According to the source, by 2023, six submarines of the 949A project will be repaired according to technical condition, and the Irkutsk submarine will be upgraded according to the 949AM project
MOSCOW, December 29. /TASS/. The Main Command of the Russian Navy plans to have seven Antey nuclear submarines of projects 949A and 949AM in the submarine forces of the Northern and Pacific Fleets by the end of 2023. This was reported to TASS on Tuesday by a source in the military-industrial complex.
"By the specified date [2023], six submarines of the 949A project will be repaired according to the technical condition, and the Irkutsk submarine will be upgraded according to the 949AM project," the agency's interlocutor said.
TASS has no official confirmation of this information.
Now the nuclear submarine "Irkutsk" is undergoing repair and modernization at the Far Eastern plant "Zvezda". Earlier, a TASS source said that the strike capabilities of this submarine after modernization will grow at least twice - it will be able to carry 48 new Kalibr-PL, Onyx and Zircon missiles.
According to open sources, currently five submarines of the project 949A are in the Northern and Pacific Fleets, one is under repair. Their main strike armament is 24 P-700 Granit anti-ship missiles. One boat of this project - "Kursk" - was lost in 2000.
