BOREI CLASS SUBMARINE

Borei submarine mockup
Career	Ensign of the Russian Navy
Laid down:	November 2, 1996
Launched:	April 15, 2007
Commissioned:	N/A
General Characteristics
Length:	170 metres
Beam:	13.5 metres
Draft:	10 metres
Displacement:	Surfaced: 14,720 tonnes Submerged: 24,000 tonnes
Propulsion:	1×ОК-650В nuclear reactor 1×AEU steam turbine 1×shaft and propeller
Complement:	130 officers and men
Armament:	12×''Bulava'' (Yury Dolgoruky only)SLBMs 16× ''Bulava'' (other ships of class)SLBMs 6×SS-N-15 (533mm torpedo tubes)

The '''Borei'' class' (or '''Borey'''; Russian: Борей, named after Boreas) is a nuclear-powered ballistic missile-carrying submarine (SSBN) currently in development by Russia. It is intended to replace the ''Delta III'' & ''Typhoon'' class in the Russian Navy.
Work on the first unit of the ''Borei'' class (officially designated ''Project 935'') started in 1996. A new submarine-launched ballistic missile was developed in parallel, called the SS-N-28. However, the work on the SS-N-28 was abandoned, and a new missile called the SS-NX-30 ''Bulava'' was designed. The submarine needed to be redesigned to accommodate the new missile, and the project name was changed to ''Project 955''. They are being built in Sevmash by Rubin Design Bureau.
The ''Borei'' is claimed to represent the state of the art in submarine design, incorporating characteristics that make it superior to any submarine currently in service, such as the ability to cruise silently and be less detectable to sonar. Advancements include a compact and Integrated hydrodynamically efficient hull for reduced broad band noise the first ever use of pump jet propulsion on a Russian nuclear submarine.^[1] Costing some $890 million USD [1], ''Borei'' is approximately 170 metres long, 10 metres in diameter, and has a maximum submerged speed of at least 46 kilometers per hour (25 knots). Smaller than the ''Typhoon'' class, the ''Borei'' was initially slated to carry the same number of missiles, 20, but has been forced to sacrifice 8 missiles due to the increase in mass of the 45 ton Bulava SLBM (a modified version of the new Topol-M ICBM) over the proposed SS-N-28. The boats following ''Yury Dolgoruky'' will be longer and will carry 16, rather than 12, Bulava missiles.[2]
As of late 2005 there are three ''Borei'' class submarines under construction, the first submarine of the class, ''Yury Dolgoruky'' was scheduled to be launched in 2002 but the production of the vessel suffered severe delays due to financial problems . The ''Yury Dolgoruky'' was launched on April 15, 2007 in a great ceremony attended by many senior military and industrial personnel. [3] The ''Yury Dolgoruky'' is the first strategic missile submarine to be launched in 17 years since the Soviet era and the actual first Russian vessel, it's considered a milestone in the development of the Russian navy after suffering extreme depression since the collapse of the Soviet union in 1991. [4] The others are named ''Alexander Nevsky'' and ''Vladimir Monomakh''. The planned contingent of 12 strategic submarines is expected to be commissioned within the next decade (5 "project 955" are planned for purchase to 2015 [5]).

Contents

Vessel list

References

Sources

Vessel list

''Borei'' class — significant dates

#	Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
	''Yury Dolgoruky''	November 2, 1996	April 15, 2007	Expected in 2008
	''Alexander Nevsky''	March 19, 2004	N/A	Expected in 2008
	''Vladimir Monomakh''	March 19, 2006	N/A	N/A

Image: [6]

References

1. http://www.brtsis.com/borei.htm

Sources

★ http://pilot.strizhi.info/2007/05/04/3373/ New pic of the Yuri Dolgoruky

★ http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070415/wl_nm/russia_submarine_dc - Borei has officially been launched.

★ http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=11694696 - announcement that the first boat will be launched in April 2007

★ http://grani.ru/War/Arms/m.98348.html - announcement (in Russian) that first boat would not be ready until 2007.

★ Project 935 / Project 955 Borei

★ Image gallery:Yury Dolgoruky, a Borey-class nuclear missile submarine