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Video: Russia’s Oscar-II SSN Tomsk launches cruise missile against coastal target.

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Naval Forces News - Russia
 
 
 
Video: Russia’s Oscar-II SSN Tomsk launches cruise missile against coastal target
 
The Russian Pacific Fleet’s Project 949A Antey (Oscar-II class) nuclear-powered attack submarine Tomsk has launched a cruise missile against a coastal target while operating at sea, fleet spokesman Captain 2nd Rank Vladimir Matveyev said.
     
Video: Russia’s Oscar-II SSN Tomsk launches cruise missile against coastal targetThe Russian Navy Pacific Fleet’s Project 949A (Oscar-II class) nuclear-powered attack submarine Tomsk. Picture: Russian Navy
     
"A Granit [NATO reporting name: SS-N-19 Shipwreck] supersonic cruise missile was launched from the underwater position in the Sea of Okhotsk against a multiple coastal target set up at the Kura training range in Kamchatka," the spokesman said.

"While operating at sea, the submarine’s crew members carried out more than a dozen of drills. In particular, they practiced stealthily assuming the best position for an attack and avoiding a counterattack," he added.

During a competition among submarines held by the Navy in 2016, the Pacific Fleet’s nuclear-powered attack submarine Tomsk ranked first as it showed the best skills in destroying hostile surface ships and launching cruise missiles against sea targets.

Also, the submarine’s crew was awarded the challenge cup by the Pacific Fleet’s commander for the victory in the 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.
 

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