Underwater Project 885M Yasen Category Missile Guided Submarine
Severodvinsk-based missile-guided missile submarine is not a ballistic missile submarine but has the ability to carry 32M-14K Kalibr missiles with a range of 2500 km that can be equipped with conventional and / or nuclear warheads. Project 885M is a major threat to the US hinterland. The 885M is fast and extremely silent, with extremely powerful sensors. American espionage believes that Severodvinsk or his brother ship, the Kazan, could easily approach 2000km from the east coast of America and hit targets up to the Great Lakes of the USA. Indeed, if the craft - and given its stunning stealth capability - could approach within 1000mm or less, and so be able to hit targets up to Chicago or even St. Louis.
I do not think that the Russians are intersted in the mutual nuclear annihilation that would result from this act.