OREANDA-NEWS. October 13, 2008. “Russia’s Navy has started a serial production of ships and nuclear submarines. The new state armament program stipulates the construction of a series of eight submarines,” says the deputy chief commander of the Navy, Admiral Alexander Tatarinov.

Tatarinov point out that the program covers the period till 2015 and is supposed to keep the capacity of the nuclear submarines forces at a level guaranteeing Russia’s high security.