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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Russia’s Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine Goes to Sea Trials
It was reported early in October that Russia’s first fourth-generation nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine, the Severodvinsk, successfully conducted its first sea trials.
In naval terms, a fourth-generation submarine belongs to the latest and most modern generation of submarines. The Severodvinsk is a Project 885 submarine of the Yásen’ (ash tree) class that has been described as “an undersea nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser.”
Plans are for six or seven Yásen’ class submarines to be built, with the second vessel, Kazan, currently under construction.
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