Thursday, June 27, 2013

Three back Strengthen Nuclear Submarine Russia in 2014

Three nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy is currently undergoing repairs and will be assigned back in 2014, said a spokesman for the Russian Navy.
Missile submarine K-410 Smolensk, which is undergoing repairs since 2011, will soon resume his service with the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy, the spokesman said on Tuesday. Submarines from Oscar II class has a length of 154 m, width 18.2 m, up to 600 m diving capability and is able to survive autonomously at sea for 50 days. For weapons, the submarine is equipped with anti-ship missiles 24 SS-N-19 Shipwreck, 4 533 mm torpedo tubes (for torpedo SS-N-15) and 4 650 mm torpedo tubes (for torpedo SS-N-16).
Russian Navy Pacific Fleet in 2014 will also be strengthened by missile submarine K-150 Tomsk, which is grounded since 2010 because of problems with engine cooling nuclear reactors. Specifications are similar to the K-410 Smolensk, only for 650 mm torpedo tubes, this submarine has only two.
The latter, attack submarine K-419 Kuzbass today still in process improvement since 2010. The submarine has a length of 113.3 m and a width of 13.6 m with endurance at sea for 100 days.
Naasnya Kuzbass same submarine with the submarine K-152 Nerpa (Akula class II of both), in which 20 people have been killed during sea trials in 2008 due to damage to the fire suppression system. Currently, the submarine K-152 Nerpa leased to the Indian Navy since 4 April 2012 with the new name INS Chakra.
According to data obtained from the Russian-ships.info, this time the Russian Navy has 48 nuclear submarines (the U.S. has 71 nuclear submarines in 2010), 20 of them are undergoing repairs or upgrades.
 

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