Russia’s Oscar-II SSN K-150 Tomsk Received "Best in Fleet" Awards for Missile Drills & Combat Skills

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Russia’s Oscar-II SSN K-150 Tomsk Received "Best in Fleet" Awards for Missile Drills & Combat Skills
 
The Russian Navy Pacific Fleet’s Project 949A (Oscar-II class) nuclear-powered attack submarine Tomsk has been recognized as the best Russian Navy submarine in a cruise missile live-firing exercise, Russian Eastern Military District spokesman for the Pacific Fleet Captain 2nd Rank Vladimir Matveyev told TASS.
     
K 150 Tomsk Oscar II Russian NavyThe Russian Navy Pacific Fleet’s Project 949A (Oscar-II class) nuclear-powered attack submarine Tomsk. Picture: Russian Navy
     
"In 2016, the Pacific Fleet’s nuclear-powered attack submarine Tomsk has been ranked first and has shown the best results among the multipurpose submarines during an exercise designed to destroy a simulated enemy’s ships and launch cruise missiles against sea targets," Matveyev said.

Also, the nuclear-powered submarine Tomsk has been awarded the challenge cup by the Pacific Fleet’s commander for the victory in the fleet championship and the challenge cup by the Pacific Fleet Submariner Union for high combat skills.

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The Project 949A nuclear-powered submarines have a length of 155 meters, a displacement of 24,000 tons, a depth of submersion of 600 meters and an underwater speed of 32 knots. Its crew totals 107. The Project 949A nuclear-powered submarine are armed with six torpedo tubes and 24 launchers to fire Granit cruise missiles with a range of about 500 kilometers (311 miles).

K-150 Tomsk's keel was laid in August 1991 and its was launched in July 1996. It was overhauled and modernized from 2010 until 2014.