Borei-class submarine vs Shallow Water Combat Submersible

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Clear photograph of the surfaced Borei-class submarine K-550 Alexander Nevsky, showing its bow, hull and sail.

ASubmarines

Borei-class submarine

nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine

Credit

Ildus Gilyazutdinov / Mil.ru (Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation) · CC BY 4.0 · Recompressed · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Shallow Water Combat Submersible — licensed reference photograph

BSubmarines

Shallow Water Combat Submersible

Submersible , diver propulsion vehicle

Credit

CAPT Kate Dollof · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Borei-class submarineLength

170 m

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Shallow Water Combat SubmersibleLength

6.8 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Borei-class submarinelarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+2400%
Beam+800%

Shallow Water Combat Submersiblelarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

170m

6.8m

Length+2400%

All recorded figures & sources

170 m

Length

Single source

170 m (557 ft 9 in)^[source]

6.8 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Borei-class submarine and Shallow Water Combat Submersible configuration
Specification	Borei-class submarine	Shallow Water Combat Submersible
Range	Unlimited^[source]	—
Power	1 × ОК-650V nuclear reactor 1 × Steam turbine, 50,000 SHP 1 × Pump-jet^[source]	—
Name	Borei class^[source]	—
Builders	Sevmash , designed by Rubin^[source]	Teledyne Brown Engineering^[source]
Operators	Russian Navy^[source]	United States Navy Royal Navy (planned)

Preceded by	Delta IV class , Typhoon class^[source]	SEAL Delivery Vehicle^[source]

Succeeded by	Arcturus class^[source]	—

Cost	US$713 million^[source]	$383 million (program cost)^[source]

Built	1996–present^[source]	—

In commission	2013–present^[source]	—

Planned	14^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	2^[source]

Completed	8^[source]	2^[source]

Active	8^[source]	—

Type	nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine^[source]	Submersible , diver propulsion vehicle^[source]

Test depth	400 metres (1,300 ft)^[source]	>190 feet (58 m)^[source]

Armament	16 × RSM-56 Bulava SLBMs with 6 MIRV warheads (project 955 and 955A) 8 x 533mm torpedo tubes or 6 × 533mm torpedo tubes (BOREI-A) 6 x 533mm external Special Purpose External Tubes (SPETS) REPS-324 Shlagbaum anti-torpedo defense system RPK-2 Vyuga anti-submarine/ship missiles^[source]	SEAL team personal weapons, limpet mines^[source]