NAVSEA helps arrange for dismantling of
Russian submarines


NAVY WIRE SERVICE - A WIRE (NWSA) - 31 July 1998 
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by NAVSEA Public Affairs
     WASHINGTON (NWSA) -- Naval Sea Systems Command's
Strategic and Attack Submarine Program supported the DOD
Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program during a
second visit to the Russian Federation recently to
contract for dismantling Russian Ballistic Missile
Submarines (SSBNs).
     They provided technical assistance to the Defense
Special Weapons Agency contracting team during
negotiations at the Zvezda Far East Factory near
Vladivostok and the Nerpa Ship Repair Yard near
Murmansk, Russia. Under the CTR agreement on Strategic
Offensive Arms Elimination, DOD will provide Russia with
equipment, services, training and logistics support to
assist in expediting the elimination of strategic
offensive arms.
     The object of this particular support effort is the
elimination of submarine launched ballistic missile
launchers and the associated ballistic missile
submarines in compliance with the START I Treaty.
     Successful contract negotiations were completed
at each facility resulting in contracts to dismantle
two SSBNs at each facility. The contract also provides
for infrastructure improvements to increase the
dismantlement capability of the Russian shipyards.
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