Moscow. March 3. INTERFAX-AVN-The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, made a working trip to the Northern Fleet and checked the progress of construction of nuclear submarines at the Sevmash enterprise, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.
"As part of the working trip, the commander - in-chief of the Navy checked the progress of the construction of nuclear submarines at the Sevmash enterprise in Severodvinsk, "the report says.
In Severomorsk, Yevmenov heard reports from the Northern Fleet Command on the organization of combat training activities for the fleet forces during the winter training period, and also checked the issues of organizing the maintenance of warships and ship repair.
"The issues of the development of the surface, underwater, aviation and coastal components of the Northern Fleet, the participation of the North Sea Fleet in the most important naval and interspecific events are in the zone of constant attention ( ... ). Equipping the Northern Fleet with modern weapons and equipment, improving the quality parameters of combat training will continue to ensure the exclusion of any threats from sea and ocean directions," Yevmenov said.
Sevmash is one of the largest shipbuilding companies in Russia, which creates strategic submarines and repairs large surface ships.
On February 4, in an interview with Interfax, the General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Alexey Rakhmanov, said that the modernization of JSC Sevmash should be accelerated to prepare for the construction of fifth-generation submarines.
In December 2020, the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko said that the production capacity of the Sevmash plant is fully loaded with orders until 2027. Sevmash will annually transfer to the Russian Navy one new nuclear submarine of the Borey-A and Yasen-M projects. "It is planned to build 14 submarines," Boreyev "and" Ash", - said Krivoruchko.
In February, in an interview with Interfax, the head of the USC said that the Kazan, the lead nuclear submarine of the Yasen-M project, will soon be ready for transfer to the Russian Navy.
"Kazan" is at the stage of finishing and revision of mechanisms. Judge for yourself: the boat has been tested for 2.5 years, and we are already approaching the first service interval, when the mechanical part is usually repaired. To date, we do not see any issues that would require any more long-term tests, " Rakhmanov said on February 4.
As previously reported by a source of "Interfax", the submarine is planned to be included in the Russian Navy in the first half of 2021. "Kazan" was launched in 2017. The deadline for completing the tests was repeatedly postponed.
The Northern Fleet is an interspecific strategic association of the Russian Armed Forces that protects Russia's national interests in the Arctic and other areas of the World Ocean. The submarine forces of the Northern Fleet are considered the most powerful association of nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy. On January 1, 2021, the Northern Fleet of Russia received the status of a military district.
The Northern Fleet is testing new weapons, in particular, the hypersonic missile "Zircon" (Corporation "Tactical Missile Weapons", KTRV). In December, November and October 2020, the Russian Defense Ministry reported successful launches of the Zircon from the Northern Fleet frigate Admiral Gorshkov.
In March 2020, the commander of the Northern Fleet, Alexander Moiseev, said that in the near future, submarines of the Northern Fleet plan to start testing hypersonic weapons.
State tests of the "Zircon" will be completed this year, serial deliveries to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are planned for 2022, Krivoruchko said on January 29.
