Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated the crew of the new nuclear-powered submarine Alexander Nevsky on the start of dockside trials on Monday, December 13.
The4 Alexander Nevsky is a second Borei-class submarine. Its construction at the Sevmash shipyard began in 2004 and the submarine is a fourth generation strategic underwater missile cruiser. Such submarines are standards carriers for Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Sevmash has estimated the new submarine’s cost at 23 billion roubles.
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