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The nuclear submarine strategic missile cruiser "Emperor Alexander III" is at the stage of factory sea trials, which will automatically pass into the state. As stated earlier in the USC, it is planned to put the missile carrier into combat service of the Russian fleet by the end of this year.
The submarine missile cruiser was tested in mid-June, such information appeared in open sources, but there was no official message about it, as well as other confirmations. The only mention of the submarine missile carrier was in the statement of the head of the USC Alexey Rakhmanov, who told about plans to transfer submarines to the fleet this year. According to him, the APRKSN "Emperor Alexander III" will be handed over to the military by the end of the year.
And so, at the beginning of July, the first visual confirmation of the nuclear Borea-A that has entered factory sea trials appears on the Network. This is written by the bmpd blog with reference to the TG channel "Fleet Photo" by Oleg Kuleshov.
"Emperor Alexander III" of project 955A ("Borey-A")
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The APRKSN "Emperor Alexander III" is the fourth submarine missile carrier of the Borei-A project, built according to a modernized project. Accordingly, it is the third serial after the lead missile carrier "Prince Vladimir", the first and second serial "Prince Oleg" and "Generalissimo Suvorov". Laid down at Sevmash on December 18, 2015, launched on December 29, 2022. Designed for the Pacific Fleet, but this is preliminary information.
Taking into account the three strategists of the Borey base project, the new submarine missile carrier will become the seventh strategic nuclear-powered submarine in the Russian fleet.
