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The multipurpose nuclear submarine "Tiger" of project 971 (code "Pike-B"), undergoing repair and modernization at the Nerpa shipyard (a branch of the Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center), will receive a new weapons complex. This was reported by a source in the defense industry.
The upgraded Tiger will receive the Kalibr-PL package complex, as well as two other submarines of this project - Leopard and Wolf, undergoing modernization at the Zvezdochka CSR. The submarine should receive new electronic weapons, a control system, communications, navigation, sonar, and BIUS. Earlier it was reported that the submarine will be returned to technical readiness, modernization of weapons was not envisaged.
- TASS quotes the words of the source.
The return of the Tiger to combat is planned for next year, although it was previously mentioned about 2022. This year, the Leopard submarine of Project 971 will return to the Northern Fleet, and in 2023, the Wolf submarine of the same project. All submarines are part of the 24th "Animal Division" of the Northern Fleet of the Navy. In total, the division consists of 6 submarines - "Leopard", "Wolf", "Tiger", "Boar", "Panther", "Cheetah". The last three are in the combat fleet.
The Tiger submarine has been under repair since the mid-2010s, but the repair of the submarine at the Nerpa shipyard (a branch of the Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center) began in 2019.
The submarine K-154 "Tiger" was laid down in 1989 in Severodvinsk, launched on July 10, 1993, joined the Northern Fleet on December 5, 1994. The submarine was built according to a project with improved acoustic stealth. Characteristics: Maximum length – 110.3 m; maximum width – 13.6 m; average draft – 9.7 m; total displacement – 12770 tons; working depth of immersion – 520 m; maximum depth of immersion - 600 m; full speed of underwater travel – 33 knots; surface speed – 11.6 knots; autonomy - 100 days; crew – 73 people.
Armament: 4 650 mm torpedo tubes, 4 533 mm torpedo tubes, torpedoes, mines, anti-ship and anti-submarine missiles.
