MOSCOW, 17 Feb-RIA Novosti. The construction of four yet-to-be-launched multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M (885M) project is not behind schedule, and the submarines are currently on the slipways, Mikhail Budnichenko, General Director of the Severodvinsk Sevmash plant, told RIA Novosti.
The lead submarine "Kazan" began testing back in 2017, and its transfer to the fleet was postponed several times. The next submarine, the Novosibirsk, was launched at the end of 2019, to be transferred to the Navy in 2020, but this did not happen.
He explained that now the submarines are at the stage of slipway work. Also on the slipway is another submarine of this project - "Ulyanovsk". Work on it is also on schedule, said the agency interlocutor.
The Russian navy currently has only one multi - purpose nuclear submarine of the Yasen type of Project 885-Severodvinsk. The remaining submarines are being built according to the improved project "Ash-M".
The seventh and eighth such submarines were laid down on July 20, 2020. They were named "Vladivostok" and "Voronezh". The general Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Alexey Rakhmanov, told RIA Novosti that they will be handed over to the fleet at the turn of 2027-2028.
The multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the improved Yasen-M project have a displacement of 13.8 thousand tons, a diving depth of 520 meters, a crew of 64 people, an autonomy of 100 days, and an underwater speed of 31 knots. The submarines are armed with mines, 533 mm torpedoes, Kalibr and Onyx cruise missiles.
As reported on "Sevmash", the changes in comparison with the project 885 relate to the element base of electronic weapons systems and upgraded equipment and materials supplied by Russian manufacturers. The ship in the future should be armed with a hypersonic missile system "Zircon".
