
“Today is the latest diesel-electric submarine of the third generation Novorossiysk, project 636.3, the first of six mass-produced for the Black Sea fleet, within the framework of the inter-naval transition from the North to the Black Sea Fleet, successfully proceeded through the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the water area of the Mediterranean Sea ”Said Trukhachev.
According to him, “in accordance with the transition plan, in the second half of September, the submarine will pass the Black Sea straits and arrive at the military harbor of Novorossiysk, where the construction of moorings and installation of support systems for new-generation diesel submarines has been completed.”