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Russian Navy
to acquire 12 new Lada-class submarines
Nikolai Novichkov,
Moscow - Jane's Defence Weekly
13 December 2018
The
Russian Navy plans to procure 12 more Project 677 Lada-class diesel-electric
submarines (SSKs).
“We will continue
to build the Project 636.3 Varshavyanka-class [Improved Kilo-class] SSKs and at
least 12 of the newest Lada-class submarines,” the navy’s commander-in-chief,
Admiral Vladimir Korolyov, told Russian media on 3 December.
According to the
admiral, Russia’s naval shipbuilding industry is building two more Project 677
SSKs, Kronstadt and Velikiye
Luki. “The Kronstadt submarine was launched in late
September. Both SSKs will be delivered to the navy in 2021,” he said. An
Admiralty Shipyards source told Jane’s that the contracts for the fourth and
fifth submarines would be signed in 2019.
Source: janes.com
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