“At
Gadzhiyevo the vessel was berthed at a newly built quay for the Borei
class nuclear-powered submarines,” Serga said.
The Vladimir Monomakh strategic ballistic missile submarine left the
Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk on December 26. It is the third Project
955 submarine commissioned with Russia’s Northern Fleet and second
series sub of the project. During the sea trials in the White Sea the
Vladimir Monomakh submarine confirmed the designed performance and modern
stealth vibroacoustic characteristics. Within the framework of contractors’
trials the submarine crew successfully test-fired on September 10, 2014
the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile.
The Vladimir Monomakh fourth generation ballistic missile submarine
is named after Vladimir Monomakh (1053-1125), the Grand Duke of Kievan
Rus'. The project was developed by the Rubin Design Bureau, and the
chief designer was Sergei Kovalev. The keel was laid down on 19 March
2006 at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk. The hull of the Akula-class
submarine K-480 Ak Bars was used in the construction of Monomakh. The
submarine is armed with 16 of the newest submarine-launched ballistic
missile Bulava (NATO designation SS-N-32). Vladimir Monomakh and its
sister ships will replace the Delta III and IV classes in the Russian
Navy. The submarine was launched on 30 December 2012 and had begun moored
tests in January 2013. The submarine finished its first sea trials on
8 October 2013 when returning from a 25-day trial at sea.
The Project 955 head submarine - Yuri Dolgoruky and the first series
strategic nuclear ballistic missile submarine of the fourth generation
Aleksandr Nevsky have earlier been delivered to the Northern Fleet.
They successfully passed all the sea trials under the combat training
program and test-fired the Bulava sub-launched intercontinental ballistic
missiles that with high precision hit targets at the Kura range on the
Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. |
