The vessel will become the ninth submarine built under the 'Yasen-M'… (проект · подводный · ясень-м)
The vessel will become the ninth submarine built under the 'Yasen-M' project. On Wednesday, a formal ceremony was held to lay the keel of the multi-purpose nuclear-powered attack submarine 'Murmansk,' which is the ninth in this series, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Consensus
- The ceremony for laying the foundation stone of the new submarine 'Murmansk' took place at the Severnaya Machine-Building Plant (Sevmash).
- The submarine belongs to the 'Yasen-M' project, which is a modified series of multi-purpose submarines built at Sevmash.
- This is the ninth submarine of the 'Yasen-M' project.
- The submarine will be armed with advanced weaponry including cruise missiles 'Oniks' and 'Kalibr', and potentially hypersonic missiles 'Zircon'.
- The project was developed by the 'Malakhit' design bureau.
- The submarine is named after the city of Murmansk, a hero city of Russia.
- The main commander of the Russian Navy, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, participated in the ceremony.
- There are already four 'Yasen-M' submarines in service with the Russian Navy: 'Novosibirsk', 'Krasnoyarsk', 'Arkhangelsk', and 'Kazan'.
Points of divergence
- The ceremony was held at the Severnaya Machine-Building Plant (Sevmash) and the foundation stone was laid by Admiral Moiseev and the general director of Sevmash, Mikhail Budnichenko. — kommersant
- The ceremony was held on June 17th and the foundation stone was laid by Admiral Moiseev and the general director of Sevmash, Mikhail Budnichenko. — interfax