According to the source, this will be followed by state tests, during which the submarine will fire Onyx and Kalibr-PL missiles."
MOSCOW, May 28. /TASS/. The first serial nuclear submarine (NPS) of the project 885M cipher "Ash-M" "Novosibirsk" will enter the factory sea trials (ZHI) at the end of June. This was reported to TASS on Friday by a source in the military-industrial complex.
"The Novosibirsk submarine will be launched at the ZHI at the end of June this year," he said. According to him, this will be followed by state tests, during which the submarine will fire Onyx and Kalibr-PL missiles. The transfer of the boat to the Navy is planned for the end of 2021.
TASS has no official confirmation of this information.
Currently, Sevmash (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has seven submarines of the 885M project at various stages of construction. The seventh and eighth hulls of this project-the Voronezh and Vladivostok submarines-were laid down on July 20, 2020. The bookmark was watched by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a video conference mode.
The lead submarine of the project 885M "Kazan" was transferred to the Russian Navy on May 7. "Severodvinsk", which is the lead and only submarine cruiser of the project 885 "Ash", performs tasks as part of the submarine forces of the Northern Fleet. It was handed over to the Navy on 17 June 2014. The main strike weapons of the submarines of the 885/885M projects are the Kalibr-PL and Onyx cruise missiles. Now Severodvinsk is preparing for tests of the hypersonic missile "Zircon", to participate in which the submarine will join this year. Previously, test launches of this missile were conducted from the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov".