Borei Class News Today

Back in 2019, Russian state-media outlets first revealed that the Russian Defense Ministry was seeking a new Borei-K Class submarine variant to carry cruise missiles instead of ballistic ones.

While the Borei-Class was designed to replace the preceding Russian SSBN Typhoon-class, the Borei-Class is notably smaller than its predecessors.

By the end of this year the seventh of ten Russian Borei-class SSBN (ballistic missile carrying) nuclear submarines enters service Three more are in various stages of completion and expected to enter service between 2024 and 2028 These may be the last

By the end of this year the seventh of ten Russian Borei-class SSBN (ballistic missile carrying) nuclear submarines enters service Three more are in various stages of completion and expected to enter service between 2024 and 2028 These may be the last

At the end of 2022 Russia put the Suvorov (K-553), its sixth Borei class SSBN (nuclear ballistic missile sub) into service Suvorov is the third of the marginally improved Borei B SSBNs, which carry the same 16 Bulava SLBMs (Sub Launched Ballistic Missil

At the end of 2022 Russia put the Suvorov (K-553), its sixth Borei class SSBN (nuclear ballistic missile sub) into service Suvorov is the third of the marginally improved Borei B SSBNs, which carry the same 16 Bulava SLBMs (Sub Launched Ballistic Missil

The Russian Navy could eventually have a flotilla of at least a dozen of the Borei-class SSBNs before long.

The last of the Cold War era Russian Delta Class SSBNs (ballistic missile nuclear subs) are finally retiring after serving far longer than expected, mainly because they had to In April 2021 Russia revealed the time-table for the long-delayed retirement

 January 30, 2021: In December 2020 Russia conducted a multiple missile launch from one of its new SSBNs (ballistic missile nuclear subs). For the second time since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, a submerged Borei class SSBN fired multiple SLBMs (sea launched ballistic missile) in rapid succession. This time the SSBN was off the Pacific Coast in the Sea of Okhotsk and the four Bulava SLBM warheads landed 5,500 kilometers to the west to the Chizha test ran...