22.08.2011
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Photo: Model of Project 885
Yasen submarine.
The mentioned submarines will be armed with supersonic cruise missiles, such as
Onyx, rocket torpedoes, and torpedoes. "Use of different munitions is provided, both nuclear and conventional", pointed out the source.
Initially, Russian Navy was supposed to receive 30
Yasen-class subs, but later purchase amount was reduced down to 6 subs due to lack of financing. As is expected, the first Project 885 submarine SSN
Severodvinsk would be delivered to the Navy till the current year is over. That submarine was laid down in 1993. Presently,
Sevmash shipyard (Severodvinsk) builds the second
Yasen-class sub keel-laid in 2009 – SSN
Kazan – under upgraded project
Yasen-M.
Hull length of
Yasen-class submarines is 119 meters; displacement is 13,800 tons; endurance is 100 days; max speed is 31 knots; armament includes ten 650-mm and 533-mm torpedo tubes and 24 launchers for "ship-to-ship" and "ship-to-land" missiles. In addition, submarines of this project will be armed with cruise missiles with operational range of hundreds km.
Editor's comment
To provide execution of the State Arms Program 2011-2020 regarding Project 885
Yasen, one should commission one sub per year, which seems highly improbable in current conditions. Most likely, Russian Navy would not receive promised number of
Yasen-class submarines by 2020.
