ST. PETERSBURG. July 3 (Interfax) - The Russian defense-industrial complex will start working on fifth-generation submarines as part of implementing a new state armament program (2018-2025), the Russian Navy's deputy commander, Viktor Bursuk, said.
"The designing of these boats will begin, and they will be laid down," Bursuk said at the International Maritime Defense Show in St. Petersburg on Saturday, responding to a question from Interfax.