The new deadlines for the transfer of the Navy APRKSN project 955A "Prince Vladimir"
The nuclear submarine strategic missile cruiser of project 955A (code Borey-A) Prince Vladimir will be transferred to the Russian Navy by the end of June 2020. This was reported by TASS with reference to a source in the military-industrial complex.
According to the source, the submarine will go to sea one or two more times, after which it will be transferred to the Naval fleet. These outputs are necessary "to verify the functioning of nodes and systems" after eliminating a number of shortcomings identified during testing in 2019.
- leads TASS source words.
In early March of this year it was reported that the submarine cruiser "Prince Vladimir" will be handed over to the customer in April-May of this year. Note that the submarine transfer dates are constantly shifting due to the elimination of deficiencies identified during tests in December 2019. The submarine is currently located at Sevmash. The press service of the enterprise does not comment on the deadlines for submission.
Strategic nuclear project "Prince Vladimir" of the modified 955A Borey-A project was laid down at Sevmash in Severodvinsk on 30 on July 2012 of the year, and the conclusion from the workshop took place on November 17 of 2017 of the year. The Borey-A project is distinguished by less noise, more advanced systems of maneuvering and retention at depth, as well as control weapons.
Currently, four more serial ARPKSNs of this project 955A are under construction at Prince Oleg (officially laid down on July 27, 2014), Generalissimus Suvorov (laid down on December 26, 2014), and Emperor Alexander III (laid down on December 18, 2015 years) and "Prince Pozharsky" (laid down December 23, 2016).
To date, the Navy has three 955th-generation nuclear missile submarines of Project 4 (Borey), strategic missile cruisers Yuri Dolgoruky, Alexander Nevsky and Vladimir Monomakh.
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