The Project 885 class (also known as ‘Yasen’ or ‘Graney’; ASCC/NATO codename Severodvinsk) was the last SSGN designed during the Soviet era. Construction of the first vessel began on 21 December 1993, but experienced massive delays due to financial problems and constantly increasing costs of construction. It was thus only in 2013 that the K-560, named Severodvinsk, was finally commissioned into service. Three additional vessels of this class – K-561 Kazan, K-573 Novosibirsk and K-571 Krasnoyarsk – were undergoing sea trials from 2020–22. Powered by a single OK-650KPM pressurised-water reactor (200MW), and displacing 8,600 tons on the surface and 13,800 tons submerged, they are capable of reaching speeds of 20 knots on the surface and 35 knots submerged. The claimed top silent speed was 28 knots. The weapons system includes eight quadruple silos for a total of 32 Oniks anti-ship or Kaliber cruise missiles, and 10 533mm torpedo tubes. K-560 reportedly conducted one combat patrol in summer 2018 and another in spring 2020, while in October 2021 it performed two test-firings of Zircon cruise missiles from the White Sea to the Barents Sea, both from the surface and while submerged. (Artwork by Ivan Zajac)