Modified Delta IV class SSBN Project 667BDRM Delfin "Podmoskovye" Delivered to Russian Navy

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Modified Delta IV class SSBN Project 667BDRM Delfin "Podmoskovye" Delivered to Russian Navy
 
The Podmoskovye nuclear-powered submarine (a modified Delta IV class ballistic missile submarine or SSBN, Russian designation Project 667BDRM or Delfin) was launched on Tuesday after undergoing repairs and modernization at the Zvezdochka shipyard in northern Russia, the shipyard’s press service reported.
     
The Podmoskovye nuclear-powered submarine (a modified Delta IV class ballistic missile submarine or SSBN, Russian designation Project 667BDRM or Delfin) was launched on Tuesday after undergoing repairs and modernization at the Zvezdochka shipyard in northern Russia, the shipyard’s press service reported.
The Podmoskovye nuclear-powered submarine has been modified into a special purpose submarine.
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The submarine will undergo harbor and sea trials after the launch, Zvezdochka’s employees said. The Podmoskovye was commissioned late in 1986. According to open sources, the ship was sent to the Zvezdochka shipyard in 1999 for conversion into a special purpose submarine.
     
The Podmoskovye nuclear-powered submarine (a modified Delta IV class ballistic missile submarine or SSBN, Russian designation Project 667BDRM or Delfin) was launched on Tuesday after undergoing repairs and modernization at the Zvezdochka shipyard in northern Russia, the shipyard’s press service reported.
Refited Verkhoturye SSBN (Project 667BDRM Delfin). The Russian Navy has another six project 667BDRM submarines armed with intercontinental ballistic missiles.
     
The former K-64 was removed from active service in 1999 and was ordered to be refitted. It was planned for her to be reactivated in 2002 to replace the Yankee 'Stretch' class KS-411. KS-411 had been the mothership for the Paltus-class mini submarines, which are believed to be used for a combination of oceanographic research, search and rescue, and underwater intelligence-gathering. K-64 was renamed BS-64 in 2002, and her central section containing 16 silos for ballistic missiles was removed to create space for the installation of scientific-experimental equipment. The modifications undertaken on the submarine are reportedly for deep-sea submarine nuclear stations and autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles in the interests of the Main Directorate of deep-sea research (Googie) of the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

The Russian Navy has another six project 667BDRM submarines armed with intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Project 667BDRM Delfin nuclear-powered subs are basic assets of Russia’s maritime nuclear deterrence force. Their construction was started in 1981 at Sevmash shipyard. In total, the Russian Navy received seven submarines of the class between 1984 till 1990. Presently, Russian Navy operates six of them. Zvezdochka shipyard has repaired and modernized all of them from 1999 to 2012. Verkhoturye SSBN – lead sub of the class– was laid down at Sevmash shipyard in February 1981.