Founded 111 years ago, Russia's submarine fleet now boasts scores of sleek and deadly submersible vessels armed with a wide range of torpedoes, cruise and ballistic missiles, capable of obliterating both naval and ground targets virtually anywhere in the world.
© Photo : Sergei Konovalov/Russian Defense MinistrySubmarine base of the Russian Pacific Fleet in Vilyuchinsk, a closed town located on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
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Submarine base of the Russian Pacific Fleet in Vilyuchinsk, a closed town located on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
© Photo : Russian Defense MinistryProject 955 ballistic missile submarine K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy.
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Project 955 ballistic missile submarine K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy.
© Photo : Sergei Konovalov/Russian Defense MinistryProject 667BDR ballistic missile submarines K-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets and K-223 Podolsk at Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatka.
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Project 667BDR ballistic missile submarines K-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets and K-223 Podolsk at Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatka.
© Photo : Russian Defense MinistryProject 971 nuclear-powered attack submarine Shchuka-B.
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Project 971 nuclear-powered attack submarine Shchuka-B.
© Photo : Sergei Konovalov/Russian Defense MinistryA submarine's control room.
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A submarine's control room.
© Photo : Russian Defense MinistryProject 877 diesel-electric submarine B-800 Kaluga of the Russian Northern Fleet.
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Project 877 diesel-electric submarine B-800 Kaluga of the Russian Northern Fleet.
© Photo : Russian Defense MinistryProject 955 ballistic missile submarine K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy of the Russian Northern Fleet.
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Project 955 ballistic missile submarine K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy of the Russian Northern Fleet.
© Photo : Russian Defense MinistryProject 955 ballistic missile submarine K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy of the Russian Northern Fleet.
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Project 955 ballistic missile submarine K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy of the Russian Northern Fleet.
© Photo : Sergei Konovalov/Russian Defense MinistryAn instrument station on a submarine.
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An instrument station on a submarine.
© Photo : Russian Defense MinistryLaunch of a RSM-56 Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile.
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Launch of a RSM-56 Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile.
© Photo : Russian Defense MinistryProject 877 diesel-electric submarine.
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Project 877 diesel-electric submarine.
© Photo : Sergei Konovalov/Russian Defense MinistryA submariner wearing emergency breathing apparatus.
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A submariner wearing emergency breathing apparatus.
© Photo : Russian Defense MinistryProject 945 nuclear submarine of the Russian Northern Fleet.
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Project 945 nuclear submarine of the Russian Northern Fleet.
© Sputnik . Russian Defense MinistryProject 955 ballistic missile submarine K-551 Vladimir Monomakh.
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Project 955 ballistic missile submarine K-551 Vladimir Monomakh.
© Photo : Russian Defense MinistryProject 667BDRM nuclear submarine of the Russian Northern Fleet.
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Project 667BDRM nuclear submarine of the Russian Northern Fleet.
© Photo : Russian Defense MinistryControl room of the Project 955 ballistic missile submarine K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy.
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Control room of the Project 955 ballistic missile submarine K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy.
© Photo : Russian Defense MinistryProject 667BDRM nuclear submarine of the Russian Northern Fleet.
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Project 667BDRM nuclear submarine of the Russian Northern Fleet.
© Photo : Russian Defense MinistryProject 955 ballistic missile submarine K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy of the Russian Northern Fleet.
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Project 955 ballistic missile submarine K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy of the Russian Northern Fleet.
© Photo : Sergei Konovalov/Russian Defense MinistryProject 949A cruise missile submarine K-150 Tomsk.
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Project 949A cruise missile submarine K-150 Tomsk.