The Project 651(NATO: JULIETT) was a class of Soviet diesel-electric cruise missile submarines, hull classification SSG. These boat's were designed in the late 1950s to provide the Soviet Navy with a nuclear strike capability against targets along the east coast of the United States and enemy combatants (aircraft carriers).The 651 carried four nuclear-capable cruise missiles with a range of 300 miles, which could be launched while the submarine was surfaced and moving less than four knots (7 km/h). Once surfaced, the first missile could be launched in about five minutes; subsequent missiles would follow within about ten seconds each. Initially, the missiles were the inertial-guided P-5 (NATO reporting name SS-N-3 Shaddock). 16 of a planned 35 JULIETT's were built, the last decommissioned in 1994.
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