The Arkhangelsk was handed over to the Navy from the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk on December 27. Photo: United Shipbuilding Corporation
The Russian Northern Fleet’s newest Yasen-M class submarine will be based 60 km from NATO Norway. The Arkhangelsk will now sail north to Zapadnaya Litsa, Russia’s westernmost submarine base on the Kola Peninsula, the Barents Observer reports.
