Russian Navy to Receive Special-purpose Sub with Nuclear-armed drones in Summer

The Russian Navy is set to receive The Project 09852 special-purpose nuclear-powered submarine Belgorod in the summer of 2022.

"The delivery of the Belgorod nuclear-powered submarine to the Navy is scheduled for the summer of 2022. The event may be timed for Russia’s Navy Day that will be celebrated on July 31," Tass quoted a source saying.

TASS has no official confirmation of this information yet.

Quoting a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry, Tass stated that the latest submarine would be operational in the Pacific Fleet after it was delivered to the Navy. The submarine was initially expected to be delivered to the Navy in late 2021.

The Project 09852 nuclear-powered submarine Belgorod, the first carrier of Poseidon nuclear-armed underwater drones, was floated out at the Sevmash Shipyard on April 23, 2019.