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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Russia’s MoD Signs Borei Submarine Contract with USC

RFS Yuri DolgorukiThe Russian Defence Ministry has signed contracts with Sevmash and Rubin for five Project 955A upgraded Borei A submarines, United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) spokesman Alexei Kravchenko has said.

Two contracts have been signed under the state defence order for 2012: one with the Sevmash shipyard to build five serial upgraded Borei class submarines and with the Rubin Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering for R&D for these submarines.

Borei-class submarines are designed by Rubin. They are armed with Bulava ICBMs. The submarines are 170 metres long,13.5 metres wide, their collapse depth 450 metres and they have a crew 107 sailors.

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