Knyaz Vladimir / Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Nuclear submarine "Kazan" Russian Defense Ministry website
Moscow. July 2. INTERFAX - The Russian military is conducting a special exercise to test submarine systems and weapons in the deep-water regions of the Barents and Norwegian Seas, the Northern Fleet said.
"The event is attended by the crews of several submarines, including the fourth generation. The exercise is taking place as planned. It will continue for several days," the press service of the fleet said on Friday.
They said that the search and rescue support of the event is carried out by the forces of the emergency rescue squad of the Northern Fleet.
"Deep-sea tests are carried out at depths of over 500 meters, which are the ultimate for most modern submarines," said a spokesman for the fleet.
A series of fourth-generation nuclear-powered submarines of the Borei and Borei-A projects, armed with Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles, will become the backbone of the naval strategic nuclear forces for the coming decades, the Russian military said.
The fourth generation also includes Project 885M Yasen-M multipurpose nuclear submarines - carriers of Onyx and / or Caliber cruise missiles. It was reported about plans to arm them with Zircon hypersonic missiles (a new Russian hypersonic missile undergoing tests, Tactical Missile Armament Corporation).
On May 7, the Kazan multipurpose nuclear submarine, which is the lead one in the Yasen-M project, was accepted into the combat strength of the Russian Navy.
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