Tula submarine of the Project 667BDRM/Delta IV completed overhaul at the Zvezdochka Plant in Severodvinsk. According to a Zvezdochka report, the submarine completed the test program on December 21, 2017.
The submarine arrived to Zvezdochka in December 2014. Normally, its place would be taken by another submarine of the Project 667BDRM class, but this time no submarine is reported to enter overhaul.
UPDATE: In fact, there was a report about Bryansk waiting to enter overhaul in 2018 - probably in March. Bryansk completed its most recent overhaul in 2008, although it was seen in dry dock in 2012.
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Conclusions. Does this mean the entire class has now gone through the “update program”? Or, does this mean some of the Delta IVs will not be updated? Does this mean that modernization for the Project 667BDRM/Delta IVs will come to an end and the entire class will be replaced in the intermediate future? By the 955(+) class? Or, will the updated Delta IVs have the longevity to wait on the new “Husky” class?
Frank Shuler
USA
Hi, just an off-topic question: The German press reported last week on NATO's worries regarding Russian submarines. They illustrated the article with an image of the Dmitri Donskoy passing the Great Belt Bridge in Denmark. (http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2017-12/atlantik-nato-besorgt-russische-u-boote-datenkabel) Seems to be a bit unusual for a SSBN to hang around in the Baltic Sea. Was she visiting some event in the area?
Martin
Yes, she was taking part in a military parade in Kronstadt.
The word is these submarines will begin another round of overhaul/repairs. Bryansk will probably go to Zvezdochka in March-April.