Sevmash yard begins construction of two more ballistic missile subs, thebarentsobserver.com

The Sevmash yard by the White Sea now has more than 30,000 employees engaged in the construction of nuclear-powered submarines, mainly the new multi-purpose submarines of the Yasen class and the 4th generation ballistic missile subs of the Borei class.

On Monday, the solemn ceremony for “Dmitry Donskoy” and “Knyaz Potemkin” was attended by both Navy Commander Nikolai Evmenov and Northern Fleet Commander Aleksandr Moiseev. President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu attended via video-link from the Patriot Park near Moscow. Läs artikel