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That is our old charlie . Check this below link
Bharat-Rakshak.com :: NAVY - INS Chakra (Charlie-1 Class)
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INS Chakra/Akula II
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First admission by the GOI that it is leasing the "Chakra".
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Russia's Nerpa nuclear sub to be 'fine-tuned' next month
Russia's Nerpa nuclear attack submarine, which entered service with the Navy in late 2009, will undergo additional adjustments in February, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Russia's Nerpa nuclear attack submarine, which entered service with the Navy in late 2009, will undergo additional adjustments in February, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Russia to lease nuclear submarine to India: report
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Russia will lease one of its newest nuclear-powered submarines to India in the second half of this year, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a Russian Defence Ministry official as saying on Tuesday.
The submarine to be leased is the Nerpa, which had accident in the Sea of Japan in November 2008 in which 20 people were killed.
The Russian military had previously denied media reports that the submarine was to be leased to India.
"The lease of the Nerpa nuclear submarine to India for 10 years ... will take place this summer or autumn," the unidentified official told the agency.
The Nerpa, armed with conventional weapons, was laid down in 1993 but was launched and started sea trials only in 2008 due to the piecemeal funding of its construction.
The submarine "successfully concluded sea trials last December", the Defence Ministry official told Itar-Tass. Contacted by Reuters, a Defence Ministry official could not immediately confirm the report.
Citing its source, Itar-Tass said the submarine would be handed over to an Indian crew in the port of Vladivostok, Russia's military base and the main gateway to the Pacific.
Russia, India's close economic and political partner since Soviet days, is one of the world's major arms exporters.
It has a fleet of nuclear-powered but conventionally armed submarines besides its strategic nuclear-armed vessels, which are not sold abroad. --REUTERS
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Russia will lease one of its newest nuclear-powered submarines to India in the second half of this year, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a Russian Defence Ministry official as saying on Tuesday.
The submarine to be leased is the Nerpa, which had accident in the Sea of Japan in November 2008 in which 20 people were killed.
The Russian military had previously denied media reports that the submarine was to be leased to India.
"The lease of the Nerpa nuclear submarine to India for 10 years ... will take place this summer or autumn," the unidentified official told the agency.
The Nerpa, armed with conventional weapons, was laid down in 1993 but was launched and started sea trials only in 2008 due to the piecemeal funding of its construction.
The submarine "successfully concluded sea trials last December", the Defence Ministry official told Itar-Tass. Contacted by Reuters, a Defence Ministry official could not immediately confirm the report.
Citing its source, Itar-Tass said the submarine would be handed over to an Indian crew in the port of Vladivostok, Russia's military base and the main gateway to the Pacific.
Russia, India's close economic and political partner since Soviet days, is one of the world's major arms exporters.
It has a fleet of nuclear-powered but conventionally armed submarines besides its strategic nuclear-armed vessels, which are not sold abroad. --REUTERS
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Navy to get Russian nuke submarine before July
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Indian Navy will get the Russian-built nuclear-powered Akula-II class attack submarine on a 10-year lease before July this year, a naval official said Monday.
The submarine, which would primarily be used to train crews to operate these kind of vessel, is considered one of the quietest and deadliest among Russian nuclear submarine fleet.
“The submarine is coming and it will arrive by mid-year before July,” a senior Indian Navy official said, requesting anonymity.
Partly financed by India under a deal signed with Russia in January 2004, the 12,000-tonne submarine was been built at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur shipyard in Russia. It will be commissioned into the Indian Navy as INS Chakra.
According to experts, INS Chakra would help India fill the void caused by the delays in the indigenous Advanced Technology Vessel project to build a nuclear powered attack submarine capable of firing missiles.
Three Indian navy teams have already been trained at the specially set up training centre in Sosnovy Bor near St. Petersburg.
Indian Navy commissioned its first indigenously-built nuclear powered submarine last year, but it needs to gain first-hand experience in nuclear submarine operations, deployment and maintenance prior to the deployment of domestic submarines.
The nuclear submarine leased by Russia will not be equipped with long-range cruise missiles due to international restrictions on missile technology proliferation. But India may later opt to fit it with domestically designed long-range nuclear-capable missiles.
At present, India operates 16 conventional diesel submarines and awaits six French-Spanish Scorpene class diesel attack submarines to be delivered between 2012 and 2017.
India plans to deploy at least three nuclear submarines armed with long-range strategic missiles by 2015.
The first of the three domestic nuclear submarines is expected to begin sea trials by mid-2009.
India previously leased a Charlie-I class nuclear submarine from the erstwhile Soviet Union from 1988 to 1991.
More at : http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal...rine-before-july_100313100.html#ixzz0eIJoTFIf
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Indian Navy will get the Russian-built nuclear-powered Akula-II class attack submarine on a 10-year lease before July this year, a naval official said Monday.
The submarine, which would primarily be used to train crews to operate these kind of vessel, is considered one of the quietest and deadliest among Russian nuclear submarine fleet.
“The submarine is coming and it will arrive by mid-year before July,” a senior Indian Navy official said, requesting anonymity.
Partly financed by India under a deal signed with Russia in January 2004, the 12,000-tonne submarine was been built at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur shipyard in Russia. It will be commissioned into the Indian Navy as INS Chakra.
According to experts, INS Chakra would help India fill the void caused by the delays in the indigenous Advanced Technology Vessel project to build a nuclear powered attack submarine capable of firing missiles.
Three Indian navy teams have already been trained at the specially set up training centre in Sosnovy Bor near St. Petersburg.
Indian Navy commissioned its first indigenously-built nuclear powered submarine last year, but it needs to gain first-hand experience in nuclear submarine operations, deployment and maintenance prior to the deployment of domestic submarines.
The nuclear submarine leased by Russia will not be equipped with long-range cruise missiles due to international restrictions on missile technology proliferation. But India may later opt to fit it with domestically designed long-range nuclear-capable missiles.
At present, India operates 16 conventional diesel submarines and awaits six French-Spanish Scorpene class diesel attack submarines to be delivered between 2012 and 2017.
India plans to deploy at least three nuclear submarines armed with long-range strategic missiles by 2015.
The first of the three domestic nuclear submarines is expected to begin sea trials by mid-2009.
India previously leased a Charlie-I class nuclear submarine from the erstwhile Soviet Union from 1988 to 1991.
More at : http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal...rine-before-july_100313100.html#ixzz0eIJoTFIf
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here is the date 
http://www.ptinews.com/news/495409_Russian-N-sub-likely-to-join-Indian-Navy-by-June--10
India is likely to take delivery of a Russian nuclear-powered submarine, K-152 Nerpa, on a 10-year lease by June this year
http://www.ptinews.com/news/495409_Russian-N-sub-likely-to-join-Indian-Navy-by-June--10
India is likely to take delivery of a Russian nuclear-powered submarine, K-152 Nerpa, on a 10-year lease by June this year
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http://www.ptinews.com/news/524083_Akula-nuclear-submarine-to-be-delivered-to-India-by-May
Moscow, Feb 18 (PTI) Indian Navy will regain its underwater warfare nuclear capability in the next 60-days with the Russians assuring that the Akula-II class attack submarine the Nerpa would be delivered by mid-May.
The assurance that the nuclear submarine would be delivered "strictly on schedule" was given by top Russian shipbuilding officials to the Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is to visit New Delhi on a state visit next month.
Nerpa has been handed over to the Russian Navy for its sea trials.
"The 518th project, the Nerpa submarine is currently completing trials in the Pacific basin. We believe that we will be able to deliver it on time, according to agreed schedule," Chief of the United Shipbuilding Corporation Roman Trotsenko told Putin at today's meeting.
Moscow, Feb 18 (PTI) Indian Navy will regain its underwater warfare nuclear capability in the next 60-days with the Russians assuring that the Akula-II class attack submarine the Nerpa would be delivered by mid-May.
The assurance that the nuclear submarine would be delivered "strictly on schedule" was given by top Russian shipbuilding officials to the Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is to visit New Delhi on a state visit next month.
Nerpa has been handed over to the Russian Navy for its sea trials.
"The 518th project, the Nerpa submarine is currently completing trials in the Pacific basin. We believe that we will be able to deliver it on time, according to agreed schedule," Chief of the United Shipbuilding Corporation Roman Trotsenko told Putin at today's meeting.
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India gets Russian N-sub for 10 years
NEW DELHI: India will soon have a nuclear-powered attack submarine prowling deep under the seas. Away from the spotlight on nuclear power reactors, aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and MiG-29Ks, India and Russia quietly firmed up the 10-year lease of the K-152 Nerpa submarine during Russian PM Vladimir Putin's visit here last week.
With the final lease and training agreements now in place, India is dispatching a 50-member submarine crew, including 8-10 officers, to Russia to train on the Akula-II class nuclear submarine.
"The Indian naval team will be leaving within 15 days. They will first undergo intensive training on Nerpa and then bring it to India on the 10-year lease,'' said a defence ministry source on Tuesday.
The lease flows from a secretive agreement inked between New Delhi and Moscow in January 2004, with India funding part of Nerpa's construction at Komsomolsk-on-Amur shipyard in Russia with an initial $650 million.
Nerpa was to be inducted in Indian Navy as INS Chakra by mid-2008 but technical glitches delayed the process. Then, just as it began its sea trials in November 2008, 20 sailors were killed on it due to a toxic gas leak. After repairs, Nerpa is fully-operational now.
India had also leased a `Charlie-I' class Russian nuclear submarine from 1988 to 1991. That submarine, too, had been named INS Chakra but the expertise gained was steadily lost since India did not operate any other nuclear submarine thereafter.
The over 12,000-tonne Nerpa in itself will, of course, not fulfil India's long-cherished aim to have a credible nuclear weapon triad -- the ability to fire nukes from land, air and sea.
While Nerpa is nuclear-propelled, it will not come armed with its long-range nuclear-tipped missiles due to international treaties like the Missile Technology Control Regime.
But it will contribute in other ways. For one, it will train Indian sailors in the fine art of operating nuclear submarines. This will be useful when India's own nuclear submarine, the over 6,000-tonne INS Arihant, becomes operational by 2011-2012.
Two, Nerpa will be used to provide protection to INS Arihant, which will be the launch platform for nukes after it becomes operational. Armed as it will be with torpedoes and and 300-km Klub-S cruise missiles, Nerpa will be a silent, lethal hunter of enemy submarines and warships.
Three, Nerpa will help India in its objective to have three SSBNs (nuclear-powered submarines with long-range missiles) and six SSNs (nuclear-powered attack submarines) in the long-term.
Unlike conventional diesel-electric submarines which have to frequently surface to replenish oxygen to recharge their batteries, a nuclear-propelled submarine can operate underwater for virtually unlimited periods of time. Consequently, a SSBN or a `boomer' is considered the most difficult-to-detect-and-target platform for launching nuclear strikes.
While India has only 16 ageing conventional submarines at present, all the 71 US submarines are nuclear-powered, while 14 of them are SSBNs. China, in turn, has 10 nuclear submarines in its 62-submarine fleet, with three of them being SSBNs.
NEW DELHI: India will soon have a nuclear-powered attack submarine prowling deep under the seas. Away from the spotlight on nuclear power reactors, aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and MiG-29Ks, India and Russia quietly firmed up the 10-year lease of the K-152 Nerpa submarine during Russian PM Vladimir Putin's visit here last week.
With the final lease and training agreements now in place, India is dispatching a 50-member submarine crew, including 8-10 officers, to Russia to train on the Akula-II class nuclear submarine.
"The Indian naval team will be leaving within 15 days. They will first undergo intensive training on Nerpa and then bring it to India on the 10-year lease,'' said a defence ministry source on Tuesday.
The lease flows from a secretive agreement inked between New Delhi and Moscow in January 2004, with India funding part of Nerpa's construction at Komsomolsk-on-Amur shipyard in Russia with an initial $650 million.
Nerpa was to be inducted in Indian Navy as INS Chakra by mid-2008 but technical glitches delayed the process. Then, just as it began its sea trials in November 2008, 20 sailors were killed on it due to a toxic gas leak. After repairs, Nerpa is fully-operational now.
India had also leased a `Charlie-I' class Russian nuclear submarine from 1988 to 1991. That submarine, too, had been named INS Chakra but the expertise gained was steadily lost since India did not operate any other nuclear submarine thereafter.
The over 12,000-tonne Nerpa in itself will, of course, not fulfil India's long-cherished aim to have a credible nuclear weapon triad -- the ability to fire nukes from land, air and sea.
While Nerpa is nuclear-propelled, it will not come armed with its long-range nuclear-tipped missiles due to international treaties like the Missile Technology Control Regime.
But it will contribute in other ways. For one, it will train Indian sailors in the fine art of operating nuclear submarines. This will be useful when India's own nuclear submarine, the over 6,000-tonne INS Arihant, becomes operational by 2011-2012.
Two, Nerpa will be used to provide protection to INS Arihant, which will be the launch platform for nukes after it becomes operational. Armed as it will be with torpedoes and and 300-km Klub-S cruise missiles, Nerpa will be a silent, lethal hunter of enemy submarines and warships.
Three, Nerpa will help India in its objective to have three SSBNs (nuclear-powered submarines with long-range missiles) and six SSNs (nuclear-powered attack submarines) in the long-term.
Unlike conventional diesel-electric submarines which have to frequently surface to replenish oxygen to recharge their batteries, a nuclear-propelled submarine can operate underwater for virtually unlimited periods of time. Consequently, a SSBN or a `boomer' is considered the most difficult-to-detect-and-target platform for launching nuclear strikes.
While India has only 16 ageing conventional submarines at present, all the 71 US submarines are nuclear-powered, while 14 of them are SSBNs. China, in turn, has 10 nuclear submarines in its 62-submarine fleet, with three of them being SSBNs.
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guys see what igor says:
http://igorrgroup.blogspot.com/2010/03/indian-ssn-plans-and-nerpa-leasing.html
So there is more then meets the eye in Indo Russian deals
http://igorrgroup.blogspot.com/2010/03/indian-ssn-plans-and-nerpa-leasing.html
So there is more then meets the eye in Indo Russian deals
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Russian Akula Class: The sea shark
Project 971 (NATO code name Akula) is the most advanced Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine.
The submarines were built by the Amur Shipbuilding Plant Joint Stock Company at Komsomolsk-on-Amur and at the Severodvinsk shipbuilding yard. Seven Akula I submarines were commissioned between 1986 and 1992, and three Improved Akula between 1992 and 1995.
Construction of the Akula II class Nerpa nuclear attack submarine started in 1991 but was suspended for over a decade due to lack of funding.
Akula II class vessels are considered the quietest and deadliest of Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines. They feature a double-hulled configuration with a distinctive high aft fin.
Relation with India
Indian Navy will soon get the K-152 the Akula II class Nerpa nuclear attack submarine for a 10-year lease.
The Akula II in service with the Russians is equipped with 28 nuclear-capable cruise missiles with a striking range of 3,000 km. The Indian version is expected to be armed with the 300-km Club nuclear-capable missiles.
The most-modern Russian submarine will be recommissioned as 'INS Chakra’ in India.
The submarine had faced a mishap during sea trials in November 2008 which killed 20 sailors and technical staffs.
Design
The submarine has a double-hulled configuration with a distinctive high aft fin. The hull has seven compartments and the stand-off distance between the outer and inner hulls is considerable, reducing the possible inner hull damage. The very low acoustic signature has been achieved by incremental design improvements to minimise noise generation and transmission – for example, the installation of active noise cancellation techniques.
The retractable masts viewed from bow to stern are the periscopes, radar antennae, radio and satellite communications and navigation masts.
Key Data [Crew - 73]
Speed Surface -20 Knots
Submerged - 35 knots
Depth Test depth - 480m
Crush depth- 600m
Endurance 100 days
Displacement 8,140 tons surfaced
12,770 tons submerged
Dimensions 110*14*9m
Reactor 190MW OK-650M
Steam turbine with 43000 hp
Armaments 4*533mm torpedo tubes
4*650mm torpedo tubes
Power plant 190MW OK-650M pressurized water nuclear reactor
2 auxiliary electric engines (410 hp each)
2 auxiliary diesel engines (750 hp each)
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Project 971 (NATO code name Akula) is the most advanced Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine.
The submarines were built by the Amur Shipbuilding Plant Joint Stock Company at Komsomolsk-on-Amur and at the Severodvinsk shipbuilding yard. Seven Akula I submarines were commissioned between 1986 and 1992, and three Improved Akula between 1992 and 1995.
Construction of the Akula II class Nerpa nuclear attack submarine started in 1991 but was suspended for over a decade due to lack of funding.
Akula II class vessels are considered the quietest and deadliest of Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines. They feature a double-hulled configuration with a distinctive high aft fin.
Relation with India
Indian Navy will soon get the K-152 the Akula II class Nerpa nuclear attack submarine for a 10-year lease.
The Akula II in service with the Russians is equipped with 28 nuclear-capable cruise missiles with a striking range of 3,000 km. The Indian version is expected to be armed with the 300-km Club nuclear-capable missiles.
The most-modern Russian submarine will be recommissioned as 'INS Chakra’ in India.
The submarine had faced a mishap during sea trials in November 2008 which killed 20 sailors and technical staffs.
Design
The submarine has a double-hulled configuration with a distinctive high aft fin. The hull has seven compartments and the stand-off distance between the outer and inner hulls is considerable, reducing the possible inner hull damage. The very low acoustic signature has been achieved by incremental design improvements to minimise noise generation and transmission – for example, the installation of active noise cancellation techniques.
The retractable masts viewed from bow to stern are the periscopes, radar antennae, radio and satellite communications and navigation masts.
Key Data [Crew - 73]
Speed Surface -20 Knots
Submerged - 35 knots
Depth Test depth - 480m
Crush depth- 600m
Endurance 100 days
Displacement 8,140 tons surfaced
12,770 tons submerged
Dimensions 110*14*9m
Reactor 190MW OK-650M
Steam turbine with 43000 hp
Armaments 4*533mm torpedo tubes
4*650mm torpedo tubes
Power plant 190MW OK-650M pressurized water nuclear reactor
2 auxiliary electric engines (410 hp each)
2 auxiliary diesel engines (750 hp each)
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I remember reading (and debating on WAB ) about this,
The original news that came out on a possible akula lease said that at the end of the 10yr lease India would have an option to buy the boat(or as that news put it both boats)outright, this news was quickly suppressed and news only of the lease was circulated .can anybody here shed more light on the issue
The original news that came out on a possible akula lease said that at the end of the 10yr lease India would have an option to buy the boat(or as that news put it both boats)outright, this news was quickly suppressed and news only of the lease was circulated .can anybody here shed more light on the issue
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Very politically sensitive. The only slice of information I can offer is that Russian officials have consistently denied any plans to sell India a nuclear submarine. Then again, the "2004 secret deal" under which the Nerpa was to be leased to the Indian Navy for a period of 10 years, with the option to buy them upon expiry of lease, saw Indian and Russian officials consistently deny that any plans to lease were even in place *. There ain't no definitive answer to the question yet, but I suspect our bargaining power, and international leverage, will have consolidated in the coming ten years.
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Navy outlines plan for N-sub:
The Indian Navy is hoping to have individual say in running the nuclear submarine INS Chakra, which will be under the strategic forces command.
The strategic forces command is jointly run by the army, air force and the navy.
The Akula class nuclear sub, to be acquired from Russia on a 10- year lease, is expected to be delivered to India in six to eight months.
Sources say the submarine will be based on a coast that has the best logistical infrastructure such as maintenance facilities for a sea-based nuclear asset.
Besides, the waters near the coast would have to be sufficiently deep for the sub.
One of the key operational elements of Chakra would be to train nuclear submariners of the Indian forces, as the pool of trained navy men of the 1980s has retired by now. They were those who had cut their teeth on the first INS Chakra, a Charlie class nuclear submarine that had been leased by the Rajiv Gandhi government from Russia. That submarine was returned at the end of its lease period in 1992.
The sources say once the submarine is delivered, the strategic force would develop tactics about how best to technically exploit it. The two key roles for the sub would be to escort warships such as aircraft carriers through the seas and to counter ' enemy' ships and submarine.
Though it will be based at one of the three coasts of the country, the operational area of Chakra will be the whole of the two million square nautical miles of the Indian Ocean region.
"Its high speed of 25 knots would come into play in that kind of coverage," a source said.
The Russian origin submarine would not carry its complement of anti- ship nuclear tipped cruise missiles, Klub, because of international restrictions, but India can on its own introduce the Klubs into the sub as the country owns the missile.
The Chakra does not have vertical missile launch capacity but has the tube launch capability.
Sources say the submarine would provide valuable knowledge and training on fleet tactics of a nuclear submarine and its running that would become useful once the country's own indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant gets commissioned soon
The Indian Navy is hoping to have individual say in running the nuclear submarine INS Chakra, which will be under the strategic forces command.
The strategic forces command is jointly run by the army, air force and the navy.
The Akula class nuclear sub, to be acquired from Russia on a 10- year lease, is expected to be delivered to India in six to eight months.
Sources say the submarine will be based on a coast that has the best logistical infrastructure such as maintenance facilities for a sea-based nuclear asset.
Besides, the waters near the coast would have to be sufficiently deep for the sub.
One of the key operational elements of Chakra would be to train nuclear submariners of the Indian forces, as the pool of trained navy men of the 1980s has retired by now. They were those who had cut their teeth on the first INS Chakra, a Charlie class nuclear submarine that had been leased by the Rajiv Gandhi government from Russia. That submarine was returned at the end of its lease period in 1992.
The sources say once the submarine is delivered, the strategic force would develop tactics about how best to technically exploit it. The two key roles for the sub would be to escort warships such as aircraft carriers through the seas and to counter ' enemy' ships and submarine.
Though it will be based at one of the three coasts of the country, the operational area of Chakra will be the whole of the two million square nautical miles of the Indian Ocean region.
"Its high speed of 25 knots would come into play in that kind of coverage," a source said.
The Russian origin submarine would not carry its complement of anti- ship nuclear tipped cruise missiles, Klub, because of international restrictions, but India can on its own introduce the Klubs into the sub as the country owns the missile.
The Chakra does not have vertical missile launch capacity but has the tube launch capability.
Sources say the submarine would provide valuable knowledge and training on fleet tactics of a nuclear submarine and its running that would become useful once the country's own indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant gets commissioned soon
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it's a picture of evolution of Akula
Pics of subs pr.971 AKULA - detailed pic of Diletant2010 with some correcting
may be last one which we are getting[IN].
http://militaryrussia.ru
Pics of subs pr.971 AKULA - detailed pic of Diletant2010 with some correcting
may be last one which we are getting[IN].
http://militaryrussia.ru
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INS Chakra nearing completion trials, delivery in June
The trial of Indian Navy's Akula-II class nuclear attack submarine are nearing completion according to Russian shipbuilders, paving the way for its leasing to India on schedule next month.
"We are now completing the state trials of the nuclear submarine the Nerpa in the Far East. So far everything is moving as per schedule," CEO of state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation Roman Trotsenko told Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
The Nerpa being acquired by Indian Navy in USD 650 million 10 year lease deal has been christened INS Chakra and would become the first advanced nuclear submarine of the Indian Navy after its induction.
The Indian Navy had leased a Soviet nuclear submarine in late 80's which was returned to Moscow.
Nerpa was initially scheduled to be delivered in 2009, but its induction was delayed as it was hit by an accident in November 2008 while on factory trial sailing in the Sea of Japan.
Twenty members of the technical staff were killed and 21 poisoned due to accidental release of toxic Freon gas from the fire suppression system in their sleeping quarters, a sailor was detained for alleged tempering of temperature gauge.
Since then Prime Minister Vladmir Putin, who personally flew to the highly indebted Komsomolsk-on-Amur shipyard last May and released the funds for completion of the project. Putin has been personally supervising the delivery of the sub.
An Indian Naval crew is to do joint sailing with the Russian crew before taking the delivery of the submarine.
http://idrw.org/?p=1524#more-1524
The trial of Indian Navy's Akula-II class nuclear attack submarine are nearing completion according to Russian shipbuilders, paving the way for its leasing to India on schedule next month.
"We are now completing the state trials of the nuclear submarine the Nerpa in the Far East. So far everything is moving as per schedule," CEO of state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation Roman Trotsenko told Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
The Nerpa being acquired by Indian Navy in USD 650 million 10 year lease deal has been christened INS Chakra and would become the first advanced nuclear submarine of the Indian Navy after its induction.
The Indian Navy had leased a Soviet nuclear submarine in late 80's which was returned to Moscow.
Nerpa was initially scheduled to be delivered in 2009, but its induction was delayed as it was hit by an accident in November 2008 while on factory trial sailing in the Sea of Japan.
Twenty members of the technical staff were killed and 21 poisoned due to accidental release of toxic Freon gas from the fire suppression system in their sleeping quarters, a sailor was detained for alleged tempering of temperature gauge.
Since then Prime Minister Vladmir Putin, who personally flew to the highly indebted Komsomolsk-on-Amur shipyard last May and released the funds for completion of the project. Putin has been personally supervising the delivery of the sub.
An Indian Naval crew is to do joint sailing with the Russian crew before taking the delivery of the submarine.
http://idrw.org/?p=1524#more-1524
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SSN Nerpa completes trials – director of USC
State trials of nuclear-powered submarine Nerpa experienced serious breakdown in 2008 are proceeding to completion, works are carried out on time, said Tuesday Roman Trotsenko, head of United Shipbuilding Corporation meeting with Russian premier Vladimir Putin.
"Speaking of other complicated project of the last year, we're completing state trials of nuclear submarine Nerpa at the Far East. And everything's according to plan so far", said Trotsenko.
On Nov 8, 2008 during first sea trials of SSN Nerpa built at Amur Shipyard in Komsomolsk, as a consequence of inadvertent operation of firefighting system LOH (submarine, volumetric, chemical), freon gas started to enter compartments. 20 people died and 21 were intoxicated out of 208 attendants, mostly specialists of the shipyard and experts from Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Experts inspected all systems of the sub after the accident but have not found any serious damages. Nevertheless, all sections of compartment which had been polluted by gas needed to be washed off; freon was replaced. Results of investigation carried out by special board are classified. In total, Amur Shipyard expended 1.9 bln RUR on the sub's recovery.
After repair, the sub has successfully passed all required phases of builder's and state trials.
The submarine is expected to be leased to India for 10 years. According to Russian media, the contract value is $650 mln.
SSN Nerpa is a third-generation submarine. Her displacement is 8,140/12,770 tons; maximum speed is 30 knots; test depth is 600 meters; endurance is 100 days; crew is 73. Armament contains four 533-mm torpedo tubes and four 650-mm torpedo tubes. However, torpedoes of this caliber were removed from operational status after accident happened to SSN Kursk in 2000.
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State trials of nuclear-powered submarine Nerpa experienced serious breakdown in 2008 are proceeding to completion, works are carried out on time, said Tuesday Roman Trotsenko, head of United Shipbuilding Corporation meeting with Russian premier Vladimir Putin.
"Speaking of other complicated project of the last year, we're completing state trials of nuclear submarine Nerpa at the Far East. And everything's according to plan so far", said Trotsenko.
On Nov 8, 2008 during first sea trials of SSN Nerpa built at Amur Shipyard in Komsomolsk, as a consequence of inadvertent operation of firefighting system LOH (submarine, volumetric, chemical), freon gas started to enter compartments. 20 people died and 21 were intoxicated out of 208 attendants, mostly specialists of the shipyard and experts from Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Experts inspected all systems of the sub after the accident but have not found any serious damages. Nevertheless, all sections of compartment which had been polluted by gas needed to be washed off; freon was replaced. Results of investigation carried out by special board are classified. In total, Amur Shipyard expended 1.9 bln RUR on the sub's recovery.
After repair, the sub has successfully passed all required phases of builder's and state trials.
The submarine is expected to be leased to India for 10 years. According to Russian media, the contract value is $650 mln.
SSN Nerpa is a third-generation submarine. Her displacement is 8,140/12,770 tons; maximum speed is 30 knots; test depth is 600 meters; endurance is 100 days; crew is 73. Armament contains four 533-mm torpedo tubes and four 650-mm torpedo tubes. However, torpedoes of this caliber were removed from operational status after accident happened to SSN Kursk in 2000.
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