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Thursday, February 09, 2012

Russia to Convert Belgorod Submarine for Special Missions

Project 949AM (Belgorod)Russia’s Sevmash shipyard is to convert the multirole Project 949AM nuclear submarine Belgorod for a “series of special missions,” the navy’s head Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky said on Thursday.

Construction of the Belgorod has been suspended since the sinking of its sister ship, the Kursk, a cruise missile armed boat, in 2000.

“Belgorod will be completed as a special project. The boat will have many special tasks ahead of it,” Vysotsky said.

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