Today, the foundation of modern submarine forces of the Russian Navy consists of strategic nuclear and multi-purpose vessels armed with ballistic and sea-launched missiles.
Russia's non-nuclear submarine fleet is currently undergoing modification, with the construction of units with an anaerobic power plant set to begin this year.
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The Project 667BDRM Yury Dolgoruky nuclear ballistic missile submarine of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet in Gadzhiyevo in the Murmansk region.
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The submarines "Vyborg," foreground, and "Stary Oskol" during a rehearsal of the Russian Navy Day parade in Baltiysk's sea canal.
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A crew member of the Stary Oskol submarine during a special tactical drill at the Novorossiysk naval base.
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The Russian 955 Borei "Vladimir Monomakh" nuclear-powered submarine has arrived at its habitual base Vilyuchinsk in Kamchatka.
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The crew of the Stary Oskol submarine practice fighting a fire during a special tactical drill at the Novorossiysk naval base.
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Launching the diesel-electric Project 636 submarine Kolpino of the Varshavyanka / Kilo class at the Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg.
© Sputnik / Igor Russak
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A crew member of the Stary Oskol submarine during a special tactical drill at the Novorossiysk naval base.
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Northern Fleet submarine crew trains in Gadzhiyevo in the Murmansk region.
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Ballistic missile submarine Dmitry Donskoi arrives in Kronstadt to participate in the Navy Day Parade.
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The Stary Oskol submarine crew during a special tactical drill at the Novorossiysk naval base.
© Sputnik / Vitali Timkiv
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The launching ceremony for the nuclear submarine cruiser Kazan of the Russian Navy in Severodvinsk.
© Sputnik / Sergey Mamontov
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A member of the crew of the Yury Dolgoruky nuclear ballistic missile submarine of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet in Gadzhiyevo in the Murmansk region.
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From left: the Kolpino diesel submarine, the Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered guided-missile heavy cruiser and the Dmitry Donskoi nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine during the final rehearsal of the naval parade to celebrate Russian Navy Day in Kronstadt.
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A serviceman and his girlfriend during the welcoming ceremony for the newly launched diesel submarine Krasnodar in Sevastopol.
© Sputnik / Vasiliy Batanov
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