Russian Nuclear Submarines Cross Under Arctic Ice Near US Coast

Russia transferred two nuclear-powered submarines from the Northern Fleet to the Pacific Fleet.

Two Russian navy submarines, one armed with nuclear missiles, completed a voyage under the ice of the Arctic for a transfer from the Barents Sea to the Pacific Ocean.The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday announced the transfer of two nuclear-powered submarines as part of Ocean-2024, a week-long strategic exercise that took place in the Pacific Ocean and Arctic Ocean. The large-scale military drill concluded the same day.

The Delta-IV, the only other type of ballistic missile submarine that is currently in service, was built in the Soviet days and there are five as part of the Northern Fleet.Meanwhile, the Krasnoyarsk is a 13,800-ton Yasen-class cruise missile submarine, another new generation of submarine for the Russian navy. It has 32 vertical tubes for launching a variety of long-range anti-ship and land-attack missiles, including hypersonic missiles.

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