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Modified Delta IV class SSBN Project 667BDRM Delfin "Podmoskovye" Delivered to Russian Navy.
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Modified Delta IV class SSBN Project 667BDRM Delfin "Podmoskovye"
Delivered to Russian Navy |
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The Podmoskovye nuclear-powered submarine (a modified Delta
IV class ballistic missile submarine or SSBN, Russian designation Project
667BDRM or Delfin) was launched on Tuesday after undergoing repairs
and modernization at the Zvezdochka shipyard in northern Russia, the
shipyard’s press service reported. |
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 The Podmoskovye nuclear-powered submarine has been modified into a special purpose submarine. Pictures from zvezdochka-ru.livejournal.com |
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The
submarine will undergo harbor and sea trials after the launch, Zvezdochka’s
employees said. The Podmoskovye was commissioned late in 1986.
According to open sources, the ship was sent to the Zvezdochka shipyard
in 1999 for conversion into a special purpose submarine. |
 Refited Verkhoturye SSBN (Project 667BDRM Delfin). The Russian Navy has another six project 667BDRM submarines armed with intercontinental ballistic missiles. |
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The
former K-64 was removed from active service in 1999 and was ordered to
be refitted. It was planned for her to be reactivated in 2002 to replace
the Yankee 'Stretch' class KS-411. KS-411 had been the mothership for
the Paltus-class mini submarines, which are believed to be used for a
combination of oceanographic research, search and rescue, and underwater
intelligence-gathering. K-64 was renamed BS-64 in 2002, and her central
section containing 16 silos for ballistic missiles was removed to create
space for the installation of scientific-experimental equipment. The modifications
undertaken on the submarine are reportedly for deep-sea submarine nuclear
stations and autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles in the interests
of the Main Directorate of deep-sea research (Googie) of the Ministry
of Defense of Russia. The Russian Navy has another six project 667BDRM submarines armed with intercontinental ballistic missiles. Project 667BDRM Delfin nuclear-powered subs are basic assets of Russia’s maritime nuclear deterrence force. Their construction was started in 1981 at Sevmash shipyard. In total, the Russian Navy received seven submarines of the class between 1984 till 1990. Presently, Russian Navy operates six of them. Zvezdochka shipyard has repaired and modernized all of them from 1999 to 2012. Verkhoturye SSBN – lead sub of the class– was laid down at Sevmash shipyard in February 1981. |
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