“Vladimir Monomakh” is the third of a total of eight Borey class nuclear-powered missile submarines that Russia plans to build by 2020.
The trials will take about two weeks and are believed to go smoother than the testing of the two prior submarines of the same class – the “Yury Dolgoruky” and the “Aleksander Nevsky”, a source says to ITAR-TASS.
All systems of the sub will be tested – communication, navigation, acoustics, reconnaissance, radioelectronics, the source says.
The submarine is planned to launch two Bulava intercontinental missiles in July-August.
The construction of “Vladimir Monomakh” started in 2006. It is originally based on an Akula class hull from 1992. The submarine is 170 meters long, can go 29 knots submerged, it has a crew of 107 and will be equipped with 16 Bulava missiles, which each can carry ten nuclear warheads.
