Russia laid the keels of three new nuclear submarines to celebrate Russian Navy Day on 27 July. The boats laid down were the fifth Dolgoruky (Borey)-class (Project 955A) nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), Knyaz Oleg, and the fourth and fifth Severodvinsk (Yasen)-class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) (Project 885M), Khabarovsk and Krasnoyarsk, "These ships in the coming decades will be the basis of the navy and are guaranteed to provide [the necessary] defence capabilities and security for our country," Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters at the Sevmash naval dockyard in Severodvinsk. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin, who also attended, said: "The Borey-class and Yasen-class constitute the core of the Navy, which is now up to date and on schedule. We know that the presence of nuclear capabilities cool the ardour of any aggressor, anywhere in the world."
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