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A new submarine division may appear as part of the Pacific Fleet, the issue of its formation is currently under consideration by the Ministry of Defense. The carriers of the Poseidon marine drones will enter service with the new compound.
A new submarine division is planned to be formed in Kamchatka, which will include the Belgorod and Khabarovsk nuclear submarines, which are carriers of Poseidon marine drones, as well as other special-purpose underwater vehicles. Also, the new connection will include support vessels, etc. Although this issue has not yet been finally resolved, the necessary coastal infrastructure is already being created for the basing of submarines, and the work is at the final stage.
To date, the TOPF has two divisions of nuclear submarines, the 25th includes strategic missile submarines with ICBMs on board, the 10th includes multipurpose nuclear submarines. The planned formation will be the third, if such a decision is made, Izvestia writes with reference to the Ministry of Defense. It will include special-purpose nuclear submarines of Project 09851 Belgorod and Project 09852 Khabarovsk, as well as support vessels of project 20183.
The multipurpose nuclear submarine Belgorod was launched on April 23, 2019, factory sea trials began at the end of June 2021, joined the fleet in July 2022, the ceremony of raising the St. Andrew's flag was held on Sevmash. The first set of Poseidon marine drones has already been manufactured for the submarine.
Earlier it was reported that Belgorod will be an experimental carrier of marine drones, the regular carrier will be the Khabarovsk nuclear submarine of project 09851. In total, it is planned to build four Poseidon carriers - two each for the Northern and Pacific Fleets.
