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Home» News»Russia’s Khabarovsk Submarine to be Launched in Fall 2021
Project 09851 Khabarovsk
Project 09851 Khabarovsk. Dedicated launch platform capable of carrying six KANYON rounds. Illustration by Covert Shores.

Russia’s Khabarovsk Submarine to be Launched in Fall 2021

The Khabarovsk nuclear submarine (project 09851), which is the second sub designed to carry the Poseidon underwater craft, will be floated in autumn, a defense industry source told TASS.

Xavier Vavasseur 19 Apr 2021

By TASS Russian news agency

“The floating of the Khabarovsk was postponed by several months — from May to the autumn of 2021,”



TASS’ industry source

Sevmash Shipyard, which builds the submarine, refused comment.

The Khabarovsk is the second Poseidon carrier. The first one is the Belgorod submarine of project 09852. It was floated on April 23, 2019. Both submarines have to carry six Poseidon each.

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Naval News comments:

Computer generated image of KANYON / Poseidon featured in Russian MoD video showing new Russian strategic weapons
Computer generated image of KANYON / Poseidon featured in Russian MoD video showing new Russian strategic weapons

According to Covert Shores, The Project 09851 Khabarovsk (пр.09851 “Калитка-СМП” “Хабаровск”) submarine is likely the main launching platform of the Poseidon “Intercontinental Nuclear-Powered Nuclear-Armed Autonomous Torpedo” (also known as 2м39 ‘Poseidon’ [Посейдон] / ‘Status-6’ [Статус-6] / ‘Skif’ [Скиф] seabed launched variant / NATO: KANYON).

This boat is similar to but smaller than the Project 955 ‘BOREI’ (пр.955 “Борей” – BOREI) SSBN. Working off a similar hull diameter to the BOREI, Covert Shores was able to estimate the submarine’s length as 120m versus 160m for the BOREI. This makes sense as the Khabarovsk does not require the missile section behind the sail. And it is even possible that it shares many components and even hull sections with the SSBN. The stated displacement of 10,000 tons makes it massive, but is much lighter than the 13,000 ton BOREI.

Project 09851 submarine specification
Displacement: 10,000 tons surfaced
Length: 120m (estimate, see analysis)
Diameter: 13m main hull, 16m across forward section (estimates, see analysis)
Speed: TBC but almost certainly over 20kt
Endurance: Unlimited. At least 60 days supplies
Maximum Operating depth: TBC – likely 400-500m
Crew: TBC
Powerplant: 1 x nuclear reactor (probably ОК-650В) driving a single pumpjet.
Armament: 6 x Status-6 nuclear torpedoes. Unspecified capability to launch regular torpedoes and decoys.

Khabarovsk Russian Navy Submarine TASS 2021-04-19
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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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