latest Russian fourth-generation Strategic nuclear submarine (NPS) "Vladimir Monomakh" will remain at sea to continue tests. (Flot)

Strategic nuclear submarine (NPS) of the latest fourth-generation Project 955 "Borey" "Vladimir Monomakh" from the beginning again continue to test navigation in the sea.

On February 27 this corr. ITAR-TASS reported the press service of the military shipyard "Sevmash" in Severodvinsk, where he built a submarine, after a meeting of the interdepartmental working group.

"Spotlight representatives shipbuilding companies, designers, counterparty organizations were issues concerning the construction of nuclear submarines of new generation projects," Ash "and" Northwind ", - said the press service. workshop in the stack" Sevmash "is working in a submarine project" Borey "" Prince Vladimir "and the project" Ash "" Kazan "and" Novosibirsk "." Overall submarine construction of these projects are on schedule, "- stressed on the" Sevmash ".

"Vladimir Monomakh" - the third ship of the "Northwind." It belongs to a class of missile strategic submarine cruisers. nuclear ice was laid on the "Sevmash" March 19, 2006 year - to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Russian submarine fleet. shipbuilders in 2013 "Sevmash" was transferred to Russian Navy, the lead ship of Project 955 "Borey" "Yury Dolgoruky" and the first production ship of this project "Alexander Nevsky." In 2006 and 2012 on "Sevmash" were laid two serial ship of this project: "Vladimir Monomakh" and "Prince Vladimir" (the latter for improved design 955A. - ITAR-TASS).

"Vladimir Monomakh", is expected to be adopted in 2014. Submarine class "Northwind" designed to CDB Marine Engineering "Rubin" (St. Petersburg). In their construction applied advancements improve hydrodynamics body and significantly reduce noise. The main armament of warships - the new missile "Bulava". Each submarine project 955 can carry 16 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) for solid fuels P-30 "Bulava" with a range of more than 8 thousand km, equipped with MIRV individual targeting.

Submarine rescue chamber equipped with a pop-up designed for the entire crew. Length "Boreas" - 170 m, width - 13.5 m, maximum depth - 450 m, submerged speed - 29 knots (about 54 km / h), displacement overwater - about 14.7 tons, scuba - 24 tons, autonomy - 100 days, the crew - 107 people. "Borei" armed ICBM "Bulava", designed to become the basis of the naval strategic nuclear forces of Russia in the coming decades. Total planned to build up to eight 2020 "Boreas" - three of them, and five Project 955 - 955A (upgraded with power weapons - 20 ICBM "Bulava" each). Hmmmmmm.....Run Silent Run Deep.