Russia's Black Sea Fleet Fifth Project 636.3 Submarine Veliky Novgorod Launched

The fifth Project 636.3 (NATO reporting name: Improved Kilo) diesel-electric submarine, the Veliky Novgorod, built for the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet, has been set afloat by the Admiralty Wharfs Shipyard in St. Petersburg, according to a TASS reporter on site.