Two New Submarines Join Russia’s Pacific Fleet

Russia’s Pacific Fleet has welcomed two new submarines, the Emperor Alexander III and the Krasnoyarsk strategic submarines, which completed the voyage from the Northern to the Pacific Fleet and arrived at the submarine base in Vilyuchinsk in Kamchatka, TASS reports this morning. “The latest nuclear underwater cruisers completed the difficult under-ice voyage and arrived at the main base of the Pacific fleet. They are unrivaled in their class and will operate in the Pacific fleet to fulfill strategic deterrence tasks, maintain and increase the combat potential and military might of Russia,” Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Fradkov said. “I would like to note that the existing training system of submariners, the school of under-ice navigation, and the level of readiness of headquarters of all levels of the Northern and Pacific fleets allow rapidly and with good quality fulfilling such important and responsible tasks,” Moiseyev said and handed over departmental awards to distinguished submariners.