Russian Defense Minister Serguei Ivanov confirmed Wednesday that construction of the third fourth-generation nuclear submarine, equipped with the Bulava missile system, will begin in the next few days.
The unit, to be produced in Severodvinsk, will be named "Vladimir Monomai," said Ivanov, also government vice president.
Two similar submersibles are currently being built, provided with a rescue chamber able to float to the surface with over 100 people on board, RIA Novosti news agency reported.
The submarine will be 170 meters long by 13.5 meters wide, with an immersion capacity of up to 450 meters, the source noted.
The Bulava rockets, also known as SS-NX-30, are launched from submarines and use solid fuel. Their designer, Yuri Salomonov, director of Moscow Thermotechnical Institute, affirmed they are invulnerable to any modern anti-missile defense system.
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