Yury Dolgoruky submarine to be launched this week - Ivanov
The Yury Dolgoruky strategic ballistic missile submarine will be launched in Severodvinsk on Sunday, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said at a Monday meeting of government members chaired by President Vladimir Putin, Interfax reports.
Four submarines of the class will be built, Ivanov said.
The construction of two similar submarines, Alexander Nevsky and Vladimir Monomakh, has already begun.
Ivanov said he will attend the Yury Dolgoruky's launching.
"This is the first time in seventeen years that we have built such a submarine. It will take another year to equip and arm," he said.