Six new ships for the Russian Navy are said to have been laid down today (23 Aug. 2021). These include two surface units for the coastal area, as well as four submarines. At the opening of the international military-technical forum, President Vladimir Putin announced the keel laying of two nuclear-powered and missile-equipped "underwater cruisers". These are the Dimitri Donskoi and the Prince Potemkin of project 955A. The class of strategic submarines, also known as the Borei-A, has been under construction since 1996. The Russian Navy currently has four units of this type, and with the two boats launched today, four more are in the pipeline. The two new submarines are being built at the Sevmash shipyard in the harbour city of Severodvinsk on the White Sea.
In addition to the strategic submarines, two conventionally powered units were also launched. With the two units of project 636.3, the Moshaisk and the Yakutsknew submarines of the improved Kilo class are being built at the Admiralty shipyard in St. Petersburg. The programme is rounded off by one corvette each from projects 20380 and 20385. Grozny and the Buiny at the Amur shipyard in Komsomolsk.
The country is continuing to modernise its fleet with the new ships.
Text: mb; Photo: MoD Russia
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