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Monday, January 13, 2014
Russia Develops High-Tech 'Beast From Beneath' Submarine
The UK and the US face the looming threat of a new generation of Russian super-submarines known as "the Beast from Beneath", experts have warned.
The Russian navy has invested an estimated 54 billion roubles (£1bn) to fund the SSGN Severodvinsk K-329, and sources say delivery is expected imminently, since the delivery acceptance certificate was signed on 30 December. The K-329 was commissioned in 1993 and originally scheduled for delivery in 1998. The project has been beset by problems and repeated delays.
The submarine is the first in a fleet of eight new Yasen class submarines – each armed with 24 Granat cruise missiles carrying 200 kiloton warheads, as well as anti-ship missiles, mines and torpedoes.
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