Russia to commission 8 Borei-A subs by 2020

Russia plans to commission into service eight Borei-A nuclear-powered submarines by 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.

Vladimir Putin participated in the solemn keel-laying ceremony in Severodvinsk for the SSBN Prince Vladimir of 995A Project.

Two more nuclear subs of the project have been undergoing sea trials.

The SSBN Prince Vladimir is the lead ship of a series of upgraded Borei-A class submarines armed with the Bulava ballistic missile system.

Sevmash is the only shipyard in Russia, specializing in the construction of nuclear-powered submarines. Throughout its history, the shipbuilding company constructed for the Russian Navy 128 nuclear submarines.