Project 885

The Yasen-class submarines will be provided with vertical launching tubes to launch cruise missiles and horizontal torpedo tubes to launch missiles, torpedoes, and mines. Some reports suggested that the lead ship, named Severodvinsk, was cancelled due to the economic turmoil in Russia in the 1990s. Severodvinsk and Yasen-class boats could be available for export with the Indian Navy as the main potential customer to fulfill its request for a nuclear-powered submarine. However, the Severodvinsk construction was continued by Sevmash shipyard with the ship to be commissioned by the Russian Navy by the end of 2012. The second ship called Kazan is an upgraded version fitted with advanced sensors and weapons and it is deemed as a prototype for the Graney-M class. Only two ships of the Graney project will be built for the Russian Navy with production to shift to the Graney-M class after 2015. According to the Pravda newspaper, the Project 885 class submarines are by far more sophisticated than Project 955 ballistic submarines. The Russian Navy has identified the need for a smaller displacement and stealth multi-purpose submarine primarily to perform hunter-killer missions that will enter into service by 2020. These submarines along with Project 885s should form the Russian Navy's nuclear attack submarine fleet by 2030.

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