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Russian
Navy Pacific Fleet to receive six Project 636.6 submarines in 2019-2021
under new contract |
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Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet will take delivery of six Project
636.6 (NATO reporting name: Improved Kilo-class) diesel-electric submarines
in 2019-2021 under a new contract, Admiralty Shipyards Director General
Alexander Buzakov told journalists. The company will build the submarines. |
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Russia's
new Project 636 (Varshavyanka) diesel-electric submarine (SSK) "B-261
Novorossiysk" transiting in Belgium's EEZ. File Picture:
Belgian Navy
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"The
delivery schedule for the six subs is as follows: two in 2019, two in
2020 and two in 2021," he said.
On September 7, the Russian Defense Ministry and Admiralty Shipyards
signed a contract for a series of submarines in a ceremony held as part
of the Army 2016 forum.
Previously, the order was expected to be split between the Admiralty
Shipyards and Amur Shipyard in the Russian Far East. Then, the United
Shipbuilding Corporation said all of the submarines would be built in
St. Petersburg.
A six-ship Project 636.3 series has been built for the Black Sea Fleet.
The fifth and sixth submarines of the series are due to the Russian
Navy’s inventory before year-end 2016.
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