© Lev Fedoseyev/TASS
December 25, 13:08UTC+3
According to the source, the noise level of
the Borei-B submarine will be cut considerably thanks to the installation of a
new water jet propulsion system
MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. The R&D work on designing the Borei-B-class strategic nuclear-powered submarine will begin in 2018 while the completion of its trails and its transfer to the Russian Navy are planned for 2026, a source in the country’s defense industry told TASS on Monday.
"The Project-B project has been included in the
state armament program through 2027. In compliance with this program, the
R&D work on developing the lead underwater missile-carrying cruiser should
begin in 2018 and its delivery to the fleet after trials is scheduled for
2026," the source said.
TASS does not yet have an official confirmation of this
information.
According to the source, the Borei-B submarine will
receive the hull of its predecessor while its noise level will be cut
considerably thanks to the installation of a new water jet propulsion system.
"The submarine will also feature other
innovations," the source added.
The serial construction of Borei-B-class submarines will
begin from 2023, the source said.
Borei-B submarines
Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Korolyov said in
Severodvinsk on November 17 that the timeframe for building Borei-B submarines
would become clear after the conceptual designing of these underwater cruisers
was completed.
"We are beginning to work actively on this project
from 2018 and I believe that this will happen very soon and we will specify the
dates following the results of the first stage, i.e. the work on the outline
design," the Navy’s chief said.
The Russian Navy currently operates three Project 955
Borei-class strategic nuclear-powered submarines: the Yuri Dolgoruky, the
Alexander Nevsky and the Vladimir Monomakh. They are furnished with Bulava
solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missiles. Each submarine can carry
up to 16 such ICBMs. Five Borei-A-class submarines are currently at the stage
of construction. The last submarine of this series, the Prince Pozharsky, was
laid down in December last year.
Igor Vilnit, the chief executive of the Rubin Central
Design Bureau, the Borei submarine developer, earlier told TASS that the
project would be developed further after the series of the improved Borei-A
submarines.
The pump-jet creates thrust thanks to a jet of water for
propulsion compared to the classical propeller and thus considerably reduces
noise. Such waterjets are mounted on UK Trafalgar-type submarines and US
Seawolf underwater cruisers. In the Soviet Union, the experimental waterjet
unit was installed on the B-871 Alrosa diesel-electric submarine built in
1988-1990.
Original post: tass.com
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