Already in the coming year, at Sevmash in Severodvinsk (White Sea) with the construction of a fourth strategic submarine (SSBN) BOREJ-Klasse begun.
It said President Vladimir Putin on 18 October at a “Citizens’ Question Time.” At the same time, he announced for this year, the start of the first trials of YURI DOLGORUKIY (in recent weeks were the first samples to the state Pier planned). With the Sevmash currently under construction are other boats ALEKSANDER NEVSKIY (completed in 2009) and VLADIMIR MONOMAKH (completed in 2011) would enable the Russian Navy first four submarines of this new class, of which two each at Northern Fleet and Pacific Fleet are stationed .
A total of eight units are planned. The new SSBN be in the coming decades, the backbone of the offshore Russian nuclear deterrence form, and in this role SSBN DELTA-III/IV replace older. The molded 24000 ts verdrängenden, 170m long BOREJ will each with 12 SLBM of the type being developed Bulava assembled. Bulava (SS-NX-30) is the naval version of the land-SS-27 Intercontinental Gazprom, is a range of at least 8,000 km “, and ten nuclear warheads. Whether these missiles in the Commissioned YURI DOLGORUKIY already operational, remains questionable. In trials it has several bitter setbacks.
YURI DOLGORUKIY was baptized April of this year and from the Bauhalle in Severodvinsk has been out-more than 11 years after the start of construction. In particular, financial problems had the project repeatedly delayed. In a Russian scientific journal you can read it in the yard for the missing submarine suitable steel. The previous main supplier Azovstal found itself after the collapse of the Soviet Union suddenly in Ukraine, and the Defense Ministry had no money, there is now suddenly very expensive to buy steel. Then came the construction of the DOLGORUKIY in January 1998 (at that time anyway just to 5% done) to a standstill.
The fact that the new SSBN finally built, it seems, above all, the improvisational talent thanks to the shipyard to be its director suggested, but existing production stocks. That said, however, he does not crude steel, but finished hull sections for other submarines already begun classes “of previous generations,” whose construction at the Sevmash financial problems had also set. So unusual, perhaps even absurd this proposal may seem well – he was actually realized. Thus, the DOLGORUKIY the entire bug-and the rear section started, but because of lack of money not built submarine KUGUAR (AKULA-II). With sister boat ALEKSANDER NEVSKIY be finished fuselage segments of the RYS, another AKULA-II used. In addition will consist of sections of the submarines OSCAR-II-Klasse in the first two boats of BOREJ-Klasse. Hull also be segments of the submarine Komsomolsk, which also builds AKULA after Severodvinsk to have been shipped.
The use of other body segments has probably significant changes in the original design required. According to a media report will be used in this year baptized DOLGORUKIY no longer the submarine originally started in 1996. This was completely disarmed. Whatever the case: In any case, the unusual measure the completion of the prestigious Typbootes new class. At the same time, it was clear that the use Akula modules modules was a kind of standardization, in the end, a significant reduction in construction costs, the result was a sure-for now so rapid continuation of the BOREJ-Programmes major factor.
Source: Transkat by German Marineforum
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