Russian Navy Submarine 'Vladimir Monomakh' Project 955 SSBN arrives at Pacific Fleet Base
Russian Navy Submarine 'Vladimir Monomakh' Project 955 SSBN arrives at Pacific Fleet Base
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Navy Submarine 'Vladimir Monomakh' Project 955 SSBN arrives at Pacific
Fleet Base
The
newest Project 955 'Vladimir Monomakh' (NATO reporting name: Dolgorukiy-class/Borei-class)
nuclear-powered boat armed with submarine-launched ballistic missiles
(SSBN) has finished the transition from the North Fleet to the Pacific
Fleet and arrived at its home base, Vilyuchinsk (Kamchatka Krai), according
to the press department of Russia`s Ministry of Defense (MoD).
Project 955 Borey submarine Vladimir Monomakh arrived in Vilyuchinsk,
its permanent base in Kamchatka. Picture: PRESSA_TOF
"The underwater component of the Pacific
Fleet has been reinforced by the newest Project 955 'Vladimir Monomakh'
SSBN. The submarine has arrived at its home base, Vilyuchinsk, having
finished the transition from the North Fleet to the Pacific one,"
an official spokesperson for the MoD said. The boat went alongside the
pier that is a piece of the infrastructure intended for new-generation
submarines, he added.
"Vladimir Monomakh" is the third Project 955 SSBN armed with
the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM). The boat was
laid down in 2006 and delivered to the Russian Navy in 2014.
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