If the submarine is not ready for the launches of the Zircon in 2024, they will resume in the first half of 2025, the agency interlocutor noted.
MOSCOW, November 23. /tass/. Flight design tests (LKI) of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from an underwater carrier after two successful test launches will resume in 2024 on the Perm nuclear submarine of project 885M (code "Ash-M") of a modified design. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
"The resumption of the LKI from the underwater carrier is planned no earlier than 2024. They will be the Perm submarine of the 885M project, which will differ from its predecessors in a slightly modified design. If the submarine is not ready for Zircon launches in 2024, they will resume in the first half of 2025," he said.
TASS has no official confirmation of this information.
Earlier, TASS reported that among the submarines of the 885M project, the first regular submarine carrier of the Zircon missiles will be the Perm submarine of a modified design - the fifth in a row in the family of boats of this series. The transfer of the submarine to the fleet is planned for 2025.
Currently, Sevmash (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) is building six submarines of the 885M project. The lead submarines of projects 885 and 885M - Severodvinsk and Kazan - are part of the Russian Navy, the first serial submarine of the 885M Novosibirsk project is being tested. It is planned to be transferred to the fleet by the end of this year.
On October 4, the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine for the first time performed test launches of Zircon missiles from surface and underwater positions in the waters of the White Sea.