Russia will this year use the Yury Dolgoruky...
of 107, including 55 officers, a maximum depth of 450 meters (about 1,500 feet) and a submerged speed of about 29 knots. It can carry up to 16 ballistic missiles and torpedoes.Construction costs totaled some $713 million, including $280 million for research and development.
Two other Borey-class nuclear submarines, the Alexander Nevsky and the Vladimir Monomakh, are in different stages of completion. Russia is planning to build eight of these subs by 2015.
Fourth-generation Borey-class nuclear-powered submarines are expected to constitute the core of Russia"s modern strategic nuclear submarine fleet.
The submarines" entry into service could be delayed however by the series of setbacks in the development of the troubled Bulava missile, which has officially suffered seven failures in 12 tests.
Some analysts suggest that in reality the number of failures was considerably larger, with Russian military expert Pavel Felgenhauer contending that
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