines to the Russian Navy next year.
A source close to the Russian defense ministry says that both submarines will enter service with the Pacific Fleet.
“The current plans for 2022 envisage the transfer of one strategic [submarine] – the Generalissimus Suvorov missile-carrying submarine [of the Borei-A class] and one attack [submarine], the Krasnoyarsk multipurpose submarine [of the Yasen-M class],” the source said.
The modern Russian Borei nuclear ballistic missile submarine, or SSBN, was conceived as a replacement to the aging Delta and Typhoon strategic submarine lines.
