Construction program of Project 677 Lada non-nuclear submarines can be suspended, reports Izvestiya referring to a source in Russian Navy Main HQ.
According to the source, SSK St. Petersburg will not be commissioned into the Navy and remain an experimental prototype.
Defects of Lada -class submarine – unfinished propulsion plant, sonar, Lithium tactical data system, torpedo TE-2 – make Russian Navy return to submarines of well-proved project Varshavyanka , reports the newspaper.
According to the source, construction of two Lada -class submarines – Kronshtadt and Sevastopol – was suspended as well in spite of their hulls almost completed.
Representative of JSC Admiralteyskie Verfi shipyard denied a request of Central Navy Portal to comment that information.
Characteristics of Project 677 Lada diesel electric submarines:
Surface displacement – 1,765 tons Length overall – 66.8 meters Beam overall – 7.1 meters Surface speed – 10 knots Submerged speed – 21 knots Operating depth – 250 meters Test depth – 300 meters Endurance – 45 days Propulsion plant: D49 diesel engines Armament: 6 x 533-mm torpedo tubes (combat load – 18 torpedoes/rocket torpedoes/missiles or up to 44 mines), MANPADS Igla-1M with 6 missiles Crew – 35 men
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