7. Russia’s Graney Class Submarine
Manufacturer: Malakhit, Sevmash
Principal Applicant: Russian Navy
Cost: $800 million* (unit cost) or $4.8 billion* (program cost) in FY 2011.
The Graney class of submarines, also known as the Yasen class, is priced at $800 million per unit. In Russian, yasen means “ash tree.” A class of nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines known as the Graney-class. Malakhit is the designer, and Sevmash is the manufacturer. Malakhit drew inspiration for the Graney-class submarines from the Alfa and Akula classes.
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The current Russian nuclear assault submarines from the Soviet era are getting too old to be of any use, and they will be replaced by the Graney-class. The first class of Russian submarines equipped with spherical sonar was the Graney. The Oniks and Kalibr families of land-attack, anti-ship, and anti-submarine missiles are fitted to the design.
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