russia<u+2019>s super secret spy submarine returns to sea<u+2026>. after 16 years.   tweet 




earlier this month, a russian ballistic missile submarine (ssbn) called podmoskovie slipped out of its pier at severodvinsk for the first time in 16 years. 




but bs-64 podmoskovie<u+2014>which was commissioned in 1986 as a project 667bdrm delfin-class (nato: delta iv) ssbn designated k-64<u+2014>is no ordinary boomer. over the course of nearly two decades, the massive submarine was modified to conduct special missions. but exactly what those missions might be remains somewhat of a mystery. 




podmoskovie was photographed leaving the shipyard for contractor sea trials on oct. 22 by oleg kuleshov, who writes for the bmpd blog<u+2014>a product of the moscow-based centre for the analysis of strategies and technologies.
russia<u+2019>s super secret spy submarine returns to sea<u+2026>. after 16 years.
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