Changes introduced into SSBN design

Changes have been introduced into the design of Borey-A-class nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) of project 955A. The Knyaz Vladimir is the first renewed sub which is completing trials. It had its superstructure remade and the bowlines became more streamlined. The changes improve seaworthiness and decrease underwater noise. Transformations of project 955A SSBN are likely to continue, the Izvestia daily writes.

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K-535 Yuri Dolgoruky, first Borei-class ballistic missile submarine of the Project 955 in service with the Russian Navy (Picture source: Schekinov Alexey Victorovich)

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