According to a TASS source, after the repair and modernization of the Project 971 submarines, their arsenal of weapons on board will remain the same - 40 missiles and torpedoes, but it will be expanded at the expense of Kalibr-PL cruise missiles
MOSCOW, December 8. /tass/. The Leopard nuclear submarine of Project 971, after repair and modernization, will be tested in 2022. This was announced to TASS on Wednesday by Sergey Marichev, General Director of the Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center.
The Leopard, after repair and modernization, will be tested at sea in 2022," he said on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the heads of enterprises of the United Shipbuilding Corporation.
According to a TASS source, after the repair and modernization of the Project 971 submarines, their arsenal of weapons on board will remain the same - 40 missiles and torpedoes, but it will be expanded at the expense of Kalibr-PL cruise missiles. According to the open press, it is known that their flight range is up to 2.5 thousand km.
Five Project 971 submarines, including two from the Pacific Fleet, are currently undergoing modernization at Zvezdochka and its enterprises.
