Batch of eight Borei subs to be built by mid-2020s

Batch of eight Borei subs to be built by mid-2020s — Navy’s commander

Military & Defense November 17, 2017, 13:39

Earlier, Sevmash shipyards CEO said eight strategic nuclear-powered submarines Borei would be handed over to Russia's Navy by the end of 2020

SEVERODVINSK, November 17. /TASS/. A batch of eight nuclear-powered Borei submarines will be built by the mid-2020s, the Russian Navy’s commander, Vladimir Korolyov, said on Friday.

"The mid-2020s is the most likely date," he said in reply to a question.

Earlier, Sevmash shipyards CEO Mikhail Budnichenko told TASS the shipyards were to hand over to Russia’s Navy eight strategic nuclear-powered submarines Borei and six multirole submarines Yasen by the end of 2020.