In June 2022, TASS reported that a set of six Project 636.3 submarines would be built for the Northern Fleet, supplementing those already destined for the Pacific Fleet. The sixth and final vessel, the Yakutsk, is scheduled to be handed over to Russia's Navy in 2024, according to the TASS news agency. The fifth submarine in this series, the Mozhaisk, was launched in late April 2023. In November 2022, Admiralty Shipyards, which produces the Project 636.3 subs, said the fourth vessel, the Ufa, had been accepted into the Pacific Fleet. Russia signed a contract for six Project 636.3 submarines in 2016, the NTI said, with the first submarine launched in March 2019. ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images The Ufa, one of Russia's Project 636.3 improved Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines, is touted as an advanced stealth vessel. Soldiers of the Russian Navy stand on the Kilo-class (diesel-electric) submarine 'Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky' as they take part in the Navy Day parade, celebrating the 325th anniversary of the Russian Navy, in St.Petersburg on July 25, 2021. According to the non-profit Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), Russia currently has around 21 diesel-electric attack submarines. Navy, which only operates nuclear-powered submarines, Russia also deploys conventionally-powered subs for underwater operations. Experts have deemed Moscow's submarines a formidable fleet, posing a greater threat to NATO nations than Russia's surface vessels. Russia's underwater operations have attracted increased attention in recent months. The improved kilo-class submarines have been dubbed a "black hole" and are believed to be among the world's quietest submarines. The Ufa, one of Russia's Project 636.3 diesel-electric submarines, is touted as an advanced stealth vessel. The Ufa diesel-electric submarine, which was commissioned in November 2022, will move from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific at an unspecified date in the fall, Russian state media outlet Izvestia, reported on Monday. Moscow is preparing to send one of its new attack submarines to its Pacific Fleet, Russian state media has reported, deploying its enhanced subs to a region seeing "confrontation between great powers" like the U.S.
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