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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Russia to Build New Nuclear Submarine Base in Kamchatka

Russia is to build a new nuclear submarine base in the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Russian Navy’s Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Masorin told reporters in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the Far East, on Monday.

The town of Vilyuchinsk is to host a modern base for the submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet in the next two or three years.

The base is designed for new strategic submarines, Borei, which have received 9 billion rubles of financing.

In addition, a new base for surface ships is to be built in Avachinskaya bay of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

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