"Knyaz Vladimir" is the first Borei-A ballistic missile submarine to sail for the Russian navy. Photo: Y. Miropolsky / Sevmash shipyard

Sevmash shipyard handed over SSBN «Knyaz Vladimir» to Northern Fleet

The submarine adds at least 96 nuclear warheads to the navy sailing out from the Kola Peninsula.

On June 1st, the Day of the Northern Fleet, Navy Commander Nikolay Evmenov signed the approval document of the long-delayed ballistic missile submarine, the Russian navy’s information service reports.
Admiral Evmenov signed the approval document from his office in St. Petersburg. Photo: Navy’s press service“Knyaz Vladimir” at the Sevmash yard in Severodvinsk. Photo: Sevmash yard
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