Yuri Dolgoruky sails to Pacific in 2012
Russia’s newest strategic submarine of the Borey-class will first test its missiles, and then sail for the Pacific fleet.
“Yuri Dolgoruky” is currently moored at Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk waiting for the ice in the White Sea to melt in spring. Then, a series of tests of the new Bulava missile will take place during the summer.
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Russia’s Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov told reporters in Vladivostok this weekend that “Yury Dolgoruky” first will be sailing to the Pacific in 2012, reports Gazeta. It is still unclear when the second submarine of the Borey-class, “Aleksandr Nevsky” will be transferred to the Pacific fleet.
The Russian navy will get a total of eight Borey-class submarines, of which four will sail for the Pacific fleet and the last four for the Northern fleet with bases on the Kola Peninsula.
In the Pacific, Borey-class submarines will replace the older Delta-III strategic submarines.
