Underground nuclear shipyards world's largest

Underground nuclear shipyards world's largest

Coming from a shipyard of the former Soviet Union, today became the Sevmash shipbuilding company's biggest nuclear submarines in the world.

Sevmash shipyard, established in the early 50's, located in the port city of Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast northern states, Russia. This is the shipyard's secret nuclear submarine former Soviet Union, now the largest manufacturer of ships of the Russian Federation and is the shipyard's biggest nuclear submarines in the world.

Since the 50s of last century, it began producing submarines carrying ballistic missiles, 629 lines, NATO reporting name Golf-class submarine. Here's submarine ballistic missile diesel electric-only world.

Then, it continues to give birth to Victor class attack submarine; Akula class attack submarines, submarines carrying ballistic missiles and Typhoon class submarines carrying cruise missiles Oscar.

Currently, the factory is producing Severodvinsk submarine attack and ballistic missile submarines Borei class, the most advanced warship in the world.

There are over 26,000 employees working here, with annual revenues from the production and sale of military equipment to more than 500 million, according to the 2009 Center for Analysis of Strategy and Technology, an organization NGOs, formerly the Institute for international Relations in Moscow.

Not only submarine production company Sevmash also expanded operations into the field of civil shipbuilding and production of military equipment. Currently, the company produces drilling rigs, used in the offshore oil and gas exploration.